Could Leonardo da Vinci ever have imagined 'Mona Lisa Bean'?
Something that most British comedy fans knew from day one has come to life thanks to Southern Louisiana artist, Rodney Pike. Mr. Bean, the classic Richard Curtis comedy series which starred the rubber-faced Rowan Atkinson, is…Art, in the truest sense of the word. Pike, who lived in the UK for several years back in the 90’s, felt his love of classic art and Atkinson’s Bean character was about as good of a match as when bacon collided with chocolate in recent years. “Rowan Atkinson can make any situation funny no matter how absurd,” he explained.
Up first was Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa which probably sent chills throughout the art world as Pike gave the iconic portrait an unlikely makeover by adding in Rowan Atkinson’s face instead.
(PICTURED: Mona Lisa Bean by Rodney Pike/Caters) Created by photoshopping Rowan Atkinsons comedic characters on to some of the most iconic artworks through history. Other pieces given the Blackadder and Mr Bean treatment, include Holbein the Youngers portrait of Henry VIII and Rembrandts self-portrait. For more works of greatness by Rodney Pike, click here.
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