I had a few small oval frames I have been wanting to use for portraits of toys. My family is very hard pressed to throw anything away, so I have most of my childhood toys which are not in a big box in my basement. We took pretty good care of our toys, though a few occasionally become dog chew toys and still wear the scars to prove it. While it is may be seen as a bit weird for a guy in his 40's to get out some toys and start playing, painting them is a very grown up way to have almost as much fun and much less likely to result in odd looks- maybe. It is interesting to stare at toys during the painting process that were so much a part of my childhood. Odd and forgotten memories resurface.
I started my first set painting portraits of
G.I. Joe and
Tonto.
The next two portraits are also of toys from my childhood. I am not 100% sure how it came about, but I am guessing the Superman doll looked a bit wimpy, or maybe the tag just fell off, so I apparently used a ball point pen to write "SB" for Superboy.
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| Super Portrait, oil on linen, 2.5" X 1.5", ©copyright Richard Luschek 2012 |
The next portrait is of one of my favorite super heroes as a child- The Incredible Hulk. I had the toy. I had a subscription to the comic book. I religiously watched the T.V. show with Lou Ferringno. The Hulk was a guy I could identify with. He got angry and smashed stuff. Sometimes that is the best solution. I try to not do that so much these days, as it usually results in me having to fix something or buy a new one of what ever was smashed- like my plein air umbrella that accidentally hit a tree about 30 times on a bad day out painting. It is immature. I am now all growed up, and don't behave that way anymore.
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| Angry Portrait, oil on linen, 2.5" X 1.5", ©copyright Richard Luschek 2012 |
Here are the figures in poseable action.
The entire set of action figure portraits is on now on view at
Gallery 42 in Mason, Ohio. Contact them about portrait prices.
I am also taking commissions for portraits of your childhood toys.
I still have the 6 million dollar man, and Evel Knievel, and some Planet of the Apes action figure to paint.
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| American Heroes, oil on linen, each 2.5" X 1.5", ©copyright Richard Luschek 2012 |
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