Painting Roy Lichtenstein's NYC studio

In 2018 I located Lichtenstein’s NYC studio where he made his sixties Pop Art paintings of women. (Collection of Marciano Art Foundation)

       
     
Mona Lisa

painting the Mona Lisa in Basquiat’s Studio

       
     
Basquiat and Picasso

painting Basquiat and Picasso Studios

       
     
Matisse's Studio in Collioure by Damian Elwes

In 2005 I tracked down Matisse's Fauvist Studio in Collioure. Since then I have made several paintings to describe it.

       
     
Rose Wylie's Studio, 2020 Mixed media on canvas, 168 x 255 cm by Damian Elwes

My paintings focus on people who, in the solitude of their own spaces, have used their creativity and imagination to change the way we perceive the world.

       
     
Picasso's Villa in detail

This painting describes Picasso's Villa in Cannes in April, 1956

It was painted from 2005-19

       
     
See all paintings at Francisco show 2019
       
     
Picasso's Cubist Studio painted in time-lapse by Damian Elwes

Damian Elwes locates the actual studio and recreates exactly how it was while Picasso was there in 1912

       
     
Portrait of Basquiat

memory of hanging out with Basquiat in London

       
     
Basquiat's Studio on Crosby Street

painting the first version of Basquiat’s Studio on Cosby Street/NYC