Original Portraits in Oil on Panel by Sean Sullivan
and Limited Edition Giclées from the Originals

Visiting museums in New Jersey and Baltimore in 2001, Sullivan was taken by the works done during the pre–Raphaelite period. Painting during the Victorian era and during the heyday of Impressionism, little attention was given to the rich technique and style of the pre–Raphaelites. As both the Victorian era and the pre–Raphaelite period coincided, Sullivan decided to portray people of the Victorian era as the pre–Raphaelites would have. In the process, it was discovered that the photos of personalities chosen to paint by Sullivan lent themselves strongly to caricature. And so evolved this series.

Sullivan is a native Californian, working as a full-time artist since 1965. Attending Chouinard School of Art in Los Angeles, Sullivan went on to work in the film industry, participating in various projects including 2001 A Space Odyssey and Lost World, a sequel to Jurassic Park. Sean was the official artist of the Roy Rogers–Dale Evans Museum from 1998 to 2001, producing three limited edition prints for the museum in 1997. A retrospective of Sean Sullivan’s work was chosen for the inaugural book published by the San Diego Art Institute Press in 2001.