Bullets by Michael Godard: Collector's Guide

Bullets is a limited edition giclee by Las Vegas pop artist Michael Godard, offered in two sizes (17.5" x 22" and 28" x 35") across three documented editions priced from $595 to $1,595, each on gallery-wrapped canvas, with a certificate of authenticity and free, insured US delivery.

• Artist: Michael Godard, the Las Vegas pop artist known as the "Rockstar of the Art World"
• Medium: limited edition giclee, archival pigment inks on gallery-wrapped canvas
• Subject: Godard's gambling imagery paired with his martini-and-olive characters, a favorite for game rooms and man caves
• Editions: three documented editions: G Edition, Signed and Numbered, and Artist's Proof
• Sizes & price: 17.5" x 22" and 28" x 35"; $595 to $1,595
• Collecting: numbered, documented with a certificate of authenticity, and shipped free and insured within the US

About Bullets

Bullets pairs Godard's gambling imagery with his martini-and-olive characters, a combination that shows up often in his work because both subjects come from the same well: the Las Vegas nightlife he has painted, and lived inside, for most of his adult life. It carries the bold color, sharp outlines, and playful character work collectors associate with his catalog.

Fans of man cave art, poker room decor, and Las Vegas pop art gravitate toward pieces like this one. If you are ready to start or grow a collection, browse the full range of Michael Godard art for sale.

Editions, sizes & prices of this limited edition giclee

This title is currently offered in three documented editions across two sizes, each printed as a giclee on gallery-wrapped canvas. The 28" x 35" Signed and Numbered Edition of 100 is signed and numbered by the artist; the 17.5" x 22" G Edition of 150 and the 28" x 35" Artist's Proof Edition of 50 are individually numbered, and the Artist's Proof features a one-color paint embellishment. Prices below are the current live listing prices.

These are the documented runs currently offered for this title, with no open-ended or undocumented printing. Each print is a giclee, a fine-art process using archival pigment inks, here on gallery-wrapped canvas.

Where casino meets cocktail

The dice-and-cards vocabulary Godard returns to again and again reads less like a gimmick and more like reporting, drawn from years spent around the casino floor before and during his painting career. It sits right where his two biggest themes overlap, which is why it hangs so naturally beside his card room pieces like Card Shark and Blackjack Pimps in a game room or home bar.

About Michael Godard

From draftsman and drummer to "Rockstar of the Art World"

Born in 1963 and later based in Las Vegas, Godard studied at ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena and at UNLV, and spent years working as a draftsman and commercial illustrator, and drumming in Las Vegas bands, before painting full time. The turning point was a friend's request for a birthday painting about dirty martinis: he answered with personified, animated olive characters full of attitude, and that became the visual language behind the nickname collectors know him by, the "Rockstar of the Art World."

The signature style

His pop art is instantly recognizable, personified olives, grapes, and other characters set against high-contrast backgrounds, rendered with theatrical exaggeration and a satirist's sense of timing. This piece puts those characters at the gaming table, where much of his humor was born.

Beyond the canvas, and giving back

His book Don't Drink and Draw, with a foreword by friend and collector Ozzy Osbourne, was named an Art Book of the Year in 2006. Since 2006, following the loss of his daughter Paige to brain cancer at 16, the artist has maintained an ongoing charitable relationship with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and related causes. For the complete story, read the full artist biography.

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