‘JOEY’ Dunlop Limited Edition Print

The 5th of my Northern Irish Legend Portraits is Northern Ireland Born, Road Racing Legend Joey Dunlop OBE. 

“William Joseph "Joey" Dunlop, O.B.E., M.B.E. (February 25th 1952 - July 2nd 2000), was a world champion motorcycle racer from Ballymoney in Northern Ireland, best known for road racing. Best known throughout the sport as "Joey" or "Yer Maun", his achievements include three hat-tricks at the Isle of Man TT races (1985, 1988 and 2000), where he won a record of 26 races in total. During Joey's career he won the Ulster Grand Prix 24 times and the North West 200 13 times. In 1986 Joey won a fifth consecutive TT Formula One world title. In 2005 he was voted the fifth greatest motorcycling icon ever by Motorcycle News."

~ www.joeydunlop.co.uk

‘JOEY’, measuring 122cm x 81cm this piece was really inspiring to make. My Dad used to road race himself and as a child I was brought up with the sport, with my Dad even competing in some races with Joey. I watched the documentary ROAD and immediately felt a connection to do this piece proud.

Joey Dunlop and his family dynasty are a major part of Northern Ireland’s sporting History, with Michael Dunlop carrying on the name and talent today. I started with a reference pic from the era I remember Joey, greying messy hair with a pleasant smirk on his face. No doubt after winning yet another race. As usual when the pen outline went down I knew it was going to be a good one. Next up was the base-coat which is always fun but shows the piece at its worst. I quickly sorted it by adding the outline back on to the canvas. I particularly loved working on the helmut and his racing leathers. The proved to be a challenge with all the different textures. The final outcome is unreal.

Make sure to watch the ‘Making of’ video below, but to sum it up, it was as follows:

Chose a cool reference picture

Roughly whitewashed a board

Threw down some guidelines

Applied my 1st coat of Tin awesomeness

Brought the detail back through with acrylic pen

Applied the ‘Darkness’ 😵‍💫

Brought The LEGEND to life 😉

You’re welcome

50 Limited Edition Full-Size Prints

250 Limited Edition A3 Prints

For all my graffiti series, I produce a limited edition print run. When they’re gone, they’re gone (that’s when your print goes up in value for you collectors out there).

My limited edition runs are high-quality, Hahnemuehle 310gsm German Etching prints. Produced on white art paper made from 100% alpha-cellulose is characterised by its extraordinary velvety tactile feel and its fine clearly defined felt structure. The unique surface texture adds a very special touch to images, showcasing them in all their splendour with impressive three-dimensional effect and depth To top it all off, they are signed and hand-numbered by myself.

Rolled limited edition prints are dispatched first class, recorded delivery, in strong postal tubes and must be signed for upon receipt.

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