medial 3. art addiction biennial [2016]
Dick Bobnick USA

  

              

1.AMERICAN COURAGE, 2003 Gouache on illustration board 24.5x31.5 in. framed with engraved brass plaque set in the matte area under U.V. ray safe plexiglass. US $ 8,500.00.   2.CHARLES LINDBERGH, 1983 Gouache medium 26x31 in. framed with an engraved brass plaque set in matte area under U.V. ray safe plexiglass. US $ 6,500.00.    3.CLASSICAL BEAUTY, 2016 Gouache on illustration board 28.5x31 in. framed with an engraved brass plaque set in the matte area under U.V. safe plexiglass. US $ 6,500.00.   4.CLINT EASTWOOD, 1998 Gouache on illustration board 29x31 in. framed with an engraved brass plaque set in the matte area under U.V. safe plexiglass. US $ 15,000.00.   5.BEAUTY IN GREEN BIKINI, 2013 Gouache on illustration board 26x30 in. framed with engraved brass plaque set in the matte area under U.V. safe plexiglass. US $ 4,000.00.   6.GOLDFINGER, 1994 Gouache medium 26x31 in. framed with an engraved brass plaque in bottom frame area. Covered with U.V. ray safe plexiglass. US $ 15,000.00.   7.JOHN WAYNE & PAL, 1999 Gouache medium 27x33 in. framed with an engraved brass plaque set in matte area under U.V. ray safe plexiglass. US $ 9,500.00.   8.Tragic Beauty: Carole Landis, 2009 Gouache on illustration board, Framed 30x34 in. US$ 17,500.00 + insurance & shipping   9.MAE WEST, 2012 Gouache on illustration board 28x32 in. framed with engraved brass plaque set in the matte area under U.V. ray safe plexiglass. US $ 9,000.00.   10.MARILYN MONROE, 1996 Gouache medium 29x36 in. framed with an engraved brass plaque set in matte area under U.V. ray safe plexiglass. US $ 20,000.00.   11.FLYING TIGERS, 1983 Gouache medium 31x34 in. framed with an engraved brass plaque set in matte area under U.V. ray safe plexiglass. US $ 7,500.00.  12.ST. POPE JOHN PAUL II, 2016 Gouache on illustration board 28x32 in. framed with an engraved brass plaque set in the matte area under U.V. safe plexiglass US $ 8,000.00. .  13.RAQUEL WELCH, 2014 Gouache 25x30 in., US $ 5,500.00.  14.JOHN WAYNE PORTRAIT, 2001 Gouache 25x30 in., US $ 5,500.00.  15.CAROLE LANDIS, 2009 Gouache 26x32 in., US $ 9,000.00.  16.THUNDERBALL, 1995 Gouache 23x26 in., US $ 12,500.00.  17.ORANGE TWIST GIRL, 2004 Gouache 30x36 in., US $ 10,000.00.  (click on thumbnail to enlarge)

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Dick Bobnick is a nationally and internationally published illustrator and portrait artist. His dramatic illustrations and portraits for many U.S. advertising agencies, publishers, corporations and producers of collectibles have kept his work in demand by art buyers for over 30 years. Dick's illustration specialties include celebrity portraiture, glamour and pinup illustration, sports, religious and historical personages as well as advertising art of every conceivable subject matter. When he began his career in Minneapolis he had to illsutrate everything and anything the sales reps brought him. those assignments included products, food, situational scenes, architecture and even medical illustration. Now, he picks and chooses the "fun subjects" you see in his extensive portfolio. Dick has won many national and international awards over the years and his complete biography, clientele listing and recent awards can be found on his official website, www.dickbobnick.com . Dick makes his home and studio in Burnsville, Minnesota, with his wife and family.

Short essay

I am a traditional realist illustrator and portrait artist. I believe all good paintings begin with a great drawing and all the technique in the world will not make a bad drawing great. Technique is just frosting on the cake. To prospective illustrators my best advice is learn your anatomy and practice, practice, practice. I attempt to get the "look" of the celebrities I paint, the look most people think of when a famous name comes up. My pinups are idealized in face and form in keeping with the legendary pin up artists of the past such as Gil Elvgren and Alberto Vargas. I am keeping that traditional approach to illustration alive in my own particular way as a statement for the classic approach in an ever growing digital and computerized world.