Thursday, December 15, 2011

michael jackson


a quick outline...


...add some browns

 

and black & blue. 


I heard something on the news last night that inspired this painting.
Michael Jackson supposedly kept motivational tapes under his pillow.
The tapes are reported as giving messages like "you are a good person" and "you are worthy"...

The whole thing just made me sad.

The idea that he still needed someone - a stranger on a tape - to tell him that he was "good"
made me think that he must have felt such emptiness inside.
Michael has been described as the king of pop, a pedophile, an addict,
and a musical genius.

Maybe he was all of these things, but whenever i see him, i just see suffering.
Those eyes were definitely suffering eyes, regardless of how much his body was dancing.


4 comments:

  1. This painting is amazing. You have his likeness spot-on and done with minimal few colors. That blue is gorgeous by the way. Wonderful Pauline!

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  2. Beautiful painting, Pauline! You definitely captured a sadness within. He was gifted in so many ways but he endured a lot growing up. He cared deeply about people, animals and the environment and I still find it hard to watch him on DVD without tearing up. He will be missed.

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  3. Very well done and you did capture the lost look in his eyes.

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  4. You have been extremely productive .. Wow.. so much creativity on every post!!!

    I love that you are reusing the music book to paint on.. the paper is usually very sturdy... Yesterday I was making envelopes from an old one I had and I just love them.

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