PSYCHO
Limited Edition – Movie Series – 250mm x 250mm
Celebrating the film Psycho by the legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock, the artwork adopts the stunningTurquoise Emperor butterfly to illustrate some of the famous scenes from the 1960’s film.
The artwork has been digitally reworked to subtly reveal the Bates mansion house, which overlooks the motel below – the silhouetted figure of his mother framed within the top floor window. The famous and most scariest scene from the film – the shower scene – is depicted within the pattern of the lower wing where the character Marion Crane’s (Janet Leigh) screaming face is revealed. The reverse side works the iconic silhouetted figure of Alfred Hitchcock himself into the upper wing – the mysterious figure clutching a knife appears as a shadow below, accompanied by the initials of Alfred Hitchcock worked into dot patterns.
THE QUENTIN TARANTINO
Limited Edition – Movie Series – 250 x 250mm
This artwork was created to celebrate one of my personal favourites – the filmmaker Quentin Tarantino and his first 2 films – Reservoir Dogs 1992 and Pulp Fiction 1994. The illustrative design on both front and reverse of the butterfly Agrias Claudina subtly works in iconic scenes and prop references from the films.
Using a mix of digital retouching and hand-painted embellishments, the highly distinctive markings of the Agrias Claudina were used to visually morph the famous slow-mo scene of the besuited characters walking in unison, overlaid on a blood splattered backdrop – the film title can be found very subtly worked into the dark background wing tips. The lower wing graphic captures the famous face-off between characters Mr Pink and Mr White. The reverse side of the butterfly features scenes and references from Pulp Fiction – working the famous dance scene of characters Vincent Vegas and Mia Wallace doing the twist to Chuck Berry’s “You Never Can Tell”. In the lower wing, you can see the scene featuring Jules (Samuel L Jackson) and Vincent (John Travolta) pointing their guns at the bewildered Brett in the process of retrieving ’the briefcase’. Symbols of the film’s famous props,s including the syringe, briefcase and watch, are crafted into the wings’ dot pattern.
THE GODFATHER
Limited Edition – Movie Series – 250 x 250mm
Created to celebrate one of the best film trilogies of all time! Directed by the great Francis Ford Coppola and written by Mario Puzo. I have used the butterfly Morpho Cypris to work in an illustration of Don Corleone’s (Marlon Brando) face into the natural dot pattern of the butterfly, also including the famous ‘puppet string’ motif on the wing tip. The reverse side of the butterfly references one of the most famous scenes from the film, when (a real) severed horse head was used as a warning to one of the Corleone enemies.
Materials:
Paper / Wire / Pins / Ink
Dimensions (Outer): 250cm x 250cm
The artwork is printed on light reflective 300 gsm Sirio paper with hand-applied gold leaf and Metallic Mica Powder.
The 265mm x 265mm box frame is Aluminium with 2mm Anti-Reflective glass with a depth of 60mm.
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