About Dane Shue
Bio
Dane Shue is a pop artist and printmaker in Dallas, Texas. He works out of his studio in the Dallas Design District, where he makes large original paintings, mixed-media pieces using silkscreen technique.
His subjects are well-known faces: movie stars, musicians, athletes, and public figures. For decoupage pieces, each artwork starts old newspapers, magazine pages, auction catalogs — glued down as the background. He then paints and silkscreens the portrait over it, so the old headlines and ads show through the finished image. The style owes a lot to Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg, two artists he's studied closely.
Every original is one of a kind, made by hand on a wood panel or canvas. His prints are produced on acid-free archival paper with giclée printing, rated to resist fading for over 100 years.
His work has been published internationally. Two of his pieces have run as Vanity Fair Italia covers: his John Lennon, on the magazine's record-selling double issue at the height of the pandemic (No. 16-17, May 2020), and his Queen Elizabeth II, on the tribute issue following the Queen's death (No. 38, September 2022). His Dolly Parton appears on the cover of Nicky Beer's poetry collection Real Phonies and Genuine Fakes (Milkweed Editions, 2022), winner of the Lambda Literary Award. His paintings have been bought by collectors across the U.S. and internationally. He takes commissions for custom portraits — details are on his website.
Published Covers
Artist Statement
I paint famous people. Marilyn Monroe, Elvis, Princess Diana, Warhol, Basquiat — faces almost everyone recognizes, even people who never saw them alive.
Every piece starts with old paper. I collect newspapers, magazines, and auction catalogs from the years my subjects were living and working, and I glue those pages down first. Then I paint and silkscreen the portrait on top, leaving gaps where the old print shows through. I like that you can stand close and read a 1962 headline inside Marilyn's face, then step back and see her whole.
I use bright colors, polka dots, and sometimes diamond dust because these pictures are meant to be enjoyed. Everything is made by hand in my Dallas studio, on wood panel or canvas. No two pieces are the same — the one of a kind paper underneath makes sure of that or the unique way the layers of acrylic are applied.
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