"David" (David Bowie)

"I’ve been fortunate enough to visit some of the most amazing art galleries in the world, including the Vatican and the Louvre. It’s no surprise how much I enjoyed seeing some of the most iconic paintings in the world, but what caught me off guard was how much I was drawn to the statues. Almost immediately, ideas started bouncing around in my head about who would be the modern-day philosophers and poets people would look upon hundreds of years from now. Naturally, that path headed towards the musicians of the 20th and 21st centuries. I started to conceptualize a few different ways to portray this idea, and am looking forward to sharing some more of these concepts very soon.  This piece was the first to be actualized. I figured the most recognizable statue in the world would be a good jumping off point. And with its title simply being "DAVID", it was almost taunting me to paint it as a defaced statue with the most prominent David in rock and roll history. The concept of incorporating th