JIM DOWIE THE ICONIC MONOCHROME FACES CREATED BY JIM DOWIE EMERGE FROM THE CANVAS THROUGH AN ABSTRACT WORLD OF COLOURFUL INTERSECTING

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EACH FEATURE IS BEAUTIFULLY DESCRIBED, YET CLOSE EXAMINATION REVEALS THAT THE

2 JIM DOWIE THE ICONIC MONOCHROME FACES CREATED BY JIM DOWIE EMERGE FROM THE CANVAS THROUGH AN ABSTRACT WORLD OF COLOURFUL INTERSECTING LINES. EACH FEATURE IS BEAUTIFULLY DESCRIBED, YET CLOSE EXAMINATION REVEALS THAT THE IMMACULATE DETAIL IS THE RESULT OF A SEEMINGLY HAPHAZARD LINEAR JOURNEY THROUGH A WIDE SPECTRUM OF LIGHT AND ENERGY.

3 YOUNG JOHN LENNON ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 24 X 30 LENNON

4 JOHN LENNON JOHN LENNON ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 30 X 30 ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 24 X 30

5 JOHN LENNON II ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 36 X 24

6 McCARTNEY PAUL McCARTNEY ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 24 X 30

7 ANOTHER DAY ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 35 X 24

8 THE FAB FOUR ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 36 X 24 THE BEATLES

9 MARILYN MISS MONROE ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 30 X 24 BLONDE BOMBSHELL ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 36 X 36

10 MARILYN II MONROE, MARILYN ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 30 X 40 ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 36 X 36

11 MARILYN V ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 30 X 40 GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES I ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 30 X 30

12 GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES II ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 36 X 24

13 MARILYN MARILYN IV ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 30 X 30 ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 36 X 36

14 MARILYN VI ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 36 X 36

15 EL CHE ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 30 X 40 GUEVARA

16 DALI SALVADOR DALI ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 30 X 30

17 JIM S HIGHLY PERSONAL AND RECOGNISABLE STYLE DEVELOPED IN A FASCINATING WAY. HE SPENT SOME TIME WORKING AS A FINGERPRINT EXPERT IN FORENSICS AND HE WAS STRUCK BY THE ARTISTIC POSSIBILITIES OF THE UNIQUE SEQUENCES AND FORMATIONS FORMED BY THE WHORLS AND RIDGES. THIS LED HIM TO START EXPLORING NON-UNIFORM LINEAR STRUCTURE WHICH HE DESCRIBES QUITE SIMPLY AS THE ART OF LINE. USING ACRYLICS HE BEGAN TO EXPERIMENT WITH LINEAR ABSTRACT PATTERNS, AND AS HE MANIPULATED AND WORKED WITH THE CONCEPT OF RIDGES AND SHADOWS HE FOUND IT AFFORDED THE PERFECT BASIS FOR EXPRESSIVE PORTRAITURE. OVER TIME HE HAS DEVELOPED THE ICONIC IMAGES THAT HE CREATES TODAY, AN INTRIGUING AND IMAGINATIVE BLEND OF LOOSE, COLOURFUL ABSTRACT WITH EXTRAORDINARILY LIFELIKE FACES. JIM IS A SELF TAUGHT ARTIST WHO CREATED HIS OWN UNIQUE METHODS AND STYLE, BUT HE IS TRAINED IN TYPOGRAPHIC AND GRAPHIC DESIGN. HE SUCCESSFULLY RAN HIS OWN DESIGN BUSINESS FOR SEVERAL YEARS, ALTHOUGH HE WAS ALWAYS FASCINATED BY CREATIVITY FOR ITS OWN SAKE AND WORKING ON HIS ART ALONGSIDE THIS. HE NOW WORKS FROM HIS STUDIO IN THE GROUNDS OF HIS 400 YEARS OLD COUNTRY HOUSE IN A PICTURESQUE STAFFORDSHIRE HAMLET. HIS ICONS ARE GAINING RENOWN THE UK AND AUSTRALIA, AND HE RECENTLY EXHIBITED IN NORTHERN ITALY, RECEIVING COMMISSIONS FOR PRIVATE CLIENTS BOTH HERE AND ABROAD.

18 JIMI HENDRIX I ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 24 X 30 HENDRIX

19 JIMI HENDRIX ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 30 X 30

20 PRINCE III ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 30 X 30 PRINCE

21 PRINCE I ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 30 X 30

22 EPBURN PIXIE ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 30 X 24

23 AUDREY AUDREY HEPBURN VI ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 30 X 30 ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 30 X 30

24 AUDREY DOUBLE ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 40 X 30

25 AUDREY II AUDREY HEPBURN II ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 30 X 24 ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 30 X 24

26 BOB MARLEY ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 30 X 30 ARLEY

27 BOB MARLEY II ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 30 X 40

28 THE JOKER THE JOKER II ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 30 X 30

29 BOWIE DAVID BOWIE VI ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 30 X 30

30 DAVID BOWIE III DAVID BOWIE V ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 30 X 30 ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 36 X 36

31 BLACK TIE WHITE NOISE ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 24 X 36

32 EDWARD SCISSOR HANDS ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 30 X 30

33 007 ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 30 X 30 BOND

34 WINEHOUSE BACK TO BLACK ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 30 X 24

35 AMY WINEHOUSE III ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 30 X 30

36 STEVE McQUEEN ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 30 X 30 McQUEEN

37 WARHOL ANDY WARHOL ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 36 X 36

38 TWIGGY TWIGGY IV ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 24 X 30 TWIGGY ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 24 X 30

39 TWIGGY II TWIGGY IN PINK ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 30 X 30 ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 30 X 30

40 HURCHILL WINSTON CHURCHILL ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 24 X 30 SIR WINSTON ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 24 X 30

41 MUHAMMAD ALI ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 30 X 30 ALI

42 ELVIS ELVIS PRESLEY III ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 30 X 40

43 DANIEL CRAIG ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 30 X 24 RAIG

44 JAGGER MICK JAGGER II ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 30 X 30

45 ROLLING STONES ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 39 X 20

46 CHAPLIN CHARLIE CHAPLIN ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 20 X 30

47 JOHNNY CASH ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 24 X 30 ASH

48 COHEN LEONARD COHEN ORIGINAL BOX CANVAS 30 X 30

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