Warhol-Sunglasses
What I like about Andy Warhol is that he knew how to "photoshop" before there was Photoshop.

Simply Liz by Andy Warhol

Warhol’s portrait of Elizabeth Taylor disappointed art investors this week when it sold for less than hoped for. Auctioned for $23.6 million, it seems to me that the painting is holding its value.

Small wonder that former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan mentioned artwork in the same breath as real estate and investment portfolios when he wrote, "Stock and bond prices, homes, commercial real estate, paintings, and most everything else joined in the boom." Actor Hugh Grant, who sold the painting, realized a 665% increase over the six years he held on to his investment.

For those of you who are interested in art for art’s sake, Simply Liz’s sister painting Red Liz lives at the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco. To my own disappointment, she wasn’t actually on display the last time I went up there, so you may want to call ahead.

Warhol-Sunglasses 2×2

Flirt 4

A variation on the Flirt model (last month), incorporating a few facial "ticks" to make it seem more life-like.

Two paintings of rock guitarist Vivian Campbell-Digital Media

According to Steven Samuel, “Digital art is still relatively unknown or even accepted fully by the arts community, but this will change.” Sam first creates a pencil drawing, which is scanned into Photoshop, and then uses a computer to create layer upon layer of color.

Guitar hero Vivian Campbell, depicted here, performed with a number of well-known 80’s rock bands, before joining Def Leopard. Campbell prefers playing a Gibson Les Paul these days, but I am pretty sure the guitar in these paintings (two superimposed) is a Kramer.

Guitar player using Whammy Bar-Digital Media

“This is a photograph that my son Michael posed for with his guitar. There is very little detail, but it is not required!” Sam lives in South Wales, UK.