by Kentropolis | Jan 28, 2015 | Portraits |
by Kentropolis | May 7, 2012 | Portraits |
by Kentropolis | Mar 19, 2012 | Portraits |
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by Kentropolis | Apr 4, 2011 | Portraits |
This is a tribute to someone I wish I could say was a friend but he’ll always be close. I’ll revisit him many times to come. Jimi was Art.
by Kentropolis | Feb 15, 2009 | Portraits |
by Kentropolis | Dec 20, 2008 | Portraits |
by Ralph Sirianni | Dec 20, 2008 | Portraits |
Three new portraits are presented in this “Other Works” gallery, “Obama” , “Jimi-Revisited” and ” Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.”
by Ralph Sirianni | Oct 19, 2008 | Other Works, Portraits |
My Mother is 87 years old. She came to this country in 1939, from Calabria, Italy. It was early in that decade that her mother made a piece of cloth from raw cotton. It was a long and tedious process. My mother gave me this particular fabric. It was my intention...
by Ralph Sirianni | Dec 30, 2007 | Other Works, Portraits |
The subjects may appear to be separate from each other. However, “Cool Nude” and “Bird With A Smile” were created simultaneously. There’s a certain energy when things click in the studio. I liken it to long distance running. After so many...
by Kentropolis | Apr 16, 2007 | Portraits |
by Kentropolis | Oct 8, 2006 | Commissions, Portraits |
Dream Session is a fantasy jam. Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley and Carl Perkins were recorded together as The Million Dollar Quartet. In this painting, Buddy Holly replaces Carl Perkins and the boys are ROCKIN’.
by Kentropolis | Jan 13, 2006 | Covers & Posters, Portraits |
This piece was selected to represent the 9th Convention Hendrixiana-Saturnia 2005. This is an annual event, held in Tuscany, Italy, where musicians from all over the globe gather to commemorate and perform the music of Jimi Hendrix.
by Kentropolis | Aug 31, 2005 | Portraits, War Themes |
Significant to my self-portrait in the painting is the eagle feather, with its stem beaded in the colors of the Vietnam Campaign medal. I was a Marine Corps rifleman in Vietnam. Some friendships developed into something even deeper than brotherhood. One such bond was...
by Kentropolis | May 25, 2005 | Portraits |
It’s been over 50 years since I was first introduced to Don Quixote. At that time, it was in the form of a Classics Illustrated comic book. Now, the character has reemerged. A recent study of Edith Grossman’s translation of this classic has aroused a...
by Kentropolis | May 25, 2005 | Portraits |
This piece began in the late 70s, shortly after Elvis Presley’s death. His mausoleum, the sun and the song “In the Ghetto” pervade the space surrounding the King of Rock and Roll. I was never quite sure how all of that related to the painting. As the...
by Ralph Sirianni | Nov 2, 2004 | Commissions, Portraits |
Piece on display at the Raggedy Ann Museum in Arcola, Illinois. This work (below) was created for a dear friend of the artist in Rome, Italy.
by Kentropolis | Jun 3, 2003 | Of My Blood, Portraits |
by Kentropolis | Aug 11, 2002 | African Angels & Masks, Portraits |
The face is of the “Miles Mask” is Miles Davis, from the photograph on the cover of the “Tutu” album. The loose, atmospheric effect of the self-portrait is meant to add a mysterious quality.
by Kentropolis | Sep 5, 1999 | Portraits |
I have a very special place in my heart for Jimi Hendrix. He is art. His music and message will grow as time passes. In this painting, his image is within the body of his Stratocaster. The guitar is engulfed in flames.
