Tiger Woods and The Tiger
A portrait of Tiger Woods, in a new style developed itself totally by accident, as I was working on some golf ecards for my
I guess there are many (too many?) portarit of Tiger Woods in the world, this is why i initially didn;t want to add one to the collection. But well, as that idea of juxtaposing him with the tiger occurred to me, I could not resist…
Golf Champions: Rory McilRoy
My new golf idol; the young Irishman Rory McilRoy.
This was last time I saw him, in the Portugal Masters 2009. Unfortunately he was not playing that well, and I rarely saw a smile on his face. But I am sure that one day soon, I will be able to make a smiling portrait of him
Greg Phillinganes
Portrait of Greg Phillinganes, keyboarder by Toto.
Tina Turner and Bryan Adams
Tina Turner has always been on ethe rare female singers which I really appreciate. I love her voice and well, the whole attitide on stage, so full of energy and passion for what she does!
I might do a sereis of portraits of her, but to start with, here is she, with Bryan Adams, singing:
“It;s only love”
A wonderful duo, the 2 voices blend so well!
Michael Jackson 13 and Halloween
Some weeks ago, in a kind of trance state, I painted a series of Michael Jackson portraits, until I was totally saturated… and depressed that this extraordinary musician is no more physically among us. When I paint portraits, I really have to go into the person,to look at him from the inside. And after my 12 portraits of Michael, I kind of felt as if I was Michael Jackson himself… totally alive, yet dead! A weird dichotomy, and I had to stop, so as not to end up in the asylum! I thought I could never paint him again.
But well, I have a very versatile character, and I am not scared at all of self contradictions… so here it is, my 13th portrait…
By the way, I have been working for an e card company for some months now, and I have just created a Halloween card with this new painting. I hope the people who loved Michael won’t be offended by this black humour… the best medicine against sadness is and has always been laughter
“Il faut vite en rire avant d’en pleurer!”
said some French wise guy ;;
alors, Mesdames et Messieurs, pour Halloween, faisons-nous peur et rions! 
Golf Champions: Ross McGowan
Ross Mc Gowan, Winner of The Golf Madrid Masters 2009
Following the Golf European Tour, week after week, I have decided to start a series of portraits featuring some of the leading figures of European Golf. For the moment I will concentrate on present champions, but I am sure than past champions will also inspire me, at least the ones I often saw live on tour, like Sam Torrance, Colin Montgomery, Steve Ballesteros, etc… I know, they are not really past, but I suppose that they are no more on top of their form… I might also one day start to feature some famous American golfers, but this much more delicate: me being a fanatic of the Ryder Cup, hey are of course THE enemy, and I generally tend more to paint my friends than my enemies…!
So, my first portrait is Ross MacGowan, who won yesterday the Madrid Masters 2009 in Spain. I wished I could have been there personally, but I had some urgent work to do… another time surely! I appreciated very much his attitude on the golf course, the guy never lost his temper although he had a tough gig. He kept smiling, even when at the very end, by the 18th hole green, he ran the danger to chip his ball back into the water and lose his possibility to win. Instead of swearing and hitting his club against the ground after the lethal shot which brought him in that position, he walked to his ball, relaxed and gently smiling.
Bravo Ross, and good luck for the rest of your career!!!
People form Serpa in Portugal
After I had spent 2 or 3 days in Serpa sketching all kind of buildings, I got quite bored, and needed to sketch something else. This is why, on the 7th of July (2009), I sat with kevin at a cafe outside, and made sketches of the people sitting there. I liked the faces I saw, and had quite a nice time doing that. As always my sketches tend to be caricatures, I just can’t help it… but I swear that I have warm and sympathetic feelings towards all these people I sketch, my intention is really not to make them look silly or ridiculous or whatever negative… I am sorry if some recognise themselves (what i doubt in fcat as I am not really searching for a good likeness) and feel offended…
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These are some of the people I sketched that day. if you wnat to see more, go please to my Flickr account
Michael Jackson 11: still singing… from beyond the veil
It;s nornally really not my way to paint chocking stuff… but yesterday, in the oment I was thinking my last Michael Jackson portrait would be the last for a ong time, I just had a vision… and I couldn’t help, it had to be painted. So here it is
(Sorry if some Michael’s fans feel hurt in their feelings. i am a huge fan myself, and feel hurt by my own painting, not being able to cope with the hard reality of his physical death…)
Michael Jackson 10
The last of my Michael Jackson paintings series… for the moment!
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