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The Quest for Eternity - Limited Edition of 40 Print

George Rowbottom

Australia

Printmaking, Ink on Paper

Size: 23.6 W x 23.6 H x 0 D in

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My original paintings are available as Limited Edition prints. Each as authentic as the original and individually artisan produced in a choice of sizes, personally signed, numbered and certified. My fine art paper reproductions are printed using Canon Lucia EX pigment inks. The paper is a French made Cold Press style 320 gms textured Cotton Rag – acid and lignin free to ensure a very long life. The same care and diligence is taken with the packaging of each Limited Edition print to ensure safe arrival at its destination. About this Painting Many years ago, in my illustrious career, I had a graphic-design studio in Wardour Strreet, in London’s Soho. For decades Wardour Street was the epicentre for all things celluloid and cinema. Jubilee Graphics was at No. 101. It was set up and financed by John Reid Enterprises, in other words Elton John. This painting echoes back to those days when I worked creating theimages and designs that would elevate musicians to become world-wide, chart-topping, rock-stars. It was probably the best job in the world! In a time before computers, digital images and smart phones, when posters sold in their millions,the idea of an astronaut on a cross floating in space above the earth seemed arresting and provocative. It was an idea and an image that promised to be a mammoth-seller! To make the proposition more viable we actually staged the whole thing! A life-size cross made of wood was commissioned, a studio hired along with props, an astronaut’s costume and a top-flight American photographer, whose name eludes me, was cajoled into taking the shot. I volunteered to be the astronaut! I painted a gouache Illustration as an aid to sell the idea and push things forward. I kept the original illustration which now all these years later, is reborn as the inspiration for this painting! As the title says - ‘The Quest for Eternity’ - continues.

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Printmaking:Ink on Paper

Artist Produced Limited Edition of:40

Size:23.6 W x 23.6 H x 0 D in

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I was born in North Wales, educated in the North of England and grew up in London. I attended art college for five years graduating from Leeds College of Art (now Leeds Arts University) with a 1st. Class Honours BA in Fine Art (Painting). Amongst an array of artistic endeavours I’ve been a creative director in London ad-agencies, a copywriter, an animator, a comedy writer and performer, an art director and a graphic designer. In 2002, having tired of London, I migrated to the sun-drenched shores of Queensland, Australia which is now my home. In the years before this adventure I was commissioned to paint murals on the walls of Elton John’s Rocket Records. I designed and devised a host of album sleeves for world-wide, chart-toppers and worked extensively with George Harrison’s HandMade Films and with the Monty Pythons. I created movie posters and campaigns for the iconic Life of Brian and the Bond Movies, sold Bentley motor cars to the Japanese market and I’ve written strap-lines for Hollywood blockbusters. My career which has always been, let’s say unconventional, has now come full circle and to my complete surprise I’ve picked up the brushes again. I paint whatever interests me although I openly admit I’m unsure where the ideas spring from. I do know the subject matter must be challenging, engaging and seemingly, without any conscious or devious planning on my part, always turns out to be quirky, unconventional and unorthodox. I guess the words that best express and sum up my work are - ‘captivatingly idiosyncratic.’

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