Many movie, music or television celebrities, in addition to their profession, share a hobby: painting. For most it is a simple hobby, but others have turned it into a second profession: they exhibit in art galleries and their works are valued for their quality beyond their signature.
“Painting was my first love,” the filmmaker and artist Fernando Colomo once said. Luis Eduardo Aute or Manolo García are two examples of artists who cultivated painting before achieving success with music. In the early sixties, the author of Al alba lived from the sale of his paintings and had exhibited in Paris, Brazil or California. And García studied graphic design because his family did not approve of the idea of ??dedicating himself to music. “Music and painting are the two passions of my life”, he has affirmed, which is why he alternates the stages with the galleries.
José María Cano and Jordi Mollà are currently more devoted to art than to music or acting, respectively. The first has exhibited in Kazakhstan Reality or truth. And the second has just decorated the Casa Beatnik hotel in Eivissa and last year he exhibited The Art of Transcending / The Legacy of the Bull, about the Osborne bull.
The actors Anthony Hopkins or Pierce Brosnan started out as a hobby, but they have been creating their own style and their paintings are highly valued. For the former agent 007, who celebrated his 70th birthday with an exhibition in Los Angeles, the painting was his refuge when his first wife was diagnosed with cancer in 1987, and recently a portrait of Bob Dylan was sold at a charity auction. for $1.4 million: “If I could be like this all the time, I would definitely quit acting,” he said.
Roonie Wood could also stop playing with the Stones and dedicate himself to painting, where he is recognized. What’s more, according to him he is “a painter who plays the guitar”.
In 2018, the musician Alejandro Sanz teamed up with the painter Domingo Zapata for an exhibition in New York, Smile. The following year, the filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar did the same with Jorge Galindo for a pictorial exhibition in Madrid, Flores, based on photos he took on the set. In the presentation he stated “I don’t want to use the term therapeutic, but it relieves.”
“When we’re stressed, it’s important to focus on the things we know help us feel relaxed. For me that is painting! ”, wrote the actress Jane Seymour on the networks. Johnny Deep, Jim Carrey, Sylvester Stallone, Lucy Liu, Viggo Mortensen, Adrien Brody, James Franco, Benedict Cumberbatch, Britney Spears, Madonna, Miley Cyrus, David Lynch, Macaulay Culkin, Michelle Pfeiffer, Beyoncé, Bjork, Steven Tyler and Rosie O ‘Donnell also subscribe to it.
Other examples of famous amateur painters are John Lennon, Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Marilyn Monroe, Johnny Cash, Frank Sinatra or the recently deceased Tony Bennett. And in Spain, in addition to those mentioned, Joaquín Sabina, Andreu Buenafuente, María Jiménez, Daniel Guzmán and even Ferran Adrià also paint.
Royalty is also no stranger to expressing themselves or spending time with paint. Carlos from England is fond of watercolors of landscapes typical of his country. Daisy of Denmark is also inspired by nature, for her paintings but with an abstract and colorful style. The queen’s artistic side goes beyond brushes and she has designed the costumes and sets for several ballet works.
