LeVar Burton Mural Sacramento California

Wide Open Walls contacted me a few weeks ago, inspired by my portrait of Actor LeVar Burton. Artist JEKS ONE wanted to paint the portrait as a mural honouring four native Sacramentans. JEKS ONE (with Twisted Track Gallery, has painted the faces of Joan Didion, Russ Solomon, LeVar Burton and Wayne Thiebaud.

Rory Lewis quoted “It is an honour to see my work as part of the exhibition, relocating to California. Rory Lewis classical style of portraiture is becoming renown.“

LeVar Burton is an American actor, presenter, director and author. He is best known for his role as Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation, being the host of the long-running PBS children's series Reading Rainbow and the young Kunta Kinte in the 1977 award-winning ABC television miniseries Roots. He has also directed a number of television episodes for various iterations of Star Trek, among other programs.

Based in Los Angeles, California and working between London & New York. Rory Lewis Photographer Presents unique Portraiture using ‘direction’ and inventive ‘scenarios’. Rory easily encourages sitters to express themselves, creating natural, thought provoking portraits. Offering his services to a wide variety of clients from Royalty, to former Prime Minsters, Hollywood Stars and members of The Armed Forces.