Hi, My name is Paul Hanks and I am a self taught artist who began painting in 1988. I used to try and paint the weirdest stuff I could concieve, but I wasn't long before I fell in love with painting pin-up girls, mostly due to a lack of any real women in my life. Well, my romantic life changed for the better but I still love cranking out my pin-ups. My early work consists of oils, and later work mainly acrylic. I switched to get away from the lead and the paint thinner fumes. Other mediums used include, glitter, glue, metallic and glow-in the dark paints. I don't use live models, but I do occasionally use a picture from here or there as a base guideline. I'd say sixty or seventy percent of the pieces on this site were painted from the hip, making it up as I go. Often an idea will come to me during the process or when I'm lying in bed, unable to sleep. I've shown my work in a variety of environments, galleries, coffee shops, antique shops. I don't like to sell originals because I have a hard time saying goodbye. Prints and postcards are available. If you are interested in originals or reproductions you can contact me by email at phanks@venoma.net All images are copyrighted by me, Paul Hanks, and labeled as such. Use of any of these images for profit and/or any non-financial gain by anyone other than myself is strictly prohibited. However, please feel free to link to this site and save images off for the purposes of showing others. Viewers are reminded of the fact that they are handling the product of someone else’s hard work and devotion and that they are being trusted to treat the images appropriately. Thank you for visiting Venoma.net New paintings are coming soon. Updates and news will be posted on the News page. Thanks for coming, Paul |
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