jason guillard

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10Haile Selassie

year
2020
medium
Acrylic on wood fence
size
Dimensions variable
note
Miami

A portrait of Haile Selassie painted on a wood fence as a gift to a venue in Miami. It later served as the backdrop for a music video.

Haile Selassie, 2020
Haile Selassie, 2020

A portrait of Haile Selassie, painted in 2020 as a gift to a venue in Miami. I worked from a gridded reference, laid out the drawing in chalk across the fence boards, then painted it in flat, graphic color. The wall later served as the backdrop for a music video.

  • Haile Selassie, Process: reference
    Haile Selassie, 2020. Process: reference
  • Haile Selassie, Process: first color
    Haile Selassie, 2020. Process: first color
  • Haile Selassie, Materials
    Haile Selassie, 2020. Materials
  • Haile Selassie, Detail
    Haile Selassie, 2020. Detail
  • Haile Selassie, Later, as a music video backdrop
    Haile Selassie, 2020. Later, as a music video backdrop