Last night, RCP hosted a showcase for my speed painting to corporate event producers and speakers bureau’s.
People have commented to me that it is one thing to see a video on the internet, but it is a totally different experience to witness the show ‘live’. People are taken back on the speed of the paintings (often under 4 minutes) and the energy that is created within the room.
A special thanks to comedian Clint Paddison who got the audience in a great mood before the show. A very funny guy - his website: www.clint.com.au
Just returned from the USA where I performed at The American Academy of Dermatolgy 67th Annual Conference in San Francisco.
During the 3 day conference I performed 12 shows as I went through my speed painting reportoire inside a specially built “Art of Treatment” theatre inside of the Astellas stand. They have super fast acting treatment and hence the link to me the super fast speed painter.
I also added a few American favourites to my speed painting reportoire - Barrack Obama, Einstein (well he lived there anyway) and Bruce Springsteen. Also painted live in under five minutes were Pink, Elvis, Bono, Gene Simmons, Mohummed Ali, Marilyn Munroe, Audrey Hepburn, Alice Cooper and a few audience volunteers.
It certainly provided some very different entertainment at a conference.
Tune into The Shak on Friday (Channel 9, 4pm AEST) where you can see me speed paint Harry Potter and the host Nitro. It was recorded last year up at TCN Brisbane and the Shaksters are a great team and alot of fun.
Actually - from the photo on their home page, the painting of Nitro looks pretty cool:
If you have ever seen one of my shows you will realise it’s NOT just about the speed paintings. In fact, during my show there is nothing more I enjoy doing than interacting with the audience - whether I have them dancing, singing, answering questions or putting them in other unusual situations.
It’s all off the cuff and unscripted so some funny things can happen - and believe me they do.. but that’s for another blog post..
In the meantime, here is some amateur footage taken at an event at Star City Casino Sydney last year at a legal conference. What made this funny is that the poor gentleman who was my volunteer had been on stage with me the previous two times dancing his heart out (following the paintings) and had failed to win the prize. So it was always my intention to get him up again and give him the prize, until I inadvertently chose an Irish guy from the audience…
In November 2008 I performed at Jupiters Casino at a Leighton Gala Dinner - where the theme was Bond, James Bond. At the function I met a talented impersonator, Chris De Havilland. He made a fantastic MC as Sean Connery. He is now working on a Kevin Rudd impersonation.
I did a bit of a google search and found only one other Kevin Rudd impersonation that I liked and that was from Grant Galea. Back in Feb 2007 when I went down to Melbourne for Australia’s Got Talent, Grant was one of the other contestants. He is a top bloke and his impersonation of Kevin Rudd is brilliant (see You Tube video 2 1/2 mins in).
I distinctly remember being in the change rooms and Grant was outside “warming up”. He reinacted a scene between Rocky, Adrianne Apollo Creed and Mr T (from the movie Rocky 2). I coughed so hard with laughter my stomach was sore…
