The Predator

This painting of a 'Predator' is part of a 'cover' I did for a brilliant comic

series of 'Batman Verses Predator', (just my idea of a cover, not a real

cover I did for DC!) The Predator turned out really well, but the Batman

and Huntress figures were 'not so good!' So you won't see the rest of this

until I have done some 'repairs' on them!! (Not all my work turns out as 

well as it should!)

Ron Perlman - Hellboy

Hellboy is just a brilliantly conceived character, (and one of my favorites.)

Created by writer/artist Mike Mignola as a comic book character, he grew in

popularity and then exploded into mainstream culture with the release of  the 

superb Guillermo Del Toro movies, with the amazing Ron Perlman in the title

role. My painting is from a hilarious scene in the first movie where Hellboy

enlists the help of a corpse called Ivan!

Arwen - Lord Of The Rings, "If you want him, come and claim him!!"

Where do you start with the legend that is Peter Jackson's 'Lord Of The Rings'

trilogy? If I had the time I could spend years painting scenes from these movies!

However, I chose to paint the beautiful Liv Tyler as Arwen because I was so

stunned by her appearance in the movies. Full of the grace and elegance of the elves,

and yet brave and fearless at the same time, she challenged the Ringwraiths to come

and take the injured Frodo from her on the outskirts of Lothlorian. 

Linda Hamilton - "Catherine" - Beauty and The Beast (portrait detail)

This is just a head shot of the full portrait that can be seen 

on the 'Beauty and the Beast' page.

Cowboy Bebop

Cowboy Bebop is a very popular Japanese Anime, (a cartoon to us non

Japanese,) but this is no children's cartoon - this is for adults. It tells the story

of a group of  'misfits' who join together and travel the galaxy as bounty hunters,

and they all have shady backgrounds which come to light as the series progresses.

It is superbly written, with a great music, and was one of the first Anime series

to become popular in the UK and USA. At the time I was so into the show I 

just wanted to do a painting with all the characters in, but when I look at this 

now I keep thinking I should do a background! It looks a bit empty!

(One interesting cool note, the hero Spike is an exponent of 'Jeet Kune Do' the

martial arts style invented by the late great Bruce Lee!)

Spock - Star Trek II - The Wrath Of Khan.