crime-pop-dadaist
J. Michael Niotta
Original Art & DARK Creations
visit the shop or reach out to commission your very own original work of art created by the artist-author-musician
Ellie Short
Black Dahlia Elizabeth Short in dark dada humor - antique scissors - analog collage - manipulated glaze
a lasting sleep
Picasso influenced abstract - cubism - surrealism - seated dead woman on 18 x 24 stretched canvas - acrylic - slicked
Beauty & the Bull
Raging Bull Jake LaMotta in a battle of the sexes.
J. Michael
writer - artist - musician holding a newly completed COMMISSIONED work of mini crime art
O'Banion's Breakfast
COMMISSIONED - Chicago heavy Dean O'Banion accompanied by his wife and a fellow gangster posing as thier son - 7 x 7 framed mini crime dada - paper - pens
Come Fly With Me
FOR SALE - AKA Riding Shotgun with the Bird Man - Birdman of Alcatraz Robert Stroud brings a bit of all American ultra-violence to a Norman Rockwell setting in this 11 x 14 gold framed dada collage
Into the Night (death scene)
FOR SALE - Abstract oil slicked on stretched canvas
The Doctor's Always In
COMMISSIONED - Pinocchio visits his plastic surgeon in this surrealist work made for a plastic surgeon.
Elizabeth
Mixed Media Sculpture Skateboard Deck depicting Black Dahlia Elizabeth Short mid-disection.
Ellie
side view of skate deck art
Al's Temper
SOLD - Al Capone tribute - repurposed antique with dada flair and inlaid thermometer in a gold 4.5 x 6 metal art deco frame
Crossing Over
FOR SALE - Vito Genovese with coins for the boat man - pop mixed media crime art - acrylic - oil - coins - pens - paper slicked on stretched canvas - Slated as upcoming EP ALBUM COVER
Angelo in Morte
COMMISSIONED - In memory of Angelo Bruno - acrylic - paper - antique Roman crucifix on a vintage memorial book
Criminal Mind
FOR SALE - inside the mind of Lucky Luciano - Analog Collage on stretched canvas
feathered lady
SOLD - art deco influenced abstract portrait on canvas board
Oney Baby
FOR SALE - New York heavy Oney Madden strutting - surrealism in oil - paper - pens on stretched canvas
Last Supper of Dutch Schultz
FOR SALE - mixed media analog collage surrealist depiction of the Dutchman's drawn out death on slicked and stretched canvas
Made Man
SOLD - dadaist depiction of Pinocchio going through the mafia induction ritual - the gun and the knife are on the table and the holy card while blood is being drawn - mixed media - antique paper - acrylic on slicked 7 x 14 stretched canvas
New Barrel Murder
FOR SALE - Handsome Johnny Roselli at his height and in his violent end - paper - acrylic - pens - 9x7 stretched and slicked canvas
Battle of the Sunset Strip
FOR SALE - dadaist collage depiction of Mickey Cohen's men being wiped out in the struggle for the LA rackets - antique newspaper - photos - pens
Pigeon (the flying dead)
The pigeon that sang and could fly (aka the flying dead) - paper - oil - pens - acrylic on canvas board
A Killer Lie
FOR SALE - Dadaist retort to Joey the Killer's autobiography - the nose grows for a reason - antique paper - acrylic - 8 x 10 in a 11.5 x 13.5 solid wood frame
Choose Murder Inc
SOLD - Murder Inc members represented in gouache - pens - paper on canvas board
faces of Jack
SOLD - bstract sketch depicting young and aged Jack Dragna
As Near To You As Your Phone
FOR SALE - Noir scene - hitmen search for their mark - paper - acrylic - plastic on 11x14 stretched and slicked canvas
Meyer's World
COMMISSIONED - surrealist homage to gambling entrepreneur Meyer Lansky
Meyer Lanksy II
Grandson and namesake of Meyer Lansky holding his work of original crime art.
cohen soap
FOR SALE - a dada jab at LA gambler Mickey Cohen's OCD problem - acrylic - paper - finderprints - slicked 9x7 canvas board
Shut Up Frank
SOLD - Frank Costello talking a bit too much at the Kefauver Hearings
You Don't Know Jack
FOR SALE - the gambler - entrepreneur side of young Jack Dragna done in acrylic collage - 9x7 stretched and slicked canvas
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