Ola spunky art lover! Thank you for looking in on this lovingly created painting! "The Definitive Art Guide" features texture and layering as well as red, blue, metallic gold, white and black acrylics, inks and sugar sprays.

Painted on pages of the book 'The Great Airport Mystery' by Franklin W. Dixon which are stuck to the canvas and sealed with a binding varnish to ensure they will stay where they are meant to... On the canvas.

These special paintings ("Bookclub" as we have called them) can have a classy, voice motivated or subject relative vibe to them. They are painted on old vintage or destructed literary sources, specially selected from a large growing collection. Classic feels, yet totally modern. Pop based, often with a touch of realism rather than pure Popart styling. Like all of my paintings, these also have layers and a textured base to provide depth, so there is no mistaking this is an original painting and not a flat print. This painting will NEVER EVER be sold as a print. This painting has LIFE. Mediums of choice are acrylics, inks and oil based distillers. Tools of choice are fingers and brushes. Pages are layered and stuck to the canvas and sealed with a binding varnish to ensure they will stay where they are meant to...On the canvas.

The bases are newly famous novels such as Fifty Shades, 1984 or Memoires of a Geisha (which will be destructured and aged) thru to literature that can be over 100 years old and will feature cover pages and written pages that show their own history. We have seen some gorgeous things over the years inside vintage books as many are from the olden days when a book was a cherished birthday or Christmas present. I will sometimes choose a book that has a similar theme to the subject matter but sometimes will choose something contrasting. Pages also go over the edges to create a gallery finish that doesn’t require framing or more cost to you.

These days, many modern artists claim painting on books, or painting book covers to be their own invented style....it’s not. Books have been used as subject matter by some artists for over 50 or 60 years, including replications of Penguin Book covers and spines. I initially started painting on Book bases and Comics after being inspired by a huge, tree piece on book pages by US artist Raine Bedsole in the original Twilight movie in 2008 (Yes I am a fan LOL). As with much art and things in popular culture, it’s remixed and reformed into something new, based on ones own style. Literature in any form, makes for a wonderfully interesting base, adding to the narrative and interest of the subject matter.....and in some weird way pays homage to the much loved pastime of reading.

They are created on a 40mm frame wrapped in the highest quality canvas, with a triple varnish coat and gallery finished edges painted and finished as such. A “canvas” really has 5 faces. If this piece caught your eye but it’s not quite the right size or colours, or you would like something more personal, do reach out and let’s discuss possibilities.

Mumma Bear and spunky wife Wendy is CFO and big cheese. To add to the family vibe, since the world was rocked by covid, both of my offspring (Franksy and Franketta as I call them) have become fulltime understudies, having “helped out Dad” during their school years. Under my watchful eye, they are both now collaborating with me at the highest level.