Pastel and $2 estate sale portrait.
I’ve owned this guy for years, awaiting an idea involving his hat.
I needed to slice up the original, moving a molded section from the bottom to the top to create the space for the floating hat.
The result resembles adoring art depicting a cult leader.
He offers his enlightenment if you will accept it.
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ABOUT
I take bad and discarded art, generally from thrift stores, and ‘improve’ on them. For a complete collection of my art, a term I use very loosely, go to matthewfranck.com/portfolio
Project #172
matthew franck 