I blame Perry Mason. Just over a year ago a new television channel appeared in the Twin Cities, MeTV, a lot of their programming is from the 60's. I was hooked, watching Batman, The Fugitive, Peter Gunn, Lost in Space and The Twilight Zone. Images from these shows really tapped into my childhood in an almost unsettling way. One day I just had to paint Adam West as Batman, followed by Raymond Burr. Then I decided to mix in the character actors that kept popping up, Charles Lane the eternal crank, Mike Mazurki the tough guy, and the quick witted Eve Arden. I have no idea what the goal is with this project but I've found that doing one thing leads to another and as continue to create these the project will evolve. For now I'm picturing an exhibition of 100 of these faces all on one huge wall. Keep up with my progress at this blog.


Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Anne Francis 24x24 oil


 
This Anne Francis from a publicity shot of her as Honey West secret agent, I don't actually remember this show from when it aired but it's pretty fun, sort of in the Peter Gunn style.. I'm surprised it only lasted one season. I did see her is a lot of other things, she was everywhere on TV, Twilight Zone, Ironside, Columbo, on and on, continued to work right into the 90s' appearing on the Drew Carey show.
 
Anne Francis (1930-2011)
 
 

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Mike Mazurki 24x24 Oil

 

What a mug! This was a lot of fun to paint. As I started to search for the character actors I came across this face, I remember him from all sorts of TV and movie appearances, including a really strange episode of Gilligan's Island where the cast get off the island to a mad scientist's island and Mike plays Igor. Anyone remember that one?


Mike Mazurki (1907- 1990)

With an intimidating face like craggy granite and a towering 6'5" frame, Mike Mazurki specialized in playing tough guys, and gangsters for over 50 years. He appeared in nearly 50 movies during the 1940s, including his well remembered performance as ex-con "Moose Malloy" in the film noir thriller "Murder, My Sweet".
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Adam West 24x24 Oil


 
This is where it started, I just wanted to paint Adam West as Batman. I have very early memories of this being on in primetime on ABC, I would have been 4-6 years old during at that time and I can remember being frightened by Frank Gorshin as the Riddler.

Adam West (1928)
He achieved fame in 1966 in his signature role on the wildly popular ABC-TV series "Batman". Although he has over 60 movie and over 80 TV guest appearance credits, "Batman" is what the fans remember him for. The series, which lasted three seasons, made him internationally famous.
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