These pieces are intended to be nothing too serious. Like all Pop art, my Frankos touch on “Popular Culture” and feature all kinds of things from our youths and experiences thru out life, to the things we buy, watch, love and feel. Layering is an integral part of all of my art, be it abstracts, Abstract Realism, Book clubs or Urban Pop. I use a lot of this for balance, layering and colour within the canvas as well. Throughout these pieces, you will see disingenuous tags like “Genuine Romance” “ 1800-True Love” “Never seen before” “This will change your life” “Genuine Taste” etc etc to poke a bit of fun at the constant bombardment we all get of things that are bordering on truth and outright pulling the other leg. I use some forms of Brandalism to replicate advertising on walls. I create all of my “Urban Pop” pieces with a partial textured base and in a grungy manner to replicate something of an “urban” wall type look. Like Richie Rich, he is a pop icon, and symbolic of the birth of real wealth and the industrial era as we know it today. In 1985 he appeared in the game "Monopoly" and it wasnt until 1999 that Rich Uncle Pennybags was officially renamed "Mr Monopoly". He first appeared in the Parker Brothers game "Dig" game in 1936, but wasnt actually given a name until 1946 when he appeared in Parker Brothers new game "Rich Uncle". The Monopoly Man first appeared in the early 1900s as "Rich Uncle Pennybags" and was penned by artist Dan Fox. Reds, Monopoly Blue, blacks, white etc.all work to make this piece a must have. The base layers on this rocking piece are textured, and finished in a grungy styling. As relevant as ever considering the current environment of volatility.
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