Michael Doret – fine art Kiss prints

Great artist and nice person…

Over the years I have come in contact with a lot off “Kiss related” people. And I must just say first that Michael Doret is one of the coolest of them all.

When I first heard that Michael was supposed to design for the Sonic Boom cover I was really pleased. Rock and Roll Over has for me always been the pinnacle of Kiss covers. I was more or less sure that he would make something brilliant for for the new record. And I was right, the Sonic Boom cover was brilliant. I really like the cover, even if the opinions about it the cover were really divided in the “Kiss world”.

Michael Doret also mentioned in interviews that he wanted to release Limited Collector’s Edition print’s of both the Sonic Boom and Rock And Roll Over covers (250 of each). So already then I said to myself that I at least had to have one of them when I could afford them. As usual I started to promote them on the front page of Kiss Army Norway, as all other Kiss stuff I find cool.

Just before they were about to be released I also found out that Michael also sold original press profs of the RARO cover that he had received from the printers in 1976. So I just had to buy one of those. I also hyped the press prof a little on the Kiss Army Norway forums because I thought the print was so cool.

Suddenly I get an email from Michael because there was something wrong with the postage for the press prof. He also asked me if I knew why he had received so many orders from Norway. So I told him It probably was because I hyped his stuff on our site. He was really grateful and that started a long mail discussion about Kiss and design in general. I think most of his work with design and fonts are really great. So he wanted to give me a silkscreen print of one of his signed posters as a gift. And I picked the “Powerstation” signed silkscreen print. A really cool print.

During the same period I also ordered the Sonic Boom print signed by Michael and Kiss. He was really interested about what I thought about the print and the quality of the print. I just had to say that It was really incredible. The prints are probably the best quality I have of any Kiss artwork. The prints are quite expensive ($300). But they are really worth It. The colors are so vibrant and clear, and the quality of the paper is really thick “museo textured rag” digital watercolor paper.

So I asked if It was possible if I could get a picture of him with the Sonic Boom print. So I could frame the picture beside the print. And there were no problem getting him to agree to It. So he got his wife to take a great picture just for me.

I also ended up buying the Rock And Roll Over print. And It’s really even more beautiful than the Sonic Boom print. It probably has a lot to do with that It is even more iconic and means a lot to me. I still haven’t managed to get them framed an up on the wall. Mostly because the little space I have right now has to much sunlight so I really don’t want to ruin the prints. But they will be one of the center points of my collection when I one day will manage to get my “man cave” ready.

Today It seems that the Sonic Boom print so sold out on the official store on Kissonline.com. But the Rock And Roll Over cover is still available (Michael Doret just told me that both should still be available).

My Michael Doret prints and related