A friend of mine is a fan of the artwork by Jim Warren. He used to collect trading cards of him and he showed me 3 cards that were called "Prince Commission". I don't know if this was commissioned before or after Around the World in a Day but I just thought someone else should see this painting.

Here's the link:

http://www.jimwarren.com/prince.htm

Very cool!!! I wonder why this never ended up on the album.

EverlastingNow said:

Wow, this is incredible!!! Very realistic painting.

How very Beautiful. God Bless.

Rad!

Holy cow, i never heard about this be4. Thank u for the info!

That girl on the seesaw looks alot like the one in the video clip for Paisley Park that showed up on the Interactive CD-Rom.

It slightly reminds me of Joni album covers...sort of Don Juan meets Dog Eat Dog.

It's Beautiful! Reminds me of the artwork in the Watchtower and Awake Magazines. Cool! 8)

july said:

Thank you july I didn't know how to post it with a picture!

EverlastingNow said:

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[This message was edited Sat Dec 7 19:54:07 PST 2002 by july]

And you really can't see it in the picture but the fatman has a symbol tattoo on his arm, the old 0(+> one like on the Purple Rain bike.

july said:

My thoughts exactly...

Very cool!

very cool...thanks for sharein this.

I read the guys web site and it stated "


"Prince’s management contacted me to do this painting. They gave me little information other than a one page sheet with thirteen instructions on it such as, "...a fat man hugging a tiger," and "...two men with hair shorter on one side, playing the tambourine."

I am very curious to know what the other 11 instructions were...
and who has this art work now?...
did Prince keep it? or does the artist still have it?

I guess Prince contracted out a few artist to create his "instructions" then picked from them.
I would love to see the other choices as well.

Pluv said:

This is cool.

I would suspect that the instructions had something to do with each of the songs.

Probably something like we need a ladder, kids on a seasaw, a boy holding a flag, a woman crying on the pier, a woman wearing a raspberry beret, etc.

Uptown had a story about the artwork in an old issue that talked about some of the things Prince wanted the artist to convey. But they didn't have this original tho. Mad cool.

Eye think the whole experimental vibe is cool witht this album, the Artwork is very different, (both paintings) it reminds me of SGT. Peppers front cover (Beatles)

In fact, the music (concept) very much reminds me of the beatles album also..

any others feel that way?

This thread should get all 5 stars. Its the kindof info eye dig.

Lets all go eat some cookies..

Sdldawn said:

I totally thought this album was very Beatlesque, especially when the music from For You to Purple Rain was very much one color. And then along comes ATWIAD and all of sudden there were rainbows coming out of the speakers. It blew me away when I seen the cover because I was expecting a picture of Prince and the Revolution still in the Purple Rain vibe and when I went to get it the day it came out I walked right passed it.

Sdldawn said:

Thanks! Cookie party at sdldawn's house!

EverlastingNow said:

Great work. A lot more interesting than the original.

Here's some more info I found on this picture. On the back of the 3 collector's cards it pretty much said what it says on the link but it also mentioned that the list included "Paisley Park". And "a fat man with tattoos and purple boots hugging a tiger." Warren said that he had no problem finding a fat man to pose, but the tiger was a different story. "I used a stuffed plastic bag instead, and painted the tiger later."

That's an amazing painting I wonder why he decided not to use it for the album?

classic77 said:

That's what I have been wondering also Classic77

Great work! Very cool! Thanks for sharing.
This reminds me of the beautiful lyrics in the song Paisley Park. Such a cUtie child in the foreground next to the dove!

looks like what steve parke was trying to rip off for the horrible Graffiti Bridge artwork.

This is my new wallpaper actually. Thanks!

I've seen the juggling clown on some other prince artwork. I can't remember where though.

ThomasBjj said:

Uh...maybe the artwork that was used for the album?

bump...

This painting is beautiful. I also wonder why it wasn't used for the album. I think it's a superior piece.

Wouldn't you guys love to see passed over art for the other album covers? I bet Dream Factory/Sign o the Times, for example, saw some really interesting ideas!

I am in love with this painting. I like this so much better than the official cover. It's a wonder why he didn't use this. All I know is that I want a copy of this one.