ACEO Clown Portrait #123 "Bongo the Clown"

Clown #123 "Bongo the Clown" 

acrylic on paper,  

2 ½” x 3 ½” (64 x 89 mm), 2019

ACEO Clown portrait #123 is inspired by a very sympathetic clown  " Bongo the Clown " from Vancouver, Canada. He works only in charity events in his area. He has 5 years of clowning experience, mostly silly stunts and crowd control. I discovered him through his instagram @bongotheclown

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ACEO Clown Portrait #122 "Yann Rossi"

Clown #122 "Yann Rossi" 

acrylic on paper,  

2 ½” x 3 ½” (64 x 89 mm), 2019

ACEO Clown portrait #122 is inspired by a very unique white face clown "Yann Rossi"  from France. He is coming from  seven generations of Italian-French circus dynasty, which started in Piedmont in 1732 in Italy and later moved to France.  His mother comes from the family of Circus Caroli, also a very famous circus dynasty from Italy.  He is clowning about 35 years. He plays more than 20 musical instruments. At the moment he is performing at Circus Knie, touring in Switzerland.

Yann Rossi at Circus Arnardo

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ACEO Clown Portrait #121 "Sarah Melbinger"

Clown #121 "Sarah Melbinger" 

acrylic on paper,  

2 ½” x 3 ½” (64 x 89 mm), 2019

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ACEO Clown portrait #121 is inspired by a very pretty clown "Sarah Melbinger" from Munich,Germany.  She is working at Circus Roncalli. I couldn't find more information than this information but I was able to contact with her and she promised me to send me her bio info. Hopefully I will update this post soon. For the moment enjoy this ACEO :)

Sarah Melbinger getting ready for the show

work in progress

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ACEO Clown Portrait #120 "Charlie"

Clown #120 "Charlie" 

acrylic on paper,  

2 ½” x 3 ½” (64 x 89 mm), 2019

ACEO Clown portrait #120 is inspired by an internationally recognized clown Bruce "Charlie" Johnson from Lynnwood, US.  He is a family entertainer, clown historian, instructor, author and clown artist. He has created his own unique performance style combining magic, juggling, plate spinning, trick cartoons, pantomime, audience interaction, and clowning.  He is particularly known for his rapport with audiences of all ages. Since 1974, he spent six seasons with outdoor circuses, and eleven years at the Raging Waters Amusement Park in San Dimas, CA. He was also a juggler for special events at Disneyland, including the grand opening of Toontown. 

He has represented the United States in international variety shows at clown conventions and festivals in North America, Europe, and Asia. He has performed and lectured in Borneo, Canada, England, Japan, Malaysia, Scotland, Singapore, Sweden, and the United States. He has performed thousands of hours of walkaround, circus, birthday party, banquet, and stage entertainment.  In 2015 He received World Clown Association Lifetime Achievement Award. He is  an entertainment expert and historian as well. For more info visit his website.

Bruce "Charlie" Johnson

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ACEO Clown Portrait #119 "Tripp the Clown"

Clown #119 "Tripp the Clown"

acrylic on paper,  

2 ½” x 3 ½” (64 x 89 mm), 2019

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ACEO Clown portrait #119 is inspired by a lovely clown  "Tripp the Clown" from US. He has been clowning around for 13 years. He has studied with many great clowns such as Avner The Eccentric, Greg DeSanto, and many more! Enjoys juggling, hat tricks, and making the young and young at heart laugh and smile! For more info see his facebook page. 

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ACEO Clown Portrait #118 "David Larible"

Clown #118 "David Larible"

acrylic on paper,  

2 ½” x 3 ½” (64 x 89 mm), 2019

ACEO Clown portrait #118 is inspired by a genuine clown  "David Larible" from Italy. He is been clowning around more than 40 years. He comes from six generations of circus artists, and his family has ties with many other European circus families. He performed in European circus rings, on television, and on theater stages; he had an amazing career in the United States and Mexico . He is the first traditional circus Auguste to have brilliantly synthesized the virtuosity of old musical Augustes and the classic clown entrée repertoire with new trends such as the Russian lyrical interpretation of clowning.

in 1999 He was awarded the Golden Clown at the International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo and same year he was awarded also for the first non-Chinese recipient of the Golden Lion Award for significant artistic achievements at the WuQiao International Circus Festival in Shijiazhuang, China.

I watched his performances on YouTube, they are really very good. Also I watched a short documentary "Traveling with a Red nose" and I am sure you will like it, too.

David Larible

I just posted  a time-lapse clip of work in progress of this ACEO painting  at my YouTube Channel. (please subscribe to my channel If you haven't yet.) 

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ACEO Clown Portrait #117 "Zippo"

Clown #117 "Clown Zippo"

acrylic on paper,  

2 ½” x 3 ½” (64 x 89 mm), 2019

ACEO clown portrait #117 is inspired by a one of a kind wonderful clown "Zippo" aka Bernhard Paul from Austria. He is the founder and the director of famous Circus Roncalli. He studied graphic design in Vienna and worked as art director in magazine publishing companies and later on work in an international advertisement company.  In 1976, he decided to follow his childhood dream and founded Circus Rocalli with André Heller. Shortly after they broke up their business relations but Bernard Paul didn't give up after all difficulties and brought up the circus til today. He is married with Eliana Larible (sister of famous clown David Larible) whom coming from an Italian circus family. See more photos of clown Zippo at Circus Roncalli`s  website .  I read a very nice article by him at Harper's Magazine about clowns, see at this link.

Bernhard Paul is on  getting ready for the show

Zippo is performing at Circus Roncalli. FOTO: DPA

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