On Tuesday, June 4, 2014, Zack O'Malley Greenburg's second book 'Michael Jackson, Inc.' (Simon & Schuster, Atria) launched and quickly rocketed to the #1 Business and Leadership title on Amazon. I was commissioned to paint the book cover.
Here is an overview of the painting process, including a time lapse video. As for the back story... in 2011, I painted a series called the #KingsOfHipHop, selecting artists based on the following criteria: each was scheduled to release an album within the year, were entrepreneurial and involved with social media. Upon completion, literally the next day, Zack O’Malley Greenburg released the Cash Kings of Hip Hop on Forbes…
From here, we became friends and stayed in touch. When, months later, he mentioned a 'book about Michael Jackson the business man' he was working on, I wondered out loud if I might be a good fit to paint the cover. ZOG went to work on my behalf, and thankfully, the rest is history
Here is an overview of the painting process, including a time lapse video. As for the back story... in 2011, I painted a series called the #KingsOfHipHop, selecting artists based on the following criteria: each was scheduled to release an album within the year, were entrepreneurial and involved with social media. Upon completion, literally the next day, Zack O’Malley Greenburg released the Cash Kings of Hip Hop on Forbes…
From here, we became friends and stayed in touch. When, months later, he mentioned a 'book about Michael Jackson the business man' he was working on, I wondered out loud if I might be a good fit to paint the cover. ZOG went to work on my behalf, and thankfully, the rest is history
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