Michael Jackson left behind the indelible footprint of a giant talent whose artistry changed the course of music history. He is mourned by millions in every country on earth, and he shall be sorely missed. And now that is silenced. We are left with his memory and his music.
Throughout the years of 1982-1991, I had the unique privilege of having three exclusive portrait sittings with Michael. The first was the Thriller Album, the second was the wedding portraits with he and Lisa Marie, and third when he narrated the ET Album for Steven Spielberg. During these years, I was very fortunate to have had some very personal conversations and came to know him on a level of intimacy that gave me insights into his character that impressed me deeply. I am sharing these thoughts.
Michael Jackson was a brilliant, creative performing artist. We spent many private hours together creating and conversing during the years I worked with him. To read about him and his personality, his thoughts and inner life revealed to me, go to my website, http://www.dickzimmerman.com/, and click on “stories.”

Dick Zimmerman's magic portraits

Dick Zimmerman, Rembrandt of our time

How wonderful to have a compelling talent that has been touched by Angels.

Such is the talent of Dick Zimmerman, ww.dickzimmerman.com, my old friend of twenty years, who has been known as the celebrity photographer of our time, now turned to his old love of painting.

Dick is a true genius, who, as you can see in this portrait of John Travolta and Kelly Preston, can capture on canvas a spiritual instant. Like the Mona Lisa, the subject's personality, a moving flicker of light, the best of the person, the inner self, caught forever through the eye and brush of this amazing artist. I am in awe. Go to his website and watch the video, see the many portraits, read his intriguing inside stories about Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, Salvador Dali, Michael Jackson, Tom Selleck.

I am writing his bio, and there is a plethora of material on this unusual and gracious man, for his photographic career carried him into places and lives of people the entrance into which are forbidden to the normal human being. Such are the ways of genius---somehow their talent, when blended with boundless energy, a sense of purpose, an ethical foundation and that something else that seems inherent in this rare combination of beingness, opens doors into a labryinth of wonders that we the comparatively mundane never dream of knowing or seeing.
I intend to help him become who and what he deserves, to be recognized as the Rembrandt of the century, the Da Vinci of our time. He will come to the home of the subject, set up the whole scene, and then use his skills toned over three decades as a celebrity photographer to capture images on his digital cameras, and then return to his studio to paint them on canvas. That is where he is able to transform technical skills in photography with traditional portraiture, and while that is not unique as a method of reproducing images on canvas, his eye and talent of putting it all together to draw out the thetan, the spiritual beingness of the subject is what makes him the unique artist he is. I want to help this man.

We are taking commissions now. Usually, after a sitting, the portrait is complete and shipped within sixteen weeks.

Dick usually works from nine at night until four in the morning Working at night leaves him undisturbed and free to become his art and meld with his subjects to produce that certain thing that only he can do for his subjects. I consider this a privilege to work with Dick. Smoking cigars, sitting out on the windy porch of his sixth story condo overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, talking about art, our Church, our goals and aspirations, planning the future, is a real joy.

Call me if you want to schedule a sitting for a portrait. 800-781-8227. The fee depends on the size of the canvas and the number of faces. He prefers to paint a life-size face on his portraits. So if there is a large group, as in some of the paintings, the canvas has to be large enough to accommodate each head as clse to normal size as possible. It is a privilege to know and represent this great man.