My son's latest art piece, titled ICONS

[B Calm]

[DisgustipatedinCA]

1. Very cool. Do you recognize everyone in the piece?

Is that Jerry Garcia in the top-left corner?
I see Jimi.
John Lennon
Elton John
Dylan
Bowie (bottom, just right of center??)
I see the 4 lads doing the Abbey Road walk
Janis Joplin
Is that Frampton up by the Aerosmith logo?
Stones lips
Elvis
Who is that in the right-center with the guitar and the patchwork-looking jacket?

I think your son does great work. Thanks for posting.

[B Calm]

7. I just e-mailed him to send me the names of all the Icons in the art piece.

He has already sold it.

[2naSalit]

12. That's a really good

collage. I'm glad he's already sold it, hope he got what he expected from it.

It's a nice brain puzzle for some of us!

I'm guessing one a couple-few other images I see but there are three I can't be sure of that haven't been mentioned yet;

Carole King
Otis Redding
Eric Clapton-elder
and the lead guy from the Doors-don't know why I have a brain fart on his name at the moment.

Nice work, though.

[Sanity Claws]

57. Jim Morrison -- is he the one you're thinking of?

[2naSalit]

61. That's it!

Thank you! Geeze, this getting old stuff is hard on ya some times.

[2naSalit]

8. That one looks like it

might be Niel Young...?

[bluesbassman]

13. That's my guess. The lefty part throws it off, but I can see why he did it for the artwork.

Great piece!

[B Calm]

17. Okay, here is the list of ICONS!

Symbols
1. Steve Miller Band
2. The Who
3. Aerosmith
4. Prince
5. Kiss
6. Led Zeppelin
7. Pink Floyd

Musicians
8. Eric Clapton
9. Elton John
10. Bob Marley
11. David Bowie
12. Elvis
13. John Lennon
14. Janis Joplin
15. Michael Jackson
16. Neil Young
17. Jerry Garcia
18. Angus Young
19. Jim Morrison
20. JIMI HENDRIX
21. Beatles (Abbey Road)
22. Bob Dylan
23. Mick Jagger
24. Peter Frampton
25. Billy Joel
26. Bruce Springsteen

[Autumn Colors]

59. I think that's Neil Young w/guitar @ rt center

EDIT: Oops, too late. You posted the list already

[CherokeeDem]

2. Gorgeous....

Beautiful work and an excellent collection.

[JaneyVee]

3. Exquisite!

[Emit]

4. Nice!

Your son is very talented!

[UtahLib]

5. Great imagination and talent! n/t

[dmr]

6. Beautiful! I think many people would like a framed copy.

Seriously.

[tweeternik]

35. Yes, seriously!

[uponit7771]

63. +1

[lamp_shade]

9. Magnificent!!

[malaise]

10. Damn he's good

Rec

[MerryBlooms]

11. Fabulous! I don't know a soul who wouldn't love to have that piece hanging in their home! n/t

[Romulox]

14. Awesome! Very impressive. nt

[logosoco]

15. How wonderful!

I could look at this for hours. Thanks for sharing!

[B Calm]

36. I know! The more you look at it, the more you see!

[MuseRider]

16. Really nice!

Love it, spent some time trying to guess them all. Probably got most or at least a lot of them

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. Your son is very talented with composition & "rule breaking" as well as classic draughtsmanship. +1.

[WillyT]

19. Wow !!! - THAT... Is Excellent !!!

& Rec !!!

[B Calm]

27. You might like this piece he did on a homeless man.

[adirondacker]

30. Awesome work! Does he exhibit? nt

[B Calm]

32. He's too busy exhibiting his high school students work.

[keroro gunsou]

20. well now...

i feel supremely untalented...

that said, good on your son and his art...

[niyad]

21. k and r-thank you for sharing your wonderfully talented son with us.

[xfundy]

22. Your son is a gifted illustrator.

Does he do commercial work? Is he very young, and/or has he been to art school? He could have a very bright future as an artist/illustrator. This kind of talent is rare these days.

If he works alone, as opposed to with a studio, he should definitely seek out international representation.

Well done!

[B Calm]

24. He teaches high school art and

in his spare time he does commission work.

[xfundy]

23. I would guess all that work was done by hand, with a pencil or perhaps rapidograph.

Which is virtually unheard of these days. He may or may not want to get into doing it via computer (or he fooled this old art director). Regardless, he's got a future in the industry. Just make sure he doesn't get a big head: those are killers.

DUmail me if you want to hear more of my thoughts.

[B Calm]

26. Here is a pic when he was drawing it, not sure how he did it.

Maybe you'll know?

[Jefferson23]

25. He's talented, you must be very proud...good stuff there.

Congrats on the sale of his work.

[AzDar]

28. Nice.

[underpants]

29. The Angus and Bowie parts, especially, are well done

[nolabear]

31. That's pretty amazing.

[BobbyBoring]

33. Congrats on having such a talented son!

Brilliant work!

[Scuba]

34. Very nice, thanks for posting it.

[Generic Other]

37. Well done!!

I like how it seems to emanate from John Lennon's eyes. The Abbey Road scene, the yellow brick road as well...Janice...Jim Morrison through the eyes of a wild mustang...At first I thought it was Elvis then changed my mind....springsteen...Bob Marley...Jerry Garcia...the hot tongue...elton john...hendrix with the symbol for the artist formerly known as Prince on his face...dylan...jagger...a Pink Floyd symbol...Eric Clapton...neil young in the cowboy hat? I love how the elements dissolve into each other.

How old is your son? He should post his art online. I help edit a print literary magazine, and we would publish something this cool.

[B Calm]

38. He's 34 years old

He has his own website, but I don't think he's updated it in years.

http://vansart.com/art/art.html

[Tanuki]

48. I love his work! Thanks for sharing.

The pic on his website home page reminds me of a modern-day Caillebot:
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[Beacool]

39. You have a very talented son.

His work is excellent.

[alfredo]

40. That is an excellent work.

[NBachers]

41. Very impressive, and I applaud his taste in subject matter.

Are you sure the horse isn't a Wyld Stallyns reference?

[indepat]

42. Wow! Incredible talent.

[Festivito]

43. Very engaging.

I was compelled to take it in as a whole.

[rhett o rick]

44. Very cool, thanks for posting.nm

[Unknown Beatle]

45. Fantastic!

Awesome work! Extremely talented artist. ICONS just draws me in and I'm lost in the moment of studying it.

[Enthusiast]

46. Wow! Well done! Some of my favorites!

I see Neil Young wailing on "Old Black" right there.

[ET Awful]

47. That's pretty darned nifty :)

I like it! Your son has a lot of talent.

[cantbeserious]

49. Well Done

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[a kennedy]

50. Holy crap......that is A W E S O M E

[RKP5637]

51. Extremely well done and very cool! n/t

[rock]

52. Very nice

In fact, impressive!

[arthritisR_US]

53. My gawd is he ever talented!! n/t

[Gemini Cat]

54. This is amazing work.

Your son has a lot of talent.
k and r.

[toby jo]

55. Artists breathe life wherever they go

He could pick up a print contract - nice 2nd income.

[EC]

58. Jim Morrison and John Lennon

must have been very important to him since they are in the center?

[B Calm]

60. You're probably right! If I would have drew it I would have

included Leonard Cohen.

[KoKo]

62. He's really talented! Thanks for posting this. K&R!

[B Calm]

64. Thank you EVERYBODY for all the wonderful compliments! I will

forward the link to this thread to my son.