David Bowie

 

6x9

ink on bristol bobard

This Substack Reward commission had me doing TheThinWhiteZiggyAladdinHeroes guy. I wasn't sure if the client would like the combination of phases, but she did. Therefore, I'm happy. 

David Bowie

It's been awhile since I did one of my inspiration watercolors. This time, the person who I have drawn an immense amount of inspiration from is none other than the late David Bowie.

That still doesn't sound right, but there it is.

When he died I wondered why it bothered me so much. Being that this person I had never met. Not even close. I had never even seen him in concert, dammit! Then I read something on the internet about such things and it said that these are the people that help you define who you are, who you want to be, or like to be, for that matter. I liked that and soon realized the truth in it. Bowie was always there, really. I grew up in the seventies. Spiders From Mars, Ziggy Stardust, etc. This guy wasn't Zeppelin, The Who or The Beatles. He was pretty unique. Made one think about things. I remember sitting in a friend's living room one morning while he was getting ready to walk to school and we were watching MTV and Scary Monsters and Superfreaks came on. I remember thinking just how weird that all was, but just so freaking awesome. Fame, Starman, Fashion, Rock & Roll Suicide, Golden Years, Panic In Detroit, etc. These were all distinctly Bowie. I love the words as much as the music. A true artist.

In keeping with some continuity with these watercolors, I've stuck to the three color palette and am trying to get better and better with this. A few years ago while in Iowa, I came to like the paintings of Marvin D. Cone who was a friend and fellow regionalist of Grant Wood. On some of his paintings he used this color arrangement (white, black and yellow) and I loved it.

I sneaked a little blue in there, in case you didn't notice.

The Man Who Fell To Earth Artist Proof Sketch Cards

There are a few more days left on the auction for my Artist Proof sketch cards for The Man Who Fell To Earth set by Unstoppable Cards. Here are the links:

First card.

Second card.

Third card.

These card don't seem to get the attention that a Star Wars card would, so here they are!

*UPDATE* The first two cards have now sold.

The Man Who Fell To Earth Sketch Cards

While I'm working on other projects like the Belle Isle Aquarium weather vane, another sketch card set and the always present cartoons, I will post some sketch cards that I did earlier in the year, but wanted to wait until the release dates were near. So, here are the cards from The Man Who Fell To Earth set that will be put out by Unstoppable Cards later this month. As some of you may know, this is the David Bowie film from the 70's. This was a fun one to do, great imagery to play with. I have three Artist Proof cards available.