New Orleans Dr. John Portrait New Orleans Original Painting Jazz Music Rhythm and Blues, Pianist Painting Portrait of Musician by Nilo Lanzas, Signed

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This is a wonderful and rare original large portrait of New Orleans Musical legend Dr. John (inducted into the Rock … Read more This is a wonderful and rare original large portrait of New Orleans Musical legend Dr. John (inducted into the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame) by the late acclaimed New Orleans Louisiana artist Nilo Lanzas NL.
Mac Rebennak or the Night Tripper was loved and known worldwide for his eclectic musical genius, a combination of New Orleans Jazz, funk, soul, Blues ,rhytmn and blues and many others... a consumate pianist, singer and musician, winner of many awards, he worked with top musicians worldwide, musicians such as as Sir Paul Macartney, Mick Jagger, John Legend, Eric Capton, Carley Simon, Bob Seger, Cher ans a multitude of others.

In this fun, classic and powerfully expressiive portrait... Nilo illuminates the Dr. with shining deep blues, vivid golds, highlighted with waves of shimmering silver and warm turquoise..... His expression, a warm confident jazzy funkiness and steady loving gaze that endeared this hardworking and talented New Orleans misician to so many..
The artist truly captures
the heart and soul of this 6 time Grammy winning, musician, our New Orleans treasure who captured the hearts of the world..

Nilo's work can be found in private, public, museum and celebrity collections
Internationally..

Selected Museum collections and exhibitions include....the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, the Ziegler Museum , the Tabasco Museum, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, The Mississippi Museum if Art, the Birmingham Museum of Art , the Pensacola Museum of Art, the archives of the Museum of American Folk Art and many others.

Celebrity Collections include Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, Susan Sarandon, Gil Netter, Marc Roskin, Gary Camp, Julie Taymor, Katherine LaNasa, Jennifer Tilly, Joel Schumacher, Robert Walker Jr.. and many others.


Oil and acrylic on archival mat board,
matted and framed.
Signed NL on bottom left.

37 inches high x 32 inches wide unframed.

47 inches high x 42 inches matted and framed.

Shipped with plexiglass. See less