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Black Rose Painted Canvas

I did this huge canvas painting of Black Rose as a thank you for a friend who has helped me more than once over the last few years.
He is a huge Thin Lizzy fan and when I asked him what I could do to thank him he looked at the Black Rose black and white line art canvas and asked me if I could paint it for him. That sounded like far too much fun so I happily agreed and got going. The painting was seriously interrupted by having to clear out my house for sale but once that was done I focused on this one and stayed at it until it was done. Took me a lot longer than I anticipated but worth it in the end, I think.

It is worth remembering that the original album cover artwork for Black Rose -which I own -was prepared exactly as with this new canvas version. For the original, I prepared a very detailed pencil drawing which I then painted in transparent glazes of purple over the line drawing leaving the pencil lines to subtly appear through the paintwork.

I have a black rose canvas for sale on my website plus a canvas of the pencil version and that pencil version provided the perfect template for this painting, using the line pencil art and layering it over with purple acrylics until it positively glowed just like the original -and with the pencil lines still visible giving it exactly the look of the album cover artwork and exactly the same look I wanted for this canvas.

I liked it so much that I decided to make one for myself AND to offer this unique original painted artwork to Thin Lizzy fans for what I know is a lot of money but this is one important work and the price reflects the importance of this iconic image and the time and effort involved in preparing this epic canvas painting.

Please remember these will ONLY be done to order and take a months work so allow for that if and when you are ordering this unique painting on canvas.

Remember too it’s a beast of a work, 32” x32” (80 x 80cm) unframed. Yep, it’s a real show-stopper.

-Jim FitzPatrick. Ireland. 2018