Rob Prior is an internationally renowned pop artist and fine art painter, known for vivid portraits of actors, musicians, and cultural figures — alongside expansive bodies of work in wildlife, expressionism, and surrealism.
A painter, sculptor, filmmaker, and live-performance artist, he is recognized worldwide for the rare ability to paint with both hands simultaneously, turning the act of painting into a cinematic event.
“People ask me how I do what I do. It’s a simple answer. I just do.”
Across three decades, Rob Prior has built a body of work that refuses the line between commercial illustration and museum painting. His subjects — Stan Lee, Bruce Lee, Michael Jackson, Vader, the Joker, Daenerys, an unnamed dancer in blue — share the same loyalty to the figure and the same willingness to be painted at velocity.
His live performances — from stadiums and red carpets to galas, premieres, and memorials — turn the act of painting into a cinematic event. The work is finished while the audience is still in the room, and almost always sold before the lights come up.
The studio, based in Southlake, Texas, releases originals, commissions, and films globally — and receives every collector inquiry personally.
A painting is a sentence with a verb. Speed is not haste — it is the cost of refusing to lie.
Pop iconography and fine art are not enemies. They are the same loyalty to the figure, at different volumes.
Live performance is the studio's confession. Whatever happens on stage is the work — there is no edit.
- 1995Studio Founded
Begins working professionally as an illustrator. The first dual-handed painting experiments are documented.
- 2007First Major Comic Cover
Cover work begins to circulate across Marvel and DC universes — pop iconography becomes a lifelong subject.
- 2014Live Performance Era
The studio's stage practice formalizes — a single canvas, two brushes, an audience as collaborator.
- 2019Stan Lee Memorial
Tribute portrait painted live in Los Angeles. The piece is widely circulated as a definitive memorial work.
- 2022Biennale Arte
International recognition — Venice, Italy.
- 2024Eternus Series
A new long-form fine art cycle is launched. The studio's most ambitious painting body to date.