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Miles Davis in Heaven

Portraits By Carlos H. Burgess

This is a digital painting in photoshop. I worked on this during my dialysis treatments back in October of 2015. The treatments lasted about 4.5 hours so I needed to do something to pass the time. So had my laptop and my Wacom tablet and went to work on my first digital portrait drawing. I used the cover of his famed album Some Kind of Blue as a reference image. I felt that that image represented the intensity and concentration Miles put into capturing the right note during one of his performance. I wanted to take that same approach in doing this portrait. I wanted to push my skills as a portrait artist at the same time as trying to learn a new medium. Furthermore, I wanted to really escape from the fact that I'm starting hemodialysis treatments for the first time and how scared, weak and less confident it made me feel. I fall heavily into my art whenever life throws me a curveball because I needed to feel good about myself.

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Framed Framed Giclee - Paper Prints
36 x 18" Archival Matte Paper
Borderless
Frame: Gallery Contemporary
Alto Black - Thin (201-421R)
38 x 20"
Single Mat: Snow White (A4113)
38 x 20" (window: 36 x 18)
Glazing (Acrylic Glass): Premium Clear
$357.00
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Metal - HD Metal Prints
36 x 18" White Matte
Inset Metallic Float Hanger
$609.00
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Giclee - Canvas Prints
60 x 30" Silverada Metallic Canvas
Stretched Mounted - Image on Front - 1.5" Deep
Black Archival Backing
$1,143.00
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