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Thin Lizzy Nightlife by Jim FitzPatrick and hand enhanced by Suzanne FitzPatrick

You can see in the pictures how the hand-enhanced gold and silver play beautifully with the light. Check out the picture of me and my daughter Suzanne with the print to see the size!

Print details

This is a limited edition of 25 prints, A3 16″x11″ size signed and embossed by Jim FitzPatrick, hand enhanced by Suzanne FitzPatrick.

Each comes with a certificate of authenticity.

THIN LIZZY NIGHTLIFE. POSTER.

The cover for Nightlife was a slightly odd one: I was very influenced by Roger Dean at the time (I still love his artwork) and it shows in the lettering, the rest is a photo montage influenced by the collages of comic book artists like Jim Steranko and Jack Kirby which were appearing in Marvel comics -and myself and Philip were huge fans. Both of us knew what we wanted and Philip was very sure of the direction he wanted to go, hence the sullen, moody, almost threatening cover image. It was intended as an almost subliminal political statement. But we dared not say so.

What no one knows -up until right now -was that the black panther was a silent tribute by both of us to great African Americans like Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Bobby Smith, and John Carlos, Black Power and the Black Panther movement.
We would have had a real job of explaining that one to the record company! Anyway, they took my name off the cover which annoyed me so eff them but luckily it stayed on the poster which was published a month later.
Anyway, Philip always made sure I was properly credited on the back cover or inside notes.

Now, this iconic Nightlife poster has been given a new lease of life by my artist daughter Suzanne, who lives with her partner in Milan, and is now back working with me again, which is cool.
Her hand-enhanced print of Croí na Coiste sold out fast so here is a brand new print from her gifted hand. I hate to admit it but she does a superior job on these new prints than myself and just to confirm this check out the pix of the print and look closely at the Thin Lizzy logo. Helps to have better eyesight too 🙂
Amazing amount of superb detail there alone with multiple little silver dots all over and along the length of the logo. Love this myself. Kept a copy too 🙂
This new Nightlife print is A3 size, printed on beautiful pearlescent paper and enhanced with silver and gold. It is difficult to see the gold on the motorway and the city lights in my photos but they do look super in the actual print.

-Jim FitzPatrick. Ireland. 2021

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