Billboard: 'What Is That Angel Painting in Britney Spears' Selfies?' We Tracked Down the Artist

[gata]

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7356914/britney-spears-painting-selfies-tomasz-rut?utm_source=twitter

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When Britney Spears isn't busy with her residency in Las Vegas, the pop sensation loves to post photos on social media showing off her tanned, toned body, and followers of the singer --Billboard included -- can't help but notice a painting that keeps popping up in the singer's selfies

 

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After some Catfish-level Googling and a phone call to Florida, Billboard tracked down the artist behind Britney's ever-present painting. The art piece, titled "Luminaris," is the work of Polish-American artist Tomasz Rut. Rut lives in Florida, where he continues to paint at his studio in Hollywood, Florida, and sell art at his gallery in Boca Raton, though we reached him by phone Wednesday (May 4) in Las Vegas. (Checking out Spears' Piece of Me show, perhaps?)

According to Rut, "Luminaris" is one of several music-inspired images he has painted (others include a naked woman playing the piano and a nude woman playing the violin). "It's this musician inspired by the angel," Rut says. "You can interpret it many different ways." The pop star did not buy the painting directly from Rut, and he has not yet had the opportunity to meet her.

Spears isn't the only prominent figure to own the angelic piece: In 2011, Rut also gifted a copy of "Luminaris" to Lech Walesa, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and the first Democratic president of Poland.

Sadly, only about 50 canvas copies of "Luminaris" exist, Rut says, but Spears superfans can re-create her selfies for a $4,200 fee.

 

 

[gata]

This is my first topic I have posted.  If I screwed it up....SORRY!  And if it has been posted already...Sorry again. LOL...I always wondered about that painting behind her...so now I know and wanted to share with other who wondered about it also.

[Eхх]

Flawless reporting Billboard. Take notes @breatheheavy

 

[Applejack]

Really cool, faded and interesting.

[OutrageousSin]

I don't think it has been posted, either way! Welcome to hell 

[Cecig]

I saw the comment of the artist in her pic yesterday.

[gata]

Thanks for the welcome.

I've been lurking for years and barely joined the forum last year.  I don't post very much.

[BrittonJeanSpears]

Why on Earth would Billboard obsess over something so trivial?  Giving me Exhaler realness.

[breaktheiceofmrv]

[colormefresh]

Her obsession with angels and fairies is so qt 

[watermelonbubblegum]

That's interesting  

[UrFavesRBasic2015]

3 hours ago, Eхх said:

Flawless reporting Billboard. Take notes @breatheheavy

 

 

 

2 hours ago, gata said:

Thanks for the welcome.

I've been lurking for years and barely joined the forum last year.  I don't post very much.

[Onyx Guest]

I've actually been wondering about those paintings too.

Good to know lol.

[BratzBitch]

Really really cool Billboard 

[rafaelgeorges]

Queen is so artsy fartsy. 

[Santiago]

$4200 fee? 

[Six]

Lol at them having to do a research and a call, when the artist himself commented on the pic the day it was posted...

[Artsy Fartsy]

[fuckofffloverboy]

Interesting, thanks for posting it! I love the painting and the level of symbolism is right up Brit's alley, she loves stuff like this. It's a really beautiful piece of art. 

 

[bigq06]

thxx for the information.. and welcum to ex hell (maybe its still)