Showcase 100

Next week a gallery show will open at the Framers Gallery in London. It's called Showcase 100 and is in collaboration with The Little Chimp Society and Hire an Illustrator.

Today a book has been launched in conjunction with the gallery show which is available from today!

I will be in attendance at the private view next Thursday - hope to see you there!

The Showcase 100 exhibition will be held from 7th – 11th April 2015 at The Framer’s Gallery in central London. This is an excellent art space in the heart of the Fitzrovia area and is easy to get to by train, tube and bus.

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/710733742303427/

The final 100 artworks will be on display and available to purchase at the show, as will the accompanying book.

7th-11th April 2015

The Framers Gallery
36 Windmill Street (Artefact Showroom)
London W1T 2JT
T: +44(0)207 580 4878
http://www.theframersgallery.co.uk/

Opening Hours:
Monday – Friday: 10.00 – 17.30
Saturday: 11.00 – 17.00

Gallery Prints For Sale

As it's the Black Friday / Cyber Monday weekend some galleries are having sales on... so thought I would compile all the prints that are still available for purchase in Galleries. Click on the Art below and it will take you to the right gallery store...

'Out To Sea' - Smile You Son of a Bitch! A JAWS Tribute Art Show

Its on tonight... Time to start swimming with those bow-legged women and check out the amazing art show celebrating Spielberg's Masterpiece this weekend only at Hero Complex Gallery in Los Angeles!

UPDATE: Jaws Prints now available online!

18x24" edition
Variant edition

Both limited edition of 100. This weekend only!

PangeaSeed, artist Craig Drake and Hero Complex Gallery present a shark-saving effort of monstrous proportions: Smile, You Son of a Bitch! An Art Tribute.

3 days only, from November 1 – 3, 2013 at Hero Complex Gallery in Los, Angeles.

This unique ARTivism effort will featuring original artworks from over 90 international artists all coming together to help raise awareness for the global plight of sharks while celebrating their place in pop culture.

Opening Reception:

Friday, November 1 – from 6-10pm

$10 donation at the door – proceeds go directly to benefit PangeaSeed’s conservation & education efforts and help the non-profit organization stay afloat.

For more information please visit: PangeaSeed.org / HeroComplexGallery.com

Event address:

Hero Complex Gallery – 2020 South Robertson BLVD. Studio D. Los Angeles, California 90034

UPDATE: Gallery Show has been extended! If you're in LA, you must go and visit!

Check out the show reviews over at

Trailers From Hell

http://trailersfromhell.com/shark-attack-hero-complex-gallery/

and

Ain't It Cool News!

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/64945

Official AMC 'The Walking Dead' Art Print

As a relative newbie to the show, I honestly had avoided the series even though it was extremely popular, I've never been a big Zombie fan, but due to being asked to join in on this project with HCG and AMC I found myself renting season one, watching it in 5 days, then renting season 2 and watching it over a weekend... I am hooked!

What I loved so much about the story is that it is about the people, their characters and relationships, dealing with a reality that the World as they know it has pretty much come to an end...

I knew then how I wanted to tackle this piece... focusing on the Heroes, the people.

The Walking Dead Season 1 SDCC Poster by Drew Struzan

I recalled Drew Struzan creating a Zombie heavy SDCC poster for Season 1... I saw that and thought, well, thats what our heroes are facing right there...

How about we show the zombies point of view in this one...

Hero Complex Gallery has been hoarding for the zombie apocalypse as they prepare to announce their biggest exhibition of the year….invading Los Angeles on Friday, October 11th, from 7-10pm, on the eve of the Season 4 premiere, Hero Complex Gallery celebrates:

AMC’s The Walking Dead!

As millions of fans await the return of one of the most talked about television shows in the world, venture with us into the post-apocalyptic universe of AMC’s The Walking Dead. Artwork will be inspired by the group’s struggle to survive, fighting against the dead, fighting against the living, and even fighting themselves.

A horde of Hero Complex Gallery’s favorite artists are dancing with the dead, bringing to life the loved, hated, and oftentimes feared characters of this worldwide television phenomenon. Complicated leader, Rick Grimes, the dark and mysterious katana-wielding Michonne, and Southern bad boy turned good, Daryl Dixon, are just a few of the iconic characters of this series that are portrayed in paintings, prints, and sculpture.

Join us as we journey into the post-apocalyptic universe of AMC’s The Walking Dead!

When: Opening Reception: Friday, October 11th, 7-10pm

Additional Hours – W-Sun, 11am-6pm

Where: Hero Complex Gallery

2020 South Robertson Blvd., Studio D, Los Angeles, CA 90064

For further information about Hero Complex Gallery or this exhibition, please visit their website or email smasher@herocomplexgallery.com.

This Print is now available to buy from www.herocomplexgallery.com

Saturday Morning TV Show - Batman

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When I was a kid I watched many TV shows on Saturday mornings, but one of the earliest I can remember is watching re-runs of the old Batman TV series with Adam West in the lead role. When I was asked to participate in the latest Gallery show at L|td Gallery, this is what sprung to mind for me... Holy blast from the past Batman!...

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Limited Edition Print - 16x20" Giclée $40 USDBUY NOW — Limited Edition Print - 16x20" Giclée $40 USD
**BUY NOW**

Not going to San Diego Comic-Con, but itching for your Pop Culture fix?

Ltd. Art Gallery Presents: SATURDAY MORNING

As a child, Saturday mornings were a playground for our imaginations. It was the beginning to the weekend and school was in the rearview mirror. Nothing was sweeter than waking up early, making your way to living room, and taking a journey 30 minutes at a time. Ltd is very excited to present our newest group art show: SATURDAY MORNING. Over 50 artists reflect upon a time when all they needed was a bowl of cereal, their pajamas....and the TV.

http://www.ltdartgallery.com/

Event Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/473595672725923/

PURCHASE THE PRINT HERE

"And Upon His Brow is Set a Crown of Flame" RED.

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The first ever 'Real Life' Gallery show experience for Planet Pulp is upon us...

I have been a member, or affectionately known as a 'Rogue' at Planet Pulp for some time and has been a great place online to blow off some creative steam over recent years... and showcase my work. Now, flexing those muscles again, its time for the first gallery Show to be held in Los Angeles in partnership with Hero Complex Gallery. RED. Exciting times!

So without further ado, here's my finished painting for the show. I decided I would actually paint this one and broke out the airbrush, acrylics and Prismacolors!

18 x 24" Giclée Print - Limited Numbered Edition of 75 -  $50.00ORDER YOUR PRINT NOW — 18 x 24" Giclée Print - Limited Numbered Edition of 75 - $50.00
**ORDER YOUR PRINT NOW**

Hope you like it. Here's a pic of me working on the painting. Head to my Instragram page to see more of the behind the scenes process pics...

Bring the Fire. #hellboy #wip #red

paulshipper's photo on Instagram

I have some other news relating to my HellBoy artwork. You can own an Original!

Hero Complex Gallery are holding a special charity auction of my original artwork, the comprehensive to the final Red piece, entitled "And Upon His Brow is Set a Crown of Flame" inspired by Hellboy. The auction will benefit the Calgary area due to the terrible floods that have permanently transformed that amazing city. This auction will commence on Saturday 6th July at the same time as the online sale for Red and the winning bidder will get this sketch as well as a copy of the finished print. Here's the info: http://www.ebay.com/itm/251300571354

Original Sketch Charity Auction Saturday 6th JulyOriginal Drawing "And Upon His Brow is Set a Crown of Flame" Inspired by Hellboy Approximately 19"x25" on Gray Art Paper, 8B Pencil, Prismacolor, and Black & White Acrylic Airb… — Original Sketch Charity Auction Saturday 6th July
Original Drawing "And Upon His Brow is Set a Crown of Flame" Inspired by Hellboy
Approximately 19"x25" on Gray Art Paper, 8B Pencil, Prismacolor, and Black & White Acrylic Airbrush
PLACE BID NOW

Show Details:

Opening Reception: Friday, July 5th, 7-10pm

On Display: July 5th – July 18th

W-Sat, 11am-6pm Please RSVP on the Facebook Event Page: here

Online Release: here, Saturday July 6th, approx. 1pm PDT

Star Trek: Origins - Illustrated Art Print

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Hot on the heels of my recent JJ Abrams NuTrek inspired Illustrated posters, I was introduced to Thomas Olivri over at Geek-Art in Paris. They hold exclusive gallery shows at Dernier Bar Avant la Fin du Monde (Last Bar Before the End of the World ). Their next show, Final Frontier is an Art Tribute to Star Trek and will also feature new art from my wonderfully talented friends Samuel Ho, Matt Ferguson, Marie Bergeron and many more.

Prints are very limited so if you have your eye on something, don' t hang about. I am told there will be only 20 of each artwork available!

When I began thinking about what to create for this show, I realised the Trek Universe is vast, many vessels, many Captains, many different shows, I could pretty much go in any direction on this. It was however a no brainer after tackling the latest incarnation of Star Trek to now 'boldly go' back to the roots of Star Trek's memorable characters from the original series.

I wanted to keep a similar illustrated movie poster feel to the Illustrations I had just recently created for Star Trek (2009) and Into Darkness. The prints will measure 50 x 70 cm (19.7 x 27.5" approx).

Hope you like it...

Live Long and Prosper!

Man Of Steel

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A daunting prospect for me was figuring out how to tackle this. I knew I really wanted to do a film poster style illustration featuring the new Superman, but figuring out how to go about it, the designing of the poster layout...

Something about Superman and the awesome legacy that we all know and love makes it hard to touch and I have to say, Zack Snyder, Christopher Nolan, and Hans Zimmer, scoring the movie, along with everyone on the production, they all deserve massive credit from what I have seen and heard so far. They honour the Characters, the Story, the Legacy with a new spin and look that is quite different but I have totally bought into it. And so, I really wanted to try and give this poster art a feel of the new film but a different look and an alternative to the photographic posters that are being used to promote the film.

I thought about it for a long while, toying with so many ideas, that just didnt cut it - was I trying to be too clever...? then it hit me. It's the Man Of Steel...! I need Superman, front and centre, looking hard as... 'Steel'... and that was the best place for me to start.

I really wanted to show Superman's heritage, a little of where he came from, his birth Parents on Krypton and also his relationship with his Father on Earth - these are the foundations of who Superman or Kal-El is and grows to become. It was important for me to have it in there. Scouring the internet for reference material, there actually wasn't that much to my surprise, so I did the best with what I could. I can not wait for this movie, the trailer is possibly one of the greatest ever created... Bring on the Man of Steel!!

The print will be available this weekend at Hero Complex Gallery, Los Angeles as part of their upcoming show 'Arch Nemesis'

More details to come soon.

Get Lucky Punk

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I do love me some Daft Punk. And boy, oh boy this new album coming out soon is going to be amazing! Random Access Memories will take you back to the roots of Disco with some incredible guest artists - just feast your eyes and ears on the Collaborator Series videos on www.daftpunk.com to get a feel for the groove...

The art show is inspired by the French electronic music duo Daft Punk. To celebrate the release of Daft Punk’s first album in eight years, Gauntlet Gallery will feature works by over 40 painters, sculptors , digital and screen print artists, each of whom has created an original work of art inspired by Daft Punk.

I approached my piece as a promotional poster for the first single that was to be released from 'Random Access Memories' - 'Get Lucky' featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers. I instantly loved this track and had it practically on repeat during the whole creation of this piece. Hope you like it..

'Get Lucky Punk' - 18x24" Giclée Print - Limited Edition of 50 — 'Get Lucky Punk' - 18x24" Giclée Print - Limited Edition of 50

Gauntlet Gallery’s “ReDiscovery” debuts on May 18th with an opening night reception from 7pm to 10pm. The show will be on view until June 15th, 2013. Located at 1040 Larkin Street in San Francisco.

Butch and Sundance

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid has always been one of my favourite movies. When it came time to think of a subject for Bottleneck Gallery's latest show, 'I Love You Man', It had to be this... probably the greatest buddy movie of all time!

Hope you all like it.

Butch and Sundance - 18 x 24" Giclée - Bottleneck Gallery, NYC

Scorsese Tribute Show - Taxi Driver

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Im very proud to announce my latest print for the upcoming Spoke Art Scorsese Tribute Show at Bold Hype Gallery, NYC this weekend.

This is my first print in collaboration with Spoke Art and I have to say I'm really excited to be a part of it!

My Print will be a Limited Edition 18 x 24" Giclée of 40 available at the gallery this weekend. Online sales begin the following week. Hope you all like it!

UPDATE

Available Now at The Spoke Art Store

'Walt' - A Tribute to the Most Oscar Nominated Man on the Planet

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When it came time to decide on an illustration for the upcoming 'Oscar Legends' Show at Hero Complex Gallery I decided to honor the person with the most Academy Award Nominations and Wins, Walt Disney. With a total of 59 nominations, 22 wins and has 4 honorary awards... One word, Legend. A Legend that has brought so much joy to our World beginning with 'Steam Boat Willie' and the birth of Mickey Mouse, through ground-breaking animation and film, and not forgetting the Happiest Places on Earth, Disneyland/Disney World.... His legacy continues since his passing in 1966. With the acquisitions of Pixar, Marvel and more recently Lucasfilm, the Disney magic is touching even more people than ever before and spanning many different genres.

I can still remember my first time at Disneyland, Calif. back in 1981, I was just 5 years old and can recall it with great clarity... Good times.

'Walt' 8 x 10" FineArt 300gsm Giclée - Edition of 50 - by Paul Shipper — **'Walt'** 8 x 10" FineArt 300gsm Giclée - Edition of 50 - by Paul Shipper

Big thanks to Hero Complex Gallery and to Peter at SlashFilm for debuting the piece earlier today and for this wonderful quote - Made my day...

“One of /Film’s favorite artists, Paul Shipper.”

— Peter Sciretta - SlashFilm

Exclusively revealed on SlashFilm.com - Cool Stuff

Click here for more details on the upcoming show

Oscar Legends - San Francisco

15th February 2013

Hosted by: SOMArts

Oscar Legends - Portland, Oregon

Opening Night: Saturday, February 23rd, 4pm - 10pm

Oscar Gala Reception: Sunday, February 24th, 4pm - Close

Hosted by: The Hollywood Theatre

Now available to purchase online for just $30!

Bottleneck 'Get a Room' Full Reveal!

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'Bed Club' Limited Edition of 50 / 10 x 25" / 300gsm FineArt Giclée

The 'Get A Room' Show

Friday, February 15th - Friday, March 8th

Opening Reception: Friday February 15th from 7pm to 10pm

Online Sales Begin Saturday February 16th ~ 12 noon est.

BottleneckGallery.com

Now Available to purchase online - Limited Edition Print at Bottleneck Gallery New York

http://www.bottleneckgallery.com/products/paul-shipper-bed-club

Illustrating The Time Machine

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Gizmos and Gadgets is the theme for the next Bottleneck Gallery show and after playing with ideas for the Rocketeer (my first concept) I was told a few others were doing this so had to let it go. Still hoping to get to draw the hood ornament one of these days...

Next idea was something from another of my all time favorite films, Back to the Future. after exploring the gadgets for BTTF 2 the Hoverboard, the Air Mags self lacing shoes, self fitting and drying jacket and all the other future visions from that film it soon dawned on me that the greatest gadget in the franchise was actually the Time Machine itself. And like Doc Brown said, if you gonna build a time machine why not do it with style!

It was still a challenge to come up with something that hadn't been done before and I wanted to try something a little different.

Being such well loved films there are a lot of great art pieces already out there, including the iconic one sheet illustrations by Drew Struzan!

I can only hope that this take on BTTF will connect with a few of you out there the way it does with me. The DeLorean has always been one of the coolest cars on the planet (thanks to the films) and I wanted to try and capture the car and the essence of the time travel device and its heart, the Flux Capacitor, without including the main cast in a way that when when you see it you know exactly what it is. It wouldn't be Back to the Future without the DeLorean.

The show opens on the 18 Jan and I have 2 prints in the show. Stay tuned at bottleneckgallery.com and on @paulshipper for more details on the prints next week! Links to each piece in the gallery show below:

The Time Machine - Flux Capacitor Edition $35.00

“The charity that we will be supporting for this show will be the Humane Society. Last year, we raised a little over $4,000 with your support during our first four months for some amazing charities. ”

— The Bottleneck Team

The Gang's All Here - Star Wars heads to NYC

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Bottleneck Gallery's next show, 'The Gang's All Here' Begins November 9th and I chose to illustrate the gang from one of my all time favorite films since I was a kid. Star Wars: A New Hope. The Original, the one that started it all.

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The premise of this piece is like an old, well loved family portrait. The song 'Memories, Friends and 8x10's' was ringing through my head when I was thinking about what I should do for the show.

Check out the Gallery website for more info on the upcoming show... It's also raising money for charity, which sets this gallery apart from many others... next month it's for the Make a Wish Foundation

Head here to get your copy of the Limited Edition Print.

Update! In light of the news of Disney's acquisition of LucasFilm we now have a variant print for the show...

Star Wars: the Gang's All Here - Disney Variant SOLD OUT at the show - 7 Dec 2012 - AP's now available at the SHIP SHOP — Star Wars: the Gang's All Here - Disney Variant **SOLD OUT at the show -** **7 Dec 2012 - AP's now available at the SHIP SHOP**

Band of Brothers and Flight of the Conchords Prints at Bottleneck Gallery NY

My first Gallery work is being shown at Bottleneck Gallery NYC among a host of awesome talents including Mark Englert, Barry Blakenship, Chris Garofalo and Samuel Ho. They recently had their opening of the gallery with this show and is still running until the 28th Sept 2012, so if you are in NYC I recommend you head on over to check out this new Gallery and all the great work they have on show and for sale. A large portions of the proceeds go to charity and you get to walk away with a pretty unique piece of art! This month is their first show and it’s theme is Inspired by Premium Cable TV. I chose HBO first of all because I Loved Band of Brothers, and had to do a Flight of the Conchords piece (NZ-NYC Connection). The charity is the Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research.

The art on show is mostly prints and you can pick up limited edition reproductions of my work there. They are printed to the highest specification Giclée's and I was on hand to proof all the prints sent out to the gallery. Each hand signed and numbered. there is an edition of 20 of a smaller 16x24” of each piece and also a full size 20x30 reproduction of each that is also available to purchase that have been framed and on show at the gallery. The originals were created on 20 x 30” illustration board, and created by my fair hand… The originals are illustrated on Gessoed Crescent Illustration Board using acrylic airbrush inks and Prismacolor pencils.

These Giclée prints seriously came out amazingly well and I am really proud to have them out there.

I want to wish Bottleneck Gallery all the very best with this and all the coming shows, they have done a great job and I look forward to being part of some of your future shows!

There is a great review of the show online, be sure to head over to Posterocalypse they have picked their favorite pieces from the show and critiqued them, well worth a read ;)

Band of Brothers:16x24" Giclée Print Signed Edition of 20 $60

Band of Brothers Signed Framed Edition of 1: Original Art Size 20x30" Giclée Print $450

Flight of the Conchords: 16x24" Giclée Print Signed Edition of 20 $60

Flight of the Conchords Signed Framed Edition of 1: Original Art Size 20x30" Giclée Print

$450

Works for a Gallery Show

I have created two new illustrations recently for an upcoming gallery show at the Bottleneck Gallery in Brooklyn, New York, USA

The title of the show is “More Than You Imagined: Art Inspired by Premium Cable” and will run from September 7th up until September 28th and its for a good cause too! The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research…

I chose 2 shows from HBO:

Band of Brothers and Flight of the Conchords

Band of Brothers was an absolutely jaw dropping series that I could not miss when it aired

and Flight of the Conchords had to be done as I am living in New Zealand and the show was filmed in NYC so it was a no-brainer!

Hope you enjoy the art. 1/1 Signed Giclée prints (20x30") will be on display/for sale and a small print run of 20 signed prints (16x24") both paintings will be available first come first served...

the prints came out specatacularly, I proofed them myself to ensure the quality.

Visit the gallery website here: Bottleneck Gallery

The drop goes live Mon 10th Sept between 8:50 - 9:10 EST