As one of a handful of galleries in the world representing the art of John Alvin we are both proud and excited to bring his art to our collectors.
The next time you look at a movie poster, look closer, the chances are it's not a photograph but the incredible work of legendary movie artist John Alvin - If you've seen the poster for Revenge of the Sith, The Little Mermain, ET, Batman, you've seen his work. Even George Lucas thinks he's one of the best!
We have a long history of offering his incredible original artwork, and now, offer you a stunning limited edition Lithograph on paper celebrating 25 Years of Blade Runner. An incredible defining movie of our time outlaying an unforgettable vision of the future.
We asked one of the nicest men in illustration to tell us his thoughts behind the artwork: “”I’ve Seen Things” is my revisitation of the Blade Runner one-sheet I created 25 years ago.
It is meant to be a close cousin to the original, still with Deckard and Rachel and while they
are given a fresh look, it is Roy’s sinister presence that makes it a unique take on the sciencefiction classic. The futuristic down shot of a dark Los Angeles keeps the mood and lighting
of the original. Roy Batty was absent in the first rendition back in 1982 and I have always
missed his fierce countenance that echoes one of the greatest sci-fi characters ever created
for the screen.
When the marketing visual material was being generated before film’s release, it was a given
that Harrison Ford’s face had to be shown. All I had then to work from was a grainy, small
single frame of film in order to paint his Deckard. Sean Young was well covered in publicity
stills so she posed no such difficulties. No one who had a creative opinion about the onesheet
knew what to do with the white haired replicant who so personifies the underpinnings
of the story and the decision was made to omit him from the art.
This 25th anniversary commemorative artwork is a chance for me to ask Roy back into the
atmosphere of the story and to give him the power he commands on the screen. I like to
think of him as a ghost who has always been there and now, he has become visible in this
anniversary turn on the 1982 original. “I’ve Seen Things” are the words with which Roy
Batty begins his speech that chillingly tells us there’s much more to this replicant than just
being a newer combat model replicant. I thought it to be an appropriate title for his debut in
Blade Runner art.” - John Alvin
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