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Welcome to a collection of artistic interpretations dedicated to a legend ... Bob Dylan
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Please browse the collection of portraits of the legendary Bob Dylan, inspired by the many great concert and camera images recorded over the years, this is my painters homage to the man that has without doubt become the seminal influence upon contemporary music, art and society generally for the past five decades.
I’ve been an avid fan of Bob’s since the early sixties when I heard for the first time ’Blowin’ In The Wind’ and ’The Times They Are A ’Changin’ on the radio. I then had to search and pester the local record shops for my first albums - ’Freewheelin’, ’Another Side’ and ’Bob Dylan’. Playing ’Bringing It All Back Home’ on continual loop. Some 40 or so years & a lot of his UK shows later, I still find wordsmith Dylan as magnetic as always, his ability to continually and magically put one word next to another to say so much in a veiled way is timeless.
Devout fans young and old, appreciate a continuing and available genius with so much to give to those who feel and hear his difference. Feeling irrevocably connected to a man that I will probably never know or meet and yet consider his work to be an important and inspiring part of my day to day preferred listening ... I can’t thank you enough Bob Dylan - this is my tribute to you to preserve your images on canvas.
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1...The Early Years
In the 1960’s "Dylan burst on the scene", Joan Baez said "already a legend"! His influence quickly spread to the far corners of the music world - Baby Let Me Follow You Down,Talking New York, Dont Think Twice, Hattie Carroll, My Back Pages - originally inside the ’hip’ world of Greenwich Village’s folk fraternity, pretty soon this young ’vagabond’ was captivating all of the song writing and poetry elite, soon being courted particularly by the likes of John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, other British R&B bands like the Animals and Manfred Mann, US groups such as the Byrds and Ronnie Hawkins band, the Hawks, later to become Dylan’s ’The Band’ as well as noted poets such as Allen Ginsberg and the great Leonard Cohen.
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2. Rolling Thunder era
This concept was vigorous and fresh, reflecting the mans desire to take his art to the audience in a free and fluid a manner as possible. On the back of two excellent albums, ’Blood on the Tracks’ and ’Desire’, Dylan rolled out the Thunder in the late 70’s, using the skills of an ultimate band of troubadours, whose numbers included, Roger McGuinn, Joan Baez, Ronee Blakely, Mick Ronson, Joni Mitchell, T Bone Burnett ,David Blue,Scarlet Rivera and old friend Bob Neuwirth and a whole bunch of invited guests, the impact was astonishing, raw power and vibrant interpretation, night after night, what must have been a real impromptu circus. Choosing at the same time to create the raw docu-movie ’Renaldo and Clara’.
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3... The Later Years
Rolling into the 1990’s the most surprising thing was to turn out to be the sheer number of Bob’s performances, in what was coined the ’Never Ending Tour’. The NET is still the name associated with the high number of concerts delivered by Dylan each year in the US, Europe and the rest of the World.Now regarded as a master statesman, Dylan has met with Presidents and The Pope, he has awards galore for his work. The ’Oscar’ for his contribution to the Michael Douglas (a fan) movie, directed by Curtis Hanson (another fan) - ’The Wonderboys’. The ’Cry Awhile’ presentation clip was awsome. On to another movie ’Masked & Anonymous’, Dylan played lead alongside Jessica Lange, Penelope Cruz, John Goodman, Geoff Bridges, Val Kilmer and Ed Harris.
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4... Other Icons
Hopefully may get to paint them all one day - these artists particularly are and were no strangers to Dylan’s work
U2, Patti Smith, Elvis Costello, Lenny Cravitz, The Pogues, Cat Power, Willie Nelson, Dave Stewart, Tom Petty, Van Morrison, Paul Simon, Chrissie Hynde, Carol King, Ani Difranco, Fiona Apple, Sting, Joni Mitchell, Mark Knopfler, Bruce Springsteen, Bryan Ferry, the late Johnny Cash & Warren Zevon, Counting Crows, Ryan Adams The Wallflowers, Roberta Flack, Nick Cave, Donovan, Jeff Lynn, Eric Clapton, Emmylou Harris, Jewel, Garth Brooks, Gabrielle, Smokey Robinson, Gordon Lightfoot, The Grateful Dead, Marianne Faithfull, Hootie & The Blowfish, Steve Earle, Lou Reed, Indigo Girls, Beck, Joan Armatrading
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If you have your own favourite vision of Bob, just email me, we can work out a concept for your own Dylan original painting ... commission prices start at £500 (US $1000) + upwards depending on canvas size. More information upon enquiry.
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