Roger Moore Portrait – Meeting with James Bond | Peter Engels 🟢
Roger Moore portrait painting by Peter Engels. A personal turning point where the artist found his signature style—vintage, textured, and iconic.
ArtistPeter EngelsMediumAcrylic on canvasSize (W x H) 100 x 100 cmPriceart@peterengels.eu
Roger Moore Portrait – The Bond That Started It All | Peter Engels
A moment on a Danish beach. A chance encounter. A legacy born.
This textured, monochrome portrait of Roger Moore is more than a tribute — it’s the origin story of Peter Engels’ signature vintage style. Painting number zero, so to speak.
In what felt like a surreal twist of fate, Peter Engels met Roger Moore on a cold November morning along the beach of Hornbæk, Denmark. The iconic James Bond actor was walking his dog, wrapped in a duffle coat with the collar up against the wind. Engels, a longtime admirer of the Bond films and Ian Fleming’s novels, instantly recognized his cinematic hero.
They spoke briefly — just enough for the moment to make a permanent mark.
That encounter became the inspiration for Engels’ very first major Vintage style portrait painting, and the moment he fully embraced the palette knife technique and vintage palette that would define his artistic identity. This Roger Moore portrait, painted in textured monochrome tones, is intimate, expressive, and unmistakably iconic.
The painting remains one of Peter Engels’ personal favorites, a piece that reflects admiration, serendipity, and stylistic discovery.
To mark the memory, Engels also painted the exact Danish beach landscape where they met — just steps from Roger Moore’s beach house.
From One Bond to a Full Collection
This portrait sparked something larger. It became the foundation for Engels’ “Bonds or Shares” series — six portraits of the actors who played James Bond over the decades. The collection premiered at the prestigious Art Basel Miami (Miami Art Week) and was later extended with sculptural installations of all six Bond actors, pushing the concept into a new dimension.
For Collectors
The Roger Moore portrait is a collector’s cornerstone — not just of the Bond series, but of Peter Engels’ artistic evolution. It marks the moment an admirer became a master, and a fleeting encounter turned into lasting legacy.
This is where it all began. The brush was traded for the palette knife. The color was dialed back to spotlight form, mood, and essence. Roger Moore gave the world Bond — and gave Peter Engels his voice.
Own the painting that started a movement.
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