Willy Wonka meets James Bond!
Hello all! Once again, I find myself fortunate enough to be participating in another fun group art show hosted by the Creature Features Gallery in Burbank, CA. This show is called “Twits, Whizzpoppers, and Snozberries – The Roald Dahl Group Art Show”. As the title suggests, the show is paying tribute to Mr. Roald Dahl, the author of such classics as “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, “James and the Giant Peach”, and “The BFG” (the movie adaptation of which opens quite soon). For my contribution to the show, I went for a mashup, sort of Willy Wonka meets James Bond.
James Bond?
For those who might not be aware, Mr. Dahl in addition to writing the above mentioned children’s classics, also penned the screenplay to the James Bond film, “You Only Live Twice”. To promote the film, legendary painter and illustrator Robert McGinnis was brought in to create what I feel is some of the best key poster art ever realized for a Bond film. One piece in particular is his interpretation of a moment from the film wherein Bond, played by Sean Connery, is being bathed by several lovely Japanese women. It’s a ridiculously sexist image that perfectly encapsulates the James Bond attitude of that era. To drop Gene Wilder’s Willy Wonka character into that visual along with a few OompaLoompas to me felt like the perfect way to push it all over into absurdity. So, here it is!
The show opened on 6/26/2016 and will run for the next couple of weeks. The painting is for sale. There are also a very limited run of numbered prints available for purchase at the show. If none of that works for you, you can always purchase a print from my online print store by clicking on this link, or hitting the Buy Prints link over in the menu!
Thanks for looking!
-Mark