The Golden Girls

I was a big fan of The Golden Girls series back ni the Eighties and have been watching repeats on the TV recently. The comedy still stands up well today and I remain terribly fond of those characters, So decided to paint them!

Blanche Deveraux (Rue McClanahan, 5 x 7 inches, watercolor and pencil.

Dorothy Zbornak (Bea Arthur) 5 x 7 inches, watercolor and pencil

Rose Nylund (Betty White) 5 x 7 inches, watercolor and pencil

Sofia Pretille (Estelle Getty) 5 x 7 inches, watercolor and pencil.

Liz Taylor (AHS)

Liz Taylor, 7 x 10 inches, watercolor, pencil and gouache, 2016.

A portrait of Liz Taylor from the TV series American Horror Story: Hotel, as played by Dennis O'Hare. It wasn't my favourite season of the show but Dennis was fabulous as Liz.

Bathtime

Bathtime, watercolor and pencil, 8 x 11 inches, 2016.

Painted for the EBSQ "Go Figure" show. 

David Bowie 1947 - 2016

From Ziggy To Blackstar, watercolor and pencil, 2016.

Alfie

Alfie, 8 x 10 inches, graphite pencil.

One of my dog-walking friends recently lost her 11 year old Golden Retriever, Alfie, to cancer, so I drew him for her. He was a lovely sweet-natured dog who will be much missed.

Willem Arondeus 1894 - 1943

Willem Arondeus, pencil, 6 x 8 inches, 2015.

Willem Arondeus was an openly gay artist, writer and Nazi resistance fighter from Holland. He used his artistic skills to create forged identity papers for Dutch Jews. He led an attack on the Amsterdam General Registry Office in an attempt to destroy as many of the original documents as possible and managed to destroy thousands. Unfortunately he was later caught and executed by firing squad.. In his last message he said "Let it be known that homosexuals are not cowards".

Cilla

Cilla, pencil, 6 x 8 inches, 2015

Cilla was laid to rest today - in tribute here is a pencil portrait I drew of her a couple of weeks ago.

Four Faces Of Toyah

I created this Toyah "wallpaper" by creating four individual portraits in watercolor and pencil, scanning them into the computer and using Photoshop to arrange them.

It's available to purchase as prints, mugs, leggings, pillows etc. from Redbubble or Society6

Bianca Del Rio and Sharon Needles

Bianca Del Rio, watercolor and pencil, 2015

Sharon Needles, watercolor and pencil, 2015

I'm a big fan of Rupaul's Drag Race so I painted these portraits of two of my favourite contestants.

Frank Underwood, watercolor and pencil, 4 x 6 inches, 2015

I love the Netflix series "House Of Cards". I didn't think it would be my cup of tea but I gave it a go and was soon hooked. So I painted Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood.

Gustav Klimt

Gustav Klimt, watercolour and pencil, 2015, 6 x 8 inches

Gustav Klimt, detail.

Gustav Klimt (1862 - 1918) was a Austrian symbolist painter mostly famous for his highly decorative paintings using gold leaf. Initially a very successful conventional painter of portraits and murals, he developed a more controversial and erotic style of painting influenced by Japanese art. I have been a huge fan of his since my teens. I adore the decorative style and the themes of life, sex and death that run through his work, so I decided to paint his portrait for the EBSQ Portrait of an Artist exhibition. 

Nan

Nan, 8 x 11 inches, watercolour, 2015.

A portrait of Jamie Brewer as Nan in American Horror Story:Coven.

Myrtle Snow

Myrtle Snow, watercolor and pencil, 8 x 11 inches, 2015

A portrait of Frances Conroy as Myrtle Snow in American Horror Story|: Coven, Belenciaga!!

Sketching...

Sketching for a possible painting...

Eyes of the Beholders - Portrait of Lara Dann

Eyes of the Beholders, Watercolour and coloured pencil, 9 x 11 inches, 2014

A portrait of my artist friend Lara Dann - check out her lovely work!