Cautionary TALES TODD WHITE

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1 Cautionary TALES TODD WHITE

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3 Beware of first impressions...

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5 When Todd White s work was launched in the UK at the end of 2011 it created a national sensation. His ultra-stylish avant-garde images combined with his easy charm and charismatic personality to make him one of our most collected artists virtually overnight. Todd s work captures the lifestyle and personalities of the LA scene with wit and insight, from starlets and socialites to golfers and businessmen. He is a compulsive observer of detail, always studying and absorbing figures, faces and features; while his subjects are drawn from everyday life, his perspective is so unusual that he alters the way we perceive people and the roles we play around each other. He studies body language and his unerring eye recreates every nuance to convey the subtleties of what we show and what we hide.

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7 BOKKEN Original Painting on Stretched Canvas, 18 X 18 Framed: 29,950 Strong and confident, will not break. A wooden sword

8 IT S ALL RIGHT IF YOU LOVE ME Original Painting on Stretched Canvas, 40 X 16 Framed: 58,995

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11 Too much time in Los Angeles, rot. Like most women in the Hollywood scene. A beauty of exterior is breath taking, you only realize after a bit of time that this person is rotten on the inside. I don t feel this is rare, I think there s a bit of Botrytis Cinerea in all of us. BOTRYTIS CINEREA Original Painting on Board, 24 X 24 Framed: 53,150

12 SIMPLY COMPLICATED Original Painting on Stretched Canvas, 19 X 30 Framed: 66,450

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15 SUMMER KISSES Varnished Original Painting on Stretched Canvas, 14 X 28 Framed: 29,950

16 DEAD MAN S PARTY

17 Original Painting on Stretched Canvas, 48 X 38, Framed: 82,500

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19 EASY COME, EASY GO Original Painting on Stretched Canvas, 8 X 12 Framed: 13,995 She has some hypnotizing eyes, half way done I thought about redoing, but she kept looking at me, so that freaked me out, so that lead to the shirt design.

20 BREAD FAN Original Painting on Stretched Canvas, 6 X 12 Framed: 13,995 The traditional day of the dead piece. You might toast the dead where you might toast the living.

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22 STILL NOT SATISFIED Original Painting on Stretched Canvas, 15 X 21 Framed: 29,950

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25 BEING APART AIN T EASY Original Painting on Stretched Canvas 20 X 20 Framed: 32,500

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27 JEALOUS AGAIN Original Painting on Stretched Canvas, 13 X 29 Framed: 25,950

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29 BLUE MARTINI Original Painting, Canvas on Board, 18 X 20 Framed: 28,950

30 SWEET ROLL Original Painting on Stretched Canvas, 20 X 14 Framed: 25,850 I was having so much love doing the hair, it was like putting icing on a sweet roll

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33 FOLLOW ME Original Painting on Stretched Canvas, 15 X 22 Framed: 30,850 A play on the social media, but I will always choose the real follow me over a button.

34 Todd White is one of those people who simply seem to have it all; looks, charm, wit, talent and a distinctive style and down to earth personality that have won him an international reputation. Over in the States he is a household name, and he also has a large and devoted army of admirers in the UK, with celebrity collectors including P Diddy, Sharon Stone, Jimmy White, Catherine Zeta Jones, Vin Diesel, Sylvester Stallone, Abbey Clancy, David Dunn and the late Hugh Hefner. He is the artist of choice for the world s most high profile showbiz events including the GRAMMY Awards and the Warner Bros Wizard of Oz 70th anniversary celebration, and was honoured with the Diana Princess of Wales award Gold Medal for services to the Diana Awards charity.

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36 DRIVE ANGRY Original Painting on Mounted Paper, 9 X 12 Framed: 5,995 Having fun with my golfing buddies

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39 WAITING FOR AN OPEN Original Painting on Stretched Canvas, 12 X 32 Framed: 35,450 So many of my blokes love the British Open

40 SUPER SEVEN Original Painting on Stretched Canvas, 8 X 10 Framed: 8,500 I love the 7 iron, I use to play a lot of par 3, in Studio City, CA. I have lots of club stories from that course nest door to CBS

41 PAINT STUDY FOR SUNDAY DRIVERS Original Painting on Stretched Canvas, 5 X 15 Framed: 8,500 This guy will make the cut.

42 AND THEN HE SAID HE LOVED ME Original Painting, Canvas on Board, 15 X 18 Framed: 27,250

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45 LONG SONG Original Painting, Canvas on Board, 11 X 21 Framed: 22,295

46 THE DECISION MAKER Varnished Original Painting on Stretched Canvas, 16 X 16 Framed: 20,675

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48 LUNCH SPECIAL II Original Painting on Mounted Paper, 4 X 13 Framed: 5,995

49 LUNCH SPECIAL VII Original Painting on Mounted Paper, 3 X 10 Framed: 4,995

50 SURPRISINGLY SOFT Original Painting on Stretched Canvas, 16 X 16 Framed: 23,650 True Story... When I Lived in LA, my neighbor was this angry chola* dancer who I became friends with due to the fact I could fix anything. She had a look. Then a pop star took her on as a stage dancer, then stole her look so the story goes.

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52 SUITED FOR WAR STUDY Original Painting on Stretched Canvas, 12 X 12 Framed: 11,995

53 In my experience businessmen often use the language of war when discussing their strategy, commitment, flanking, battle... I did several solo guys to see what a mess I was about to make, combining warriors in full war paint with modern businessmen. Some made it into the painting, but some, like The Meeting, were just too hardcore.

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55 SUITED FOR WAR STUDY Original Painting on Stretched Canvas, 8 X 12 Framed: 11,995

56 THE MEETING Original Painting on Stretched Canvas, 8 X 12 Framed: 11,995

57 BATTLE BLOKE Original Painting on Stretched Canvas, 8 X 12 Framed: 11,995

58 A painting that left me, got me, trashed me and it all came back around. I did the eyes 3 times, I was so mad that I took a can of spray paint and blasted her eyes. It ran and over sprayed everywhere, but from chaos comes beauty. THE EVENTS OF CONSEQUENCE Original Painting on Stretched Canvas, 16 X 18 Framed: 26,595

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60 JEALOUS AGAIN HEAD STUDY Original Painting on Stretched Canvas, 10 X 14 Framed: 9,500

61 MORE THAN IT SEEMS Original Painting on Stretched Canvas, 10 X 14 Framed: 9,500

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63 THE FIGHTER Original Painting on Stretched Canvas, 12 X 17 Framed: 18,850 I had drawn this bull fighting outfit, only I wanted a woman in it as a tough girl. Oddly enough I did this at the same time as Hollywood was imploding.

64 LICHFIELD SUNSHINE Original Painting on Stretched Canvas, 9 X 9 Framed: 11,995

65 RED ON RED Original Painting on Stretched Canvas, 12 X 12 Framed: 11,995 I wanted to do a painting with only 2 colour... (black is not a colour) Boom!

66 ABOUT LAST NIGHT Original Painting on Stretched Canvas, 14 X 11 Framed: 13,995

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68 REBELLION Original Painting on Stretched Canvas, 12 X 6 Framed: 9,500

69 BED TIME STUDY Original Painting, Canvas on Board, 6 X 16 Framed: 9,500

70 IMPRESSED BY DRIVE Original Painting on Stretched Canvas, 8 X 12 Framed: 9,500

71 I DO WEAR PINK Original Painting on Stretched Canvas, 5 X 14 Framed: 9,500

72 SMOKE TALK Original Painting on Mounted Paper, 11 X 14 Framed: 5,995

73 COLOR ME Original Painting on Mounted Paper, 11 X 14 Framed: 5,995

74 PUNKY Original Painting on Mounted Paper, 5 X 12 Framed: 5,995

75 THROWING ROSES DOWN Original Painting on Mounted Paper, 9 X 12 Framed: 5,995

76 SUNDAY FUNDAY Original Painting on Mounted Paper, 5 X 12 Framed: 4,995

77 I love painting on Sundays, mostly at night, but I drew this fellow up and was having fun with it, so...

78 Within the exaggerated features and textured skin of his characters lies truth - yours and theirs. Distinctive bodies and details to lips, eyes, hair, skin, hands and what is held in each, separate and blend his characters lives. Each character depicts the subtleties of what one shows and what one hides. An asymmetrical face tells of an asymmetrical life, of how life wears and how we wear life - what we choose to carry in our hands and on our faces -- how we wear ourselves, what smoke and color we stand in. (American Boulevard Magazine)

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80 WHEN I M UP TO NO GOOD SKETCH Original Drawing on Mounted Paper, 8 X 11 Framed: 3,150

81 RED HOTS STUDY Original Drawing on Mounted Paper, 13 X 10 Framed: 3,250

82 SHIELD MAIDEN Original Drawing on Mounted Paper, 11 X 14 Framed: 2,950

83 STILL NOT SATISFIED Original Drawing on Mounted Paper, 10 X 9 Framed: 3,150 THE CHESHIRE CAT Original Drawing on Mounted Paper, 10 X 11 Framed: 2,950

84 CORVETTE FINAL SKETCH Original Drawing on Mounted Paper, 9 X 11 Framed: 2,950

85 A LITTLE BIT SHY Original Drawing on Mounted Paper, 11 X 14 Framed: 3,150

86 THIS IS ABOUT TO GET SCREWY STUDY Original Drawing on Mounted Paper, 9 X 9 Framed: 3,150

87 POUR YOUR HEART OUT STUDY Original Drawing on Mounted Paper, 7 X 13 Framed: 3,150 VENICE SKETCH Original Drawing on Mounted Paper, 7 X 13 Framed: 3,150

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