Todd Claydon
Todd Claydon
Todd Claydon – Stipple Portrait Artist – Claydon Fine Arts
Born in Toronto, Canada in June 1963 this artist has a lifetime of experience as an illustrator, designer and portrait artist. A talent recognized at an early age and influenced by a generation of explosive creativity in the 60′s. Todd Claydon attended Toronto’s Wexford School Of The Arts as his high school during the 1970′s.
In 2004 Todd Claydon completed what was to be one of his first widely received and very public pieces, “Trudeau”. He was referred to The Trudeau Foundation by ex Ontario Premier Bill Davis. There he presented this piece to Justin Trudeau, son of Pierre Trudeau. The piece quickly gained recognition as one of the finer stipple portraits seen.
Todd Claydon & The Skylar Neil Foundation
Gaining recognition for that piece, Todd Claydon found himself contacted by the personal manager of Vince Neil (singer for Motley Crue). Claydon was asked to do of portrait of Vince’s daughter Skylar who had died at an early age 10 years before. It was presented to Vince Neil at The Skylar Neil Celebrity Classic.
Vince Neil with "Skylar" at The Skylar Neil Memorial Golf Tournament in 2006
Skylar Neil’s portrait led Claydon into a series of work, pieces and charity fundraising with Motley Crue, starting with “Motley”. “Motley’s” original was auctioned by Vince in Las Vegas raising generous amounts of money for the charity. Subsequent Ltd Edition prints were also donated to raise even more money for the charity. Following this were the piece’s “Sixx”, “Vince” & “Tommy”. All again raising amounts of money for various charities and at the same time establishing Claydon as one of the more well known portrait artists around.
Todd Claydon began his work on Pope John Paul II in the spring of 2010. A portrait that was to take him a year to complete and to date one of the better pieces of artwork Todd Claydon has ever produced.
Todd Claydon 2011
“The artist, therefore, is responsible not only for the aesthetic dimension of the world and of life, but also for its moral dimension. If creativity is not guided by good, or worse still it is directed towards evil, it is not worthy of the title of “artist”.
Pope John Paul II / 2004
LED ZEPPELIN, POPE JOHN PAUL II, MOTLEY CRUE, PIERRE TRUDEAU, VINCE NEIL, ROBERT PLANT, TOMMY LEE, BILL CLINTON, NIKKI SIXX… ALL IN STIPPLE FORM
IPHONE SKINS – IPAD & LAPTOP SKINS – MOTLEY CRUE T-SHIRTS
LED ZEPPELIN T-SHIRTS
Led Zeppelin iPhone Skin Art
Led Zeppelin iPhone Skins by Todd Claydon
