ILLUSTRATIONS: POP PORTRAITS
Rendering the Moment
Pop culture has been a recurring theme in Ryan Lanigan’s work. With subjects ranging from Walter White to MLK, these portraits are more about reacting to an experience or date on the calendar than executing a cohesive theme.
Still, artists need to explore. A reaction to a film led to the creation of The X-Presidents, so you never know when an exercise might lead to something more ambitious.
As an ongoing series, these portraits function as studies of the flavor of the moment and an exercise in rendering famous faces in a signature style.
