Groovy Chick's Essential (2006) Painting by Roger Licot

Born in Belgium (Brussels) 1953, Roger left Europe at the age of 20 years old
for New York and spent many years there as a freelance cartoonist for major US magazines
such as Cosmopolitan, TVGuide, Playboy and many more. Moved to California in the 1980's
where he also started to work in the advertising field (notably at the famous GBS agency
in San Francisco) at the same time he created 2 graphic novels for Last Gasp publishing and
created many illustrations for the San Francisco Chronicle. Roger was working mainly with
pen and ink, and later with digital images on computer. He wanted a radical change and
decided to direct himself towards fine art, his style of painting is totally opposed to the
comic strip style of his commercial work: the cold clinical nature of Photorealism is an opportunityto "just immerse yourself in the work, it's like meditation". Technic:No airbrushes nor spray or sponges are used in Roger's work: only brushes. He starts by applying base flat colors to delimitate different areas, then with very small brushes starts the detailed areas and graduations using the painstaking pointilliste technique.
A painting is composed of thousands of little dots of paint applied by hand and can take weeks to finish.----
Ne en Belgique (Bruxelles) 1953, Roger quitta l'Europe a l'age de 20 ans pour New York ou il resida pour plusieurs annees. Il fut un cartoonist pour beaucoups
de magazines Americain tels que Cosmopolitan, TV Guide, Playboy etc. Il s'etablit ensuite en Californie (San Francisco) dans la fin des annees 80. Il travaille beaucoup dans la publicite (notamment pour GBS ad agency a SF) et aussi s'oriente vers le comic strip en dessinant 2 graphic novels pour Last Gasp. Roger decide enfin de se diriger vers la peinture "fine art" et decide d'explorer le realisme et le photorealisme. Technique: Pas d'éponge ni de spray (airbrush) dans le travail de Roger, il ne travaille qu'a la brosse et au peinceau, tout d'abord en appliquant des couleurs de base pour délimiter les différentes surfaces et contours du sujet, ensuite commence le travail de précision. Utilisant la technique de pointillisme, qui consiste à peindre par petites touches
séparées de peinture de couleurs diverses, Roger travaille sur les détails et les nuances. Chaque peinture est composée de milliers de petits points de couleur appliqués a la main et peut prendre plusieures semaines pour etre completée.

• Nationality: UNITED STATES
• Date of birth : unknown date
• Artistic domains:
• Groups: Contemporary American Artists