Actor Johnny Depp stunned the art world when he first entered the field of painting, introducing his first works, which immediately caused a stir and earned millions of dollars.
In addition to his success as an actor, Johnny Depp also has the ability to make money from writing music, singing rock, painting, and writing poetry. On July 29, The Straits Times reported that this actor sold 780 prints of four self-portraits and earned $5 million in just a few hours.
The Hollywood actor has announced to his 27 million Instagram followers that he is selling prints from his Friends And Heroes series through the Castle Fine Art gallery in Covent Garden, London.
Four works by Johnny Depp are part of the Friends & Heroes collection, on display at Castle Fine Art. The actor painted Bob Dylan, Elizabeth Taylor, Keith Richards, and Al Pacino. The gallery commented that Depp’s works exude freedom and openness.
Johnny Depp with four of his paintings.
In recent years, his appearances on screen have not been as frequent, and the actor has earned money from other passions such as fine arts and painting.
Before becoming famous through movies, the actor had a passion for painting. He likes to draw portraits of people he knows and inspires him such as Marlon Brando, Jack, and Kerouac. Depp also painted a portrait of his ex-wife Vanessa Paradis, a painting she used for the cover of her album Divinidylle (2007).
The actor likes to collect art paintings and introduced a set of 9 paintings by Michel Basquiat in 2016. He sold 2 of them for a total of 11.5 million USD.
Johnny Depp shares his passion for painting on his personal page
Not only that, the actor also loves reading books and loves poetry by Bob Dylan and Tom Waits. Although he knows how to write poetry, he has never published his works. According to the Poetry Foundation, when he first pursued Amber Heard, every day he gave her a rose and a poem.
Besides, he is also known as a rock artist. Having dropped out of school at the age of 16, his teacher advised the actor to pursue his musical dream. In 1980, Depp played guitar in the band The Kids, which achieved minor success in Florida, USA.
He later earned money from writing film scores. The male artist played guitar on songs such as Minor Swing, They’re Red Hot, Caravan from the 2000 film Chocolat, composed the Sands theme from Once Upon a Time in Mexico in 2003, co-wrote the song Kemp In The Village as well as played guitar on the song The Mermaid Song (Instrumental) from the 2011 film The Rum Diary.
In 2015, he formed the classic rock band The Hollywood Vampires with Alice Cooper and Joe Perry.
After winning his defamation trial against Amber Heard in June, Johnny Depp has spent more time pursuing his passions outside of acting. He and guitarist Jeff Beck collaborated on the album 18, inspired by the feeling of being young every time they were on stage.
Apart from the two new compositions, the remaining songs on the album are expected to be covers. The couple will perform some famous songs such as Caroline, No by Brian Wilson or Venus and Furs by Velvet Underground.
