Rock & Roll Artwork, Portraits, Landscapes and Wood Carvings.
A piece I did several years back needed a little make-over. In a previous post, you can see the original work with a wood stained frame. What do you think? I think with this new darker look that it really brings out the art so much better!
This was done many years ago, when I started working on album covers. I had stored this, and others, in my attic where I only just located it. My home is filled with pieces I have done over the years and am literally running out of room! Red Octopus was released in 1975 and was... Continue Reading →
Roger Daltrey on canvas during his performance at Woodstock in 1969. The Who performed their album Tommy, which released only that year.
REO Speedwagon's 5th studio album This Time We Mean It was released in 1975 . Keeping with my ablum work, this was done on wood with aspects routered to elevate aspects of the album work, using acrylic paint.
The seventh studio album Audio Visions was released in 1980. Here I incorporated string, threaded into the wood to accentuate the beams of light adding to the multi dimensional effect. This is the second time I've added this additional material to my album covers. The first cover where threading was used is with Boston's Don't Look Back.
I saw Joe Bonamassa January 24th at Radio City Music Hall in NYC. Day after, on my birthday, I started painting this! A superb blues guitarist! Interesting fact; he began playing guitar at age four, played with BB King at only age 12 and has done Led Zeppelin songs in his sets. This piece if now available via Fine... Continue Reading →
Back in December I annouced I was working on a large canvas piece. This is a piece I have been working on since August and can finally say it is complete! From the picture on the left, sketched and acrylic paints slowly bringing it to life.
Arguably one of the best gutarists, Eric Clapton captured on canvas using acrylic paint.
For several months now, I have been hard at work in my living room. If you've checked out my story, you'd have seen me bent over the canvas; paints and brushes around on my coffee table in my Zeppelin shirt. That picture was taken in August, in the beginning. Much progress has since been made since that evening... Continue Reading →
This cover is of Billy Joel' Greatest Hits from '73-'97. This album was released in two parts. The first two volumes in 1985, the third was released 12 years later in 1997.
Bruce J Schmalfuss 