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Street artist Rone and his glamorous women

Famous for his sumptuous paintings of glamorous women, in particular an often recurring image of his so-called Jane Doe, street artist Rone’s work attempts to locate the friction point between beauty and decay, the lavish and despoiled, creating an iconic form of urban art with a strongly emotional bent.

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A large mural by street artist Rone depicting a glamorous woman's face in shades of purple and grey, painted across a building facade between city skyscrapers at dusk

Producing many of his early works either through a process of stencilling or screen-printing however, like fellow Everfresh member Meggs, Rone’s movement toward a more freehand style of practice has enabled a certain amount of openness and looseness to seep into his images, a rawness which can perhaps be seen to have enhanced the affective quality they contained.

A key individual in the Melbourne street art scene, Rone’s images have not only appeared all over his city itself but have increasingly began to appear all around the world too, his trademark figures, his heroic, alluring, cinematic icons manifesting themselves in ever larger, more elaborate and emotive forms. Find out more at r-o-n-e.com.

Rone's monochromatic mural of a glamorous female face painted on a weathered building facade, with a person standing on a ladder beside it
Rone's mural featuring a monochrome portrait of a woman and teal cursive text reading "Por Vida" on a weathered wall, with children gathered in front of it on grass
Street artist Rone's mural featuring a glamorous woman's face in pink and red tones with bold graphic elements and text on a wooden panel wall
Decaying interior room with a large mural of a woman's face with dramatic eyes and dark eyebrows painted on the back wall, surrounded by debris and overgrown vegetation
Street art mural by Rone featuring two stylised female faces with geometric spiral patterns and bold graphic elements in blue, orange and red tones
A large-scale mural by Rone depicting a woman's face with wide, expressive eyes and pursed lips painted across a brick building wall, with mountains visible in the distance.
Street artist Rone adding paint to his large-scale mural featuring close-up portraits of glamorous women's faces on a concrete wall
Street artist Rone's large-scale mural of a glamorous woman with dark hair and red lips on a red wall beside weathered grey concrete, with text reading "DO NOT BL" visible on the left
Street artist Rone's mural of a glamorous woman's face with striking red lips, painted on a wall beside a red ladder, with an artist working on the piece
Rone's mural of a woman's face on a concrete wall beside palm trees and driftwood on a beach under blue sky
Rone's mural featuring his signature glamorous female figure in black and white alongside colourful painted fruits and flowers on a blue wall
Person walking past a brick wall covered with Rone's black and white portrait prints and stencilled designs featuring glamorous women's faces
Large-scale mural by street artist Rone depicting a woman's face with striking eyes and a gold horizontal stripe, painted on an urban building with city skyline visible beyond
Three large bronze sculptural spheres sit on pavement in front of a turquoise wall displaying street art posters and stencilled images
Rone's monochromatic portrait of a woman's face on a weathered yellow wall in a narrow Parisian street at dusk, flanked by street lamps and shuttered storefronts
Street art mural by Rone featuring his signature Jane Doe portrait in black and white alongside a simple stick figure and colourful geometric shapes on urban building walls
Large-scale street art mural by Rone depicting a close-up of a glamorous woman's face with dramatic eye makeup and dark lips, layered with architectural imagery and neon accents
Rone's large-scale monochromatic mural of a woman's face painted on the shuttered storefront of a cream-coloured period building
Street art mural by Rone depicting a close-up of a woman's face in white and black, with dramatic eye makeup and paint drips creating a decay effect
Black and white street art mural of a glamorous woman's face by Rone on an alley wall beside a Route 34 sign and bare tree branches
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