DAVID BOWIE PENSIVE
David Bowie – Portrait by Raymond
Description & Inspiration
This portrait of David Bowie highlights his reflective and visionary side. The artist captures Bowie with a subtle upward gaze, suggesting contemplation and creative foresight. The monochrome base with fine tonal variations draws the viewer’s attention directly to Bowie’s sharp features and iconic presence.
Technique & Materials
Executed in Raymond’s acrylic pouring fusion style, the work uses layered textures and controlled contrasts to achieve a strong visual impact. The clean lines and grayscale tones are punctuated by the piercing blue of Bowie’s eyes, creating both intensity and intimacy in a single frame.
Impact & Meaning
Bowie appears here as a thinker – a cultural pioneer who looked beyond the present into the future. The portrait reflects his unending transformation, his questioning of identity, and his role as an innovator who reshaped the boundaries of art and music.
Collectors Information
•Medium: Acrylic on canvas
•Original Size: 47,2×70,8 in / 120x180cm
•Availability: Original & Limited Edition Prints
•Original size or 50% of the original
•Printed on Hahnemühle FineArt Paper or Belgian Linen
•Each edition is 3D scanned, produced in Amsterdam by a master printer, hand-numbered, and delivered with a certificate of authenticity
•. Creation Year: 14. April 2019
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