Yellow
As bright as the sun, a symbol of hope and happiness. Let these dazzling artworks speak to your sunny side.
Created in 1938 by Edsel Ford, Mercury was an entry-level premium brand intended to bridge the price gap between the Ford and Lincoln vehicle lines, and here lovingly reproduced by super realism artist Paul Mellia.
Inspired by the door gods of China, Jonny has reinterpreted the ritual into a limited edition illustration. A door god is a Chinese decorative ritual that sits either side of a doorway to ward off bad spirits.
The Marilyn Monroe series is arguably Warhol’s most recognized portfolio. Fascinated by her fame, Warhol used Marilyn Monroe as one of his earliest muses. These prints are based on a photograph of the star taken by Gene Korman as a publicity shot for her 1953 film Niagara.
A comical image drawn from the archives of Walt Disney, Simon gently plays on the idea of plastic surgery with wit and humour.
A top fashion photographer, Federici presents an enigmatic photograph of a model spotlight down a long hotel corridor. Seductively smoking a cigarette, she stands as if waiting.
As John Thorton recounts, “I was invited to do another photographic demonstration in Spain as I had done with my 300 Voyeurs. This time I must say the result was nowhere near as good. I was staying in the Ritz Hotel that overlooks The Prado, where the pure scale and beauty of the Velazquez, Goya and Rubens paintings are staggering. My room looked out at an obelisk in the distance, which for me was extremely phallic, so I put the model in an erotic situation.”
Having lived in California for a number of years, Paul became enamoured by all things Americana, especially the laid-back West Coast lifestyle which he spectacularly recreates with his paintings of classic cars and bikes.
‘Danny Boy’ is entitled after the Irish anthem ‘Oh Danny Boy’. Painted with a green shirt, this young school sees him running with his hands raised as if he has scored a goal. Always one for the addition of small details, Paul wryly leaves a comb pocking out of his shorts.
Now in his late 50s, Paul Mellia has established a reputation over the last 30 years as a super-realist artist, specialising in detailed illustrations of themes from popular culture – film stars, sports cars and motorbikes, comic book characters and superheroes.
Yellow is a colour Grimwood constant returns back to, here it takes the title of the piece. As if peaking through curtains of yellow, Grimwood presents a semi-abstract portrait.