David Bowie Love Print

This piece is part of my “Rock’n’Roll” project, which is very meaningful to me. It marries both of my passions: art and music. It originally got inspired by Mick Rock’s “The Rise of David Bowie” exhibition at Taschen Gallery in Los Angeles, which was held before Bowie's sudden death in early 2016. David Bowie has been the most important and influential person in my life, especially in regards to being an artist. After his death, making these collage style acrylic prints, partially hand painted, was my way to deal with my grieving process over the massive loss of "the master". What you see is the final version of the project, as it originally didn't start out as a silkscreen print. The process went through different stages and sizes to arrive on a 44" by 44" canvas. The background is painted in silver metallic. Then I painted the thunderbolt and then printed the black silkscreen images on top with black acrylic silkscreen ink. If you look at the images closely you will see that they are half toned and bitmapped. It gives it a different effect from the original image. I learned silkscreen printing at Otis College of Art and Design. I am fascinated by Andy Warhol paintings and the role he played in the art world. It inspired me to learn this technique.