Dripping Lips Painting – 6x6 Red, Gold, and White Pop Art Acrylic on Cradled Panel
A bold twist on Lichtenstein’s lips: dripping reds over gold rings cropped like eternity symbols, balancing chaos and control in vivid pop acrylic.
Bold and unapologetic—dripping red lips with gleaming teeth, set against luminous gold and white. A pop icon reimagined, where print, paint, and raw energy collide.
This painting pays homage to Roy Lichtenstein’s lips motif, but with a twist. Lichtenstein explored comics and print language; I push that into a more urban, painterly zone. The layers here are deliberately off-register, letting the brushwork peek through where print would normally be perfect. The effect is sharper, more alive—half-polished pop, half street edge.
The composition holds its own balance. Rings of gold slip behind the lips at an angle, echoing an eternity symbol without locking into static verticals or horizontals. Cropped close, they avoid resolving into the familiar male/female signs, becoming instead something more open: balance, cycles, movement. That tilt keeps the piece unstable, in motion, a counterpoint to the dripping enamel reds.
Collector Details
- Title: Dripping Lips Painting – Red, Gold, and White Pop Art Acrylic
- Size: 6 × 6 × ¾ in (15.24 × 15.24 × 1.9 cm) – small original painting
- Medium: Heavy-body acrylic on cradled board + wood panel
- Finish: Gloss varnish on the front surface; natural wood edges for a sleek, contemporary profile
- Hardware: Fitted with a sturdy sawtooth hanger; ready to hang
- Series: Part of my Pop Pulse series, where color, texture, and graphic clarity are pushed to their limits
This painting is for collectors who want pop art with bite—a compact but powerful piece that pulses with energy and refuses to sit quietly on the wall.
Takeaway: Pop, print, and rebellion, all in six inches square.
Dripping Lips Painting
6x6 Red, Gold, and White Pop Art Acrylic on Cradled Panel – Bold Modern Wall Art Original
