This painting is based off of Robert Mapplethorpe's Flower series while expanding and adding to the theory and concepts of appropriation by using iconic contemporary photography as my source material. My intention is to allow the viewer to experience these once mechanically produced works as now broken down and reformed into old master-like paintings.

This painting is based off of Robert Mapplethorpe's Flower series while expanding and adding to the theory and concepts of appropriation by using iconic contemporary photography as my source material. My intention is to allow the viewer to experience these once mechanically produced works as now broken down and reformed into old master-like paintings. Short