James Bond in MOONRAKER (1979)

After painting Blofeld from YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, I was in a sci-fi state of mind. The next portrait I felt like painting Mr. Bond himself. The most challenging Bond costume to paint is probably the space suit he wears in MOONRAKER. It was a challenge all right. I never painted a costume like that before. So I tried. It was fun to try to capture the glittery foil fabric on the costume. I am particularly fond of the plain dark blue outer space background. Simple and effective. The stars were painted with the tip of a toothpick. (8" x 10" acrylic on canvas)

James Bond in SPECTRE (2015)

Inspired by the classic hand-painted James Bond movie posters from the 1960s - 1970s, I started the concept in 2015 of making small (8' x 10") acrylic paintings of James Bond character portraits. The concept started as practice for character paintings which I have always fascinated by but have never tried it myself. See how the first one goes. (8" x 10" acrylic on canvas)

I added neon white acrylic paint to make the portrait glow in the dark. After this I was hooked.