Tuesday, November 27, 2012

my portrait of david bowie?

I wasn't meaning to do a portrait of someone
but as often happens this painting slowly developed
like a polaroid before my eyes into something
resembling the thin white dude.
for the ghostly eyes I pasted paper on the canvas




























then peeled most of it off.

acrylic 24 x 30
painted on october 24, 2012

5 comments:

  1. take your protein pill and put your monocle on ... is that a cookie crisp in his fedora ? i'll be seeing you in my nightmares , belews david bowie portrait , just please remember to bring some milk , i take it ice cold , thanks .

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  2. with suspenders he could be in an oompah band!

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  3. inspiration for a painting?? if you've ever flown over Lake Geneva/Lake Como WI, you might have noticed they look very much like a Blue Whale and a calf swimming together. (ref: 2 links below)
    Williams Bay would be mama's fin.

    http://photography-plus.com/fullPic.asp?picID=897

    http://www.google.com/mapmaker?ll=42.57786,-88.497276&spn=0.139045,0.312767&t=h&z=12&vpsrc=6&q=lake+geneva,+wi&hl=en&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=relatedproducts_maps&utm_source=mapseditbutton_normal

    You paint it - I'll buy it! I can hang it next to the very creepy signed lithograph I own that DB did called "portrait of JO" (iggy). scary monster indeed!

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    1. Serendipity.... 3 days after my previous post, I'm in STL on business, and who do I see across the hotel lobby helping himself to breakfast, but non other than "Beatle Bob" himself. First met him at The Old Rockhouse when you last played there about a year ago. And, yes, his mane is still enviable beyond belief!
      ;)

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