Rob SuretteRob Surette

The Worlds Fastest Portrait Artist

Kyle Johnston

The Worlds Fastest Portrait Artist

Kyle Johnston

Vital StatisticsVital Statistics

Born August 11, 1971 Male American Currently lives in Andover Mass.

Born August 11, 1971 Male American Currently lives in Andover Mass.

Key Personal EventsKey Personal Events

Started drawing at age 3 Graduate from St. Anselm College with a degree in computer science

Believes art school would lower creativity, self taught

Won the Budding Artist Award in kindergarten, gave him the confidence to keep drawing

Started drawing at age 3 Graduate from St. Anselm College with a degree in computer science

Believes art school would lower creativity, self taught

Won the Budding Artist Award in kindergarten, gave him the confidence to keep drawing

Key Historical EventsKey Historical Events

Lives during recession Goal is to inspire people to lives for more than they ever expected

He likes celebrating famous people, especially hero’s, and enjoys bringing them back to life for audiences

Lives during recession Goal is to inspire people to lives for more than they ever expected

He likes celebrating famous people, especially hero’s, and enjoys bringing them back to life for audiences

Black CanvasBlack Canvas

Rob Surette is known for using large, 6 foot tall, black canvas’s

This allows him to use less paint and paint faster

Rob Surette is known for using large, 6 foot tall, black canvas’s

This allows him to use less paint and paint faster

SpeedSpeed

Rob Surette is known for painting extremely fast

Completed Martin Luther King Jr. in just 36 seconds

Rob Surette is known for painting extremely fast

Completed Martin Luther King Jr. in just 36 seconds

Close-upsClose-ups

All of Rob Surette’s paintings are of the faces of people, almost never full or most of the body.

All of Rob Surette’s paintings are of the faces of people, almost never full or most of the body.

Splatter PaintSplatter Paint

It isn’t uncommon that Surette splatter paints very bright colors around the face of his painting

It isn’t uncommon that Surette splatter paints very bright colors around the face of his painting

TechniqueTechnique

Uses house paint that can be bought at The Home Depot

Paints with hands, especially hair of person

Uses house paint that can be bought at The Home Depot

Paints with hands, especially hair of person

InterviewInterview

Will appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show on July 8th

About to break Guinness World Record for gigantic LITE BRITE creation. It will be a Tribute to America and will be unveiled on national television on September 11th, 2010

About to star in his own TV series in Europe called “Renier’s Castle Circus”

Will appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show on July 8th

About to break Guinness World Record for gigantic LITE BRITE creation. It will be a Tribute to America and will be unveiled on national television on September 11th, 2010

About to star in his own TV series in Europe called “Renier’s Castle Circus”

InterviewInterview

Builds his own 6 foot canvases Made of canvas stretched over a wooden frame then double primed and painted black

Before he begins painting, he examines the persons face very carefully, often for weeks

Builds his own 6 foot canvases Made of canvas stretched over a wooden frame then double primed and painted black

Before he begins painting, he examines the persons face very carefully, often for weeks