2004 Alex Mortimer What'd I Say! An Original Portrait of Ray Charles
MORTIMER, Alexander. What'd I Say! An Original Portrait of Ray Charles. 2004. Acrylic paint and ink on canvas, 24 x 40 inches (610 x 1016 mm).
Inducted into the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. A Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. A Kennedy Center honoree. Jazz Hall of Fame. The list goes on. As does Ray Charles, an American immortal. artist Mortimer painted this portrait on the day Ray died.
Los Angeles-based artist Alexander Mortimer took his degree in Fine/Graphic Arts at College of Marin in Northern California.
2004 Alex Mortimer Slowhand. An Original Portrait of Eric Clapton
MORTIMER, Alexander (Artist). Slowhand. An Original Portrait of Eric Clapton. 2004. Acrylic paint and ink on canvas, 32 x 21 inches (813 x 533 mm).
Eric Clapton, with a reputation of god-like proportion, is # 4 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. The Yardbirds, the band with which he rose to early prominence, was inducted into the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame in 1992.
2004 Alex Mortimer Marc Bolan
MORTIMER, Alexander (Artist). Bang a Gong (Get It On). An Original Portrait of Marc Bolan. 2004. Acrylic paint and ink on canvas, 30 x 20 inches (762 x 508 mm).
Los Angeles-based artist Alexander Mortimer took his degree in Fine/Graphic Arts at College of Marin in Northern California.
2004 Alex Mortimer The Windmill. An Original Portrait of Pete Townshend
MORTIMER, Alexander (Artist). The Windmill. An Original Portrait of Pete Townshend. 2004. Acrylic paint and ink on canvas, 30 x 20 inches (762 x 508 mm).
Townshend - #50 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time - was, along with his bandmates in The Who, inducted into the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. His penchant for showmanship led him to the Windmill - a sweeping movement of his right arm and hand in a power circle across the guitar strings that became his live performance signature.
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