Johnny Depp‘s latest art exhibition is set to be unveiled at Castle Fine Art in London as the pieces go on sale on Friday.
The collection, named Let the Light In, amounts to just two main pieces paying tribute to the 62-year-old actor’s children and ex-wife.
His portraits are a copy of the original works he made in the early 2000s, when he was living at Le Hameau in the South of France with his wife Vanessa Paradis, 52, and their children, Jack, 23, and Lily-Rose, 26.
His A Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose and Let The Light In paintings reflect on the memorable time he had with his family.
The first piece, dedicated to his daughter Lily-Rose depicts every year he has painted her a rose on Valentine’s Day.
The second piece is a self-portrait from the same era, which depicts Depp in abstracted form where his eyes aren’t visible behind his glasses.
Johnny Depp’s latest art exhibition is set to be unveiled at Castle Fine Art in London as the pieces go on sale on Friday (pictured last week)
The collection, named Let the Light In, amounts to just two main pieces paying tribute to the 62-year-old actor’s children and ex-wife
He said: ‘I’ve been lucky enough to understand through various artists – listening, learning things – the only thing you can really do is add the light to what’s there.’
Johnny and Vanessa were together for 14 years before their breakup in 2012. Despite being together for over a decade and starting a family, the couple never married but remain ‘very close’.
It’s not the first time Vanessa has inspired Depp’s work.
Last year, he revealed four tarot-inspired artwork pieces including one that featured Vanessa, named The Empress.
Johnny said: ‘It looks like a crown that has weathered storms. It shows a certain courage and strength of commitment…. the Crown has been through a lot; she still shines.’
Through this artwork, the Pirates Of A Caribbean star captured Vanessa seated in a stoic pose, he added: ‘I know who she is inside. She’s magnificent. She’s pragmatic. She’s practical.’
The Pirates Of The Caribbean star has painted for years, but his first foray into the world of commercial art came in 2022, when he raised £3million in a few hours by selling prints from his debut art collection.
The prints featured four people who inspired him — Rolling Stone Keith Richards, actress Liz Taylor, actor Al Pacino and singer Bob Dylan — and were embellished with ‘characteristic freehand flourishes’.
The Hollywood actor has paid tribute to Vanessa, who is the mother of his two children Jack and Lily, by creating a piece of art (pictured 2005)
His portraits are a copy of the original works he made in the early 2000s, when he was living at Le Hameau in the South of France with his wife Vanessa Paradis , 52, and their children, Jack, 23, and Lily-Rose, 26
A Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose and Let The Light In paintings reflect on the memorable time he had with his family
The website of his gallery, Castle Fine Art, crashed due to the volume of interest from his fans, alerted by a post to his 27million followers on Instagram.
At the time he said: ‘I’ve always used art to express my feelings and to reflect on those who matter most to me, like my family, friends and people I admire.
‘My paintings surround my life, but I kept them to myself and limited myself. No one should ever limit themselves.’
He’s not limiting himself any more. In 2023, another set of prints were sold by the same gallery over a 13-day period.
‘Called ‘Five’, the pieces showed Depp as he approached the fifth year of his legal battle with former wife Amber Heard, and were based on a picture of him taken during a shoot for his Sauvage fragrance campaign with Dior.