Steampunk Michael Jackson as Peter Pan

Title:	Steampunk Michael Jackson as Peter Pan
Genre:
Mediums:	Corel Painter, CS5
For Sale:	NFS
Views:	4436
Posted:	11/4/2013
Status:	Published

Projects: Illustrated trading cards for Vampire of the Masquerade and Alderac Entertainment illustrated for Drakaina Fantasy Muse, Exotique 3, Inside Kung-Fu and Heavy Metal illustrated pinups for Hustler and wrote tutorials for Corel Painter, Advanced Photoshop, Fantasy Art Magazine and Digital Artist Magazine.

Location: Las Vegas, NV

Painted by Sandra Chang-Adair, this painting depicts Michael in Steam punk Peter Pan attire dancing on a mountain top. Sandra had the honor of having this painting published in the Michael Jackson Opus Book sanctioned by the Jackson Estate. Thousands of art submissions were received by the publisher and only 16 were used! Sandra is a HUGE FAN of MJ!

I wanted to paint Michael Jackson as Peter Pan, but a Steampunk version since traditional interpretations of Peter Pan can be quite mundane. So I found the happiest portrait I could find of Michael to use as reference. I wanted to paint him in than his signature dance move and in the moment of perfect bliss and elation. I put him in the forest with mountains in the background to represent his permanent and supreme contribution to the world. I added Tinkerbell for people to properly identify the subject matter. And I resisted putting my likeness in her countenance. Instead if you look closely, you will see Audrey Hepburn, one of my favorite actresses.

I added a ship in the background which would be the infamous vessel that belonged to Captain Hook. In Michael' s case, Hook would be his nemesis, Tom Sneddon, the evil district attorney of Santa Barbara County who tried unsuccessfully to indict Michael. Need I have to mention that Michael was pronounced innocent of all 14 counts in this criminal trial! I' d like to think that in my painting, Tom Sneddon and his cronies (which would include Dr. Conrad Murray) have all been dropped off at the pit of Sarlacc where they will be painfully digested for a thousand years! So the ship is now manned by a crew of faithful MJ fans! I used Corel Painter and Adobe Photoshop and love to create my painting. I hope you like my artwork! I only wish that MJ could have seen it (I LOVE YOU, MICHAEL! You are the GREATEST ENTERTAINER EVER TO HAVE EXISTED!)