Tim Curry's breakthrough role in show business was penned by
Richard O'brien with
Rocky Horror Picture Show
. The two actors met on the stage as members of the original production of
Hair in London. This first portrait from my
Cult of Personality series includes the character of Dr. Frank N. Furter (Curry) along with others including O'brien himself. My personal favorite part of the work was getting to draw Meatloaf as his incarnation of Eddie the Ex-Delivery Boy.
I've always had a vivid imagination and loved activities which allowed me to flex my imagination such as reading books which take me places I'd not normally go.
Stephen King has painted these worlds for me since the 7th Grade, when I first picked up
The Dark Tower
series. In my Sophomore year of High School, the English teacher didn't believe I read
IT
all the way through. One of King's longest novels, it came in at just under 1,100 pages in my paperback version. My hands were cramped from holding it for the three straight weeks I pounded through it. IT went on to be made into a television miniseries also starring Tim Curry as Pennywise the Dancing Clown, one of King's most warped and disturbed characters. Pennywise lives in the sewer and rips a boy's arm off within the first twenty pages of this epic which spans a lifetime for the characters involved. I read it before seeing the miniseries and Curry definitely added a whole new level to the character's sick humor. Pennywise can be found here in my portrait of the author along with more of King's creations including The Dark Tower itself.
There are some roles out there that only Tim Curry could have ever played including that of Darkness (An incarnation of Satan from Ridley Scott's
Legend
in 1985. The actor finally won his sole Emmy in 1990 for being the voice of Capatin Hook in a made-for-TV animated Peter Pan and The Pirates which followed the story of the original book by
J.M. Barie. This was Curry's first real venture into voice acting and has now done dozens of movies and television productions.
Happy Birthday Mr. Curry!
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I've always loved painting on objects. I got to do a little something different a couple of weeks back which turned out to be quite a unique project. Here's some pics from a recent commission for my buddy Joel Ray. He dropped off two metal nautical stars from his walls at home for me to paint every other side (to keep with the traditional look of the star.) I had been debating what color scheme to use with the stars laying around for a few weeks. I opted to free style on them with a silver sharpie and this is what turned out...
