Johnnyinthe56 Art & Life Blog — drawings

NEW IN STORE! The Space Art Collection .....

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NEW IN STORE! The Space Art Collection .....

Hi there, so we launched the Space Art Collection on the Johnnyinthe56 website, this month - please excuse the pun... The Space Art Collection curates the Space themed original paintings by the artist: Johnnyinthe56. As some of these have now sold, we've also created a range of high quality art prints, prints and and range of clothing and gifts, also featuring prints of the original art works. Here's the actual products that are available: Museum quality art prints. Large format posters. 100% organic cotton t-shits in a good range of colours and sizes. 100% organic cotton and recycled polyester hoodies...

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Happy New Year - It's been a Slow Start to 2024!

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Happy New Year - It's been a Slow Start to 2024!

Happy New Year 2024 to you all! It's quite likely that you've (like me) been enjoying the dubious pleasures of the 100 day cough! It may have been a virus or possibly three, according to my doctor! Either way, it has finally done one and I now feel that I can look forward to the year ahead, or what's left of it!   So here's what I'm planning for this year: Ongoing work on the LUFC murals and a new mural project is on the books for 2024. We'll be adding more of my 200+ paintings for sale on the...

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Things I Have Done This Week & New Additions

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Things I Have Done This Week & New Additions

The weather has been warm this week so I've been out making the most of it. I've also been continuing the work on the New York landscape. We've added new items to the website this week: Japanese inspired landscape art, printed on to 100% organic eco-friendly t-shirt in a range of colours. The original hand painted artwork by Johnnyinthe56is pictured. Another hand painted portrait from the Hollywood series: Steve McQueen. A different hand painted Japanese landscape featuring Mount Fuji in Black & White. Enjoy your weekend ! Thanks Johnnyinthe56    

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New Arrivals & What's Happening This Week

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New Arrivals & What's Happening This Week

It's been another busy week, I've been working on the New York Cityscape piece, it's very intricate and slow going!! You can take a look at the progress on my instagram feed, here: Johnny the painter (@johnnyinthe56artist) • Instagram photos and videos We've also added more original paintings to the website this week, they're all hand painted and include: Airport Crime Fiction Painting - pictured. A second Hunter S Thompson portrait - called 'On The Road'. A Japanese landscape on Mount Fuji and a temple. A piece of vintage French film inspired art - Rififi. Have a great weekend and thanks...

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This Week's News...

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This Week's News...

Hi, it's been a busy couple of weeks. We've been renovating our kitchen floor and now have it back to floorboards instead of broken tiles which is a massive improvement. I don't feel like I'm going to lose a toe every time I make a cuppa! It did take us waaay longer that we thought, but on the plus side we got a real workout - no bad thing! I have been working on the building piece and you can see the progress on Instagram.  Johnny the painter (@johnnyinthe56artist) • Instagram photos and videos The Astronaut piece was sold and...

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