Original Painting ‘Clearing Fear’ Featured in the Upcoming Netflix Series The Imperfects

Clearing Fear by Deb Chaney

As I mentioned in a post back in March, Hulu rented 5 of my original paintings for their new horror movie Fresh, starring Daisy Edgar Jones and Sebastian Stan. My mixed media painting Subtle Shift was the first of my pieces to be featured on the show, and I’ll share the others as they appear. 

However, this is not an update on Fresh – but it’s the result of my artwork being in the show. Hulu renting my artwork for its TV series led directly to my abstract paintings being featured on Netflix’s new show, The Imperfects.

The sci-fi drama stars Canadian actress Italia Ricci as Dr. Sydney Burke and Vancouver native Rhianna Jagpal as Abbi Singh. It was mainly filmed in Vancouver, which you may know is often referred to as “Hollywood North” due to all the movies and shows filmed there.

The synopsis reads:

After an experimental gene therapy turns them into monsters, three twenty-somethings band together to hunt down the scientist responsible and force him to make them human again.

Here’s the official Netflix teaser. But be warned, it’s not for the faint of heart – the trailer has profanity and a fair amount of blood and violence. Netflix has given it a TV-MA rating for language, violence, and gore, so it’s not really my taste.

How My Artwork Went From Hulu to Netflix

Source: Netflix

One of the art directors working on Fresh was a wonderful woman named Sarah. She enjoyed working with me and complimented me on my professionalism and how I replied to them quickly and got them what they needed without delay. 

The film and TV industry has a really quick turnaround, with people often needing things “yesterday”. Fortunately, I was aware of this beforehand as my daughter had done some extra work when she was younger, so I’d been on film sets and had a sense of how things worked a little bit. The experience helped me work with the industry and understand what its incredibly hard-working people are coping with.

After Fresh wrapped filming, Sarah moved onto another production. Soon afterward, she gave me a call to say that she’d enjoyed working with me and that she was excited about my art. In fact, she’d printed out most of my portfolio from Saatchi Online Gallery so everyone working on the art set of The Imperfects could choose their favourite paintings.

I was so flattered and excited and grateful for the callback.

Instead of renting my original work – as was done for the Hulu movie – Netflix licensed high-resolution digital images of my paintings. (I think they licensed somewhere between 20 to 30 paintings.) They then printed them onto canvas with a special giclée printer on set.

It’s a good thing they didn’t use my original artwork, because there’s a scene where one of the lead characters punches through one of my paintings. The scene went through multiple retakes, so they kept printing out my painting over and over again. I’m fairly certain the painting in question is New Laylines To Heal The Earth. The original is available for purchase – just promise you won’t put your fist through it. :)

About the Artwork in The Imperfects

Source: Netflix

Even though The Imperfects first season hasn’t been released by Netflix yet, one of my paintings already appears in the trailer! You can see it 40 seconds into the trailer hanging above the fireplace. (It’s mounted sideways – but it’s still wonderful to see it there!) :)

The painting is called Clearing Fear and was painted in 2019. It is acrylic mixed media on canvas and measures 91.4 x 122 cm (36”x48”) and is currently available to rent or purchase via the Surrey Art Gallery Sales and Rentals program.

Original Artwork and Prints for Sale

The original painting of Clearing Fear is available to purchase or rent from the Surrey Art Gallery Sales and Rentals program.

Prints of Clearing Fear are also available on Saatchi Art. You can choose the size, material, and framing to suit your personal taste. Prints come in 4 sizes, on paper or canvas, and you add a frame of white, black, or natural wood.

The “View In A Room” image places the artwork on a wall to give you a sense of its size and how it looks in a room.

New Laylines To Heal The Earth – the original or print – is also available for purchase on Saatchi Art.