Sunday, October 15, 2017

Francisco Scaramanga in THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN (1974)

An iconic piece of James Bond movie props.... the golden gun used by the villain in THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN. I felt the urge to paint the gun. It's not a James Bond tribute series without a few of the iconic props. Of course that also meant I had to paint Scaramanga. No question about that! First time I realized Anglo-Saxon men tend to have longer faces and long nose bridges. First time I discovered the joy of using metallic paint! That's the beginning of a personal touch on these portraits... I always try to incorporate some metallic paint in many portraits to follow. The background is a tapestry hanging on the wall in this scene in the movie. (8" x 10" acrylic on canvas)