Martin Rodriguez Rio – Vampirella & Black Panther – Portrait – Painting – Original Art – (2022)

This extraordinary painting is a realist-style work of art that pays homage to this fictional vampire superheroine “Vampirella” created by Forrest J. Ackerman and comic book artist Trina Robbins in the 1970s for Warren Publishing.

On a baroque style background, Martín Rodríguez represents this sensual fictional character, Vampirella, dressed in her characteristic red suit, earrings, and with a long tousled hair that covers half of her face. The artist challenges everyone who looks at her, with her hypnotic gaze that transcends the canvas and a roaring black panther covering her back.

The artist creates a fascinating contrast between the colors using a monochromatic palette with some small touches of color, such as Vampirella’s costume, her gold jewelry and the deep red blood dripping from her mouth. In addition, this allows Martín Rodríguez to highlight the details that most define her.

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Martin Rodriguez Rio
1963 Mendoza, Argentina

After working in graphic design for years forsaking a career as an artist, Martin Rodriguez Rio gradually started selecting projects where to apply his art, then decided to be dedicated to it fully, and eventually became one of the best horse portrait artists in the world. From a providential encounter with the great master of fantasy and sci-fi art Juan Gimenez, both stroke up a magical friendship and working/artistic relationship that would last until the latter’s death. Juan Gimenez chose him as the official restorer of his work and introduced him to Sergi Rincon from Corner4art, who supports him in his process of reinvention and returns to his essence as the child who would play by drawing non-stop. His expert hyper-realistic style applied to fantasy and sci-fi subject matters is something worthy of this disciple of Juan Gimenez’s.
This unique piece comes directly through the artist and includes its Certificate of Authenticity.