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Portrait artist Dick Zimmerman takes your questions
Renowned portrait artist Dick Zimmerman has painted the world’s biggest names – from Michael Jackson to Salvador Dali to Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
He even literally gave Michael Jackson the suit off his back for what later became the iconic cover of the smash hit album Thriller.
Zimmerman works out of his studios in Tampa, Florida and Los Angeles, and has been creating portraits for nearly four decades.
Described as one of the most well-known portrait artists of the 20th century, Zimmerman says his work “captures the subtleties of the soul”.
What do you want to ask Dick Zimmerman? Leave your questions below, and remember to say where you are writing in from.
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Hello Dick Zimmerman and CNN friends,
I would like an answer from Dick Zimmerman on the following questions:
– How will your paints Improve our world?
– Which Middle East/Arabic leader would you paint at the moment?
– What can we expect from you in 2011?
I am awaiting Dick Zimmerman’s replies.
Greetings,
Jurgen R. Brul
Hometown: Paramaribo
Nativity country: Suriname
Hi!
I am a 15 year old aspiring artist, who is going to move to New York to try and make a living off my paintings. I do very original works, and I believe that going to art school is not just extremely expensive, but it might also destroy peoples imaginations and make peoples art all look very similar. Do you think that art school is a good investment? Also, what steps did you take to become an artists, and is New York the place where aspiring artists will probably find the most success?
Jonathan
He is one of the great living portrait painters and photographers of our time. Like Picasso , his work is constantly changing in style and medium, yet remains consistent in it's excellence. Happy to know him and to have had clients "imaged" by him.
Edward Lozzi, President
Edward Lozzi & Associates Public Relations
Beverly Hills