Mad Men's Don Draper painting/portrait by Bill Sienkiewicz (2023). Done for his friend Jon Hamm (who has a small role in FX's Legion, starring David Haller, co-created by Bill Sienkiewicz in the 1980s).
Bill Sienkiewicz: "A recently completed portrait of and for a gifted (and very patient) friend, a Mr 'Donald Draper' (aka the Awesome, lovely and talented Jon Hamm)
I elected to do the portrait of his on-screen character as kind of a boardroom portrait. And to be honest, I fought with this piece incessantly trying to find the right blend of "reverent/straight-laced /executive/academic portrait" and my own inclination and pull to do a more more painterly /illustrative take, with some subtext and rougher layerings of mediums and ambiguity. I'm too close to it to tell.
Jon is very happy with it, bless him. But I can't guarantee I'm not going to go back into and fight with it some more before we do the official hand off of the original - (which is 38"X 38" mixed media. acrylic, gold leaf, spray paint)
Someone needs to stop by with a hammer and stand behind me. I'm sure I won't have ANY takers for that."
