This original Freddie Mercury painting is a bold and bright pop art tribute to the legendary Queen front man. Featuring four acrylic portraits of Freddie on a spray-painted ‘Hot Space’-inspired background, this piece captures his energy, charisma, and larger-than-life personality in a fusion of pop art and street art styles.
This original Freddie Mercury painting is a bold and bright pop art tribute to the legendary Queen front man. Featuring four acrylic portraits of Freddie on a spray-painted ‘Hot Space’-inspired background, this piece captures his energy, charisma, and larger-than-life personality in a fusion of pop art and street art styles.
The idea behind this painting was simple, celebrate Freddie in all his glory. It started as a single portrait but quickly evolved into a massive love letter to the greatest rock front man of all time. Inspired by the artwork from Hot Space, I initially experimented with silhouette versions of Freddie before deciding to fully paint four unique portraits, each representing a different side of him:
Rocking out – full of raw energy and power
Soulfully singing – capturing his deep emotion
Cheeky and playful – his fun-loving spirit
Joyful and radiant – the Freddie we all love
Each portrait is painted in monochromatic greys, with deep black shadows and brilliant white highlights, creating a dynamic and striking look. To tie everything together, I used the vibrant color scheme of the ‘Hot Space’ album cover as the background, spray-painted in a true pop art fashion to add depth, movement, and that unmistakable Freddie flair.
Painted on 12oz cotton box canvas and ready to hang. Painted with a wrap around effect so there are no unsightly nails or staples,
or visible canvas.
Acrylic paintings are painted in a mixture of Golden, Liquitex and Winsor and Newton professional acrylic paints. Gouache paintings are painted in Liquitex. Spray painted paintings use
MTN 94, Montana Gold and Molotow.
All painting are finished with a non yellowing spray matt varnish.
ALL my painting are original, painted by me, in my studio and are not a print, a digital reproduction or some AI guff.
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