Newly revealed Derek Riggs artwork

[Forostar]

The man himself showed an artwork on his Facebook:

It is called "Hollywood Eddie"...
... The picture is from the retrospective "Somewhere back in time" period, and it was an idea for a Maiden DVD cover, but Maiden were not interested in it and so it's been on my computer for a few years. I often meant to finish it off but I never really had a reason to.

I was looking for photos of movies cameras for the camera in Eddie's head. I came across the original camera that Charlie Chaplin used to make all his early movies on. It was up for sale by his estate, and they had photos of it. So I stuck it into Eddie's head. Please remember that this is a print of a sketch and not a finished painting.

 

[Mosh]

I like that one. One of his more interesting sketches in recent years.

 

[MrKnickerbocker]

Definitely really cool. It would make great art for an L.A. tour shirt, if nothing else.

 

[Perun]

I like it. It has a very classic 80's vibe to it. it would have been perfect for the Somewhere Back in Time DVD.

 

[Bombusbombus]

That's a really nice one! I miss his artwork on the official releases...

 

[SinisterMinisterX]

It's a good start. Eddie is great but I wonder what his ideas for "finishing" it were.

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

I'm a little confused about the dating here. When is Riggs saying this sketch was done?

 

[SixesAlltheway]

I'm a little confused about the dating here. When is Riggs saying this sketch was done?

Would have been around 2008 I guess? The Somewhere Back in Time tour, History of Maiden part 2.

The sketch is an obvious Can I Play With Madness knock off...but still an OK idea.

 

[Lego]

I'm a little confused about the dating here. When is Riggs saying this sketch was done?

Sounds like it was done around 2007-2008, in preparation for the Live after Death retrospective. Or, it could have been a part of the original Maiden England rerelease DVD that was intended to be released in 2009.

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

Okay, cheers guys.