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Ben's
Artwork Commissioned by International USA Soccer
Player Cory Gibbs!
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The
commissioned painting that Ben created for Cory.
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Cory
standing in front of his commissioned painting.
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The
testimonial from Cory.
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Ben's
Artwork Commissioned by Arsenal FC Player Armand Traore!
...."It
was a good painting to do, like the painting that
I did for Cory, both had action, passion and captured
a special career defining moment which will last forever"....
Ben
Riley (January "09)
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The
commissioned painting that Ben created for Armand.
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Armand
with the Commissioned painting.
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The
letter that Ben recieved from Armand after doing the
commissioned painting.
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Armand
also sent this signed picture along with his testimonial.
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Ben
and Jan Williams with one of the commissioned
paintings of Robbie.
(Photograph by The Sentinal)
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One
of the commissioned paintings signed 'with love
Robbie'
by Robbie Williams.
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Robbie's
mum loves portraits so much... she flies them
out for LA signing
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A PORTRAIT of Robbie Williams by a North Staffordshire
artist is in his LA mansion after it caught the admiring
glance of his mother.
Jan Williams spotted the painting at Manor Furniture
Gallery in Station Road, Kidsgrove, where Audley-based
artist Ben Riley used to exhibit. The 27-year-old, who
specialises in paintings of cult celebrity figures,
had created a black and white portrait of Robbie which
he was selling for £280.
Jan was so impressed, she arranged for four copies to
be shipped out to America for Robbie to sign them.
One of the signed paintings has been auctioned off and
raised £1,050 for the Blurton-based Douglas MacMillan
Hospice. Of the remaining three, one has yet to be sold
for charity, one has been kept by Mr Riley and the other
is shortly to be put on display at Robbie's American
home.
Jan said:
"I noticed Ben's work in a furniture shop which has
now shut down. It really caught my attention. I liked
the fact he was a local artist and obviously had talent.
He captured Robbie in a certain light and the style
was appropriate for modern times. The last time I was
with Robbie in April, the painting was propped up and
ready to be hung. It has yet to be assigned a place,
but it is the sort of painting that would look good
anywhere."
Jan said Robbie had also been impressed with Mr Riley's
work.
She said:
"Robbie likes the painting. He likes the fact that he
is a local artist. As a family we feel very strongly
that if you have talent, you should work very hard to
achieve your dreams. It was very difficult for Robbie
to achieve his dream and took a lot of hard work and
determination, although many people don't realise that."
Mr Riley, who went to Clayton High School, has also
done paintings of Jimi Hendrix, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis
Presley, Bob Marley and Madonna. He has had work commissioned
for bars, cafes, nightclubs and gallery exhibitions
in America. He said having his work admired by Robbie
had been a massive boost for his confidence.
Mr Riley, who works from home in Audley, said:
"Jan has been saying how much she thinks of me and my
work. I keep thinking of how many artists must have
done paintings of him and he has singled me out. It
has made me feel really good, as I was put down by my
art teacher at school. Jan has said she sees a likeness
between myself and Robbie. She said she sees something
in me that she saw in him.
My aim now i to be successful in my field. I'd like
to become more financially stable so that I can help
young people with their art work."
Karen Rose, director of fund-raising for the Douglas
MacMillan Hospice, said:
"We are very grateful and honoured that Jan Williams
chose to auction off one of these four paintings for
us. It was a lovely painting and a very modern design.
It is likely to be worth a lot of money for whoever
buys it in the future."
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about Ben's painting!
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Ben
Riley's work gets featured on ITV Central Television
News!
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Ben's artwork was featured on ITV Central News
Television on the 4th November. Some of Ben's
stunning art works were displayed as he got interviewed
about his style, the thought behind his work and
the background to his talent. After which he was
asked on the spot to create a painting within
just a matter of hours of ITV's news reporter
Victoria Davies whilst getting filmed painting
it!
Ben Said:
"It was good getting featured on the news and
getting the coverage. It was a bit of a shock
being asked there and
then to do a painting of Victoria, but even more
of a shock hearing the deadline that I had to
do it by, but I think it turned out ok in the
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In
the studio, Ben with Victoria Davies from ITV
Central News.
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(left)
The painting of Victoria that Ben painted (right).
The picture that Ben worked from.
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A
painting that Ben did for ITV's talk show host Jeremy
Kyle
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'thanks for immortalising me in such a masterful
way'.
Jeremy Kyle
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Chris
Fleming of the brilliant TV paranormal show 'Dead
Famous' liked my work when he saw it. He has
put an online gallery of my 'Dead Famous' paintings
on his web site including Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison,
Marilyn Monroe and more. Chris's web site is great,
to visit it go to http://www.unknownmagazine.com/artsales.htm
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In October 2005 I did a painting of the founder member
of the Rolling Stones- Brian
Jones for Pat Andrews- Brian Jones’s ex girlfriend
and mother of his child. She invited me down to Hackney
in London to meet her and to give her the painting
in person. So as a massive Rolling Stones fan I was
only too pleased to do so. I went down and met up
with Pat, Trevor Hobley (the editor of the Brian Jones
web site) and Dick Hattrell (one of Brian’s good friends).
I
had a great day with them and got chance to talk to
Pat about her personal memories of the early days
of the Rolling Stones, how they formed and about when
she shared a flat in Edith Grove with Brian, Mick
(Jagger) and Keith (Richards) and used to watch them
jam together. It was a great experience and one that
I will never forget. I am pleased to know that I will
be meeting up with them again soon, as they want to
keep in contact, plus I will be doing some limited
edition drawings of Brian soon to be sold at the Brian
Jones Fan Club.
*Up-date.
Trevor Hobley (the editor of the Brian Jones Fan Club)
has put a section dedicated to me. I have now completed
the Ltd Edition pencil drawing showing Brian through
his Rolling Stones 60's era, and prints of it are
now available through the Brian Jones Fan Club.
To
pay your respects to Brian and to see Trevor's write
up on me plus my work visit www.brianjonesfanclub.com
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Pat
and myself with the painting
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Dick
Hattrell (a good friend of Brian's), Pat and myself
with the painting
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The
letter that Pat sent to me after we had met up
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