Steve Justice Studio

Art - Design

Public Emeny #1: portrait of John Dillingier

Steve Justice Painting Title: Public Emeny #1: portrait of John Dillingier Material: oil on canvas Size: 30x30 Year: 2015 With this re-animation of a police photo of the dead bank robber, I experimented with water-based oil paint to adapt to the reduced studio space available to me when I lived in Hong Kong. As do shapes and colors in many of my paintings, the green arch plays multiple roles, suggesting an engraved image on folding money, or every bank teller’s nightmare of John Dillinger showing up at your window to make a withdrawal. Title: Public Emeny #1: portrait of John Dillingier
Material: oil on canvas
Size: 30×30
Year: 2015

With this re-animation of a police photo of the dead bank robber, I experimented with water-based oil paint to adapt to the reduced studio space available to me when I lived in Hong Kong. As do shapes and colors in many of my paintings, the green arch plays multiple roles, suggesting an engraved image on folding money, or every bank teller’s nightmare of John Dillinger showing up at your window to make a withdrawal.