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“Sisters, brothers and the whities, Blacks and the crackers, Police and their backers, They're all political actors..."
Happy Birthday, CURTIS MAYFIELD
“Spread LOVE, it’s the BROOKLYN way.” Happy Birthday, Christopher George Latore Wallace, NOTORIOUS B.I.G. aka Biggie Smalls #bedstuybrooklyn #bedstuyneighborhood #watercolorart #artiseverywhere #artiseverywhereyoulook #graffiti #nycgraffitti #nycgraffitiart #wallart
Oh yes, ladies, I’m really bein’ sincere
'Cause in a 69 my humpty nose will tickle ya rear
My nose is big, uh-uh I'm not ashamed
Big like a pickle, I'm still gettin' paid"
Farewell to the devilishly hilarious master MC Shock G
"There's no damn business like show business - you have to smile to keep from throwing up."
Happy Birthday, Eleanora Fagan / BILLIE HOLIDAY #keithhenrybrown🎨 #iamtheleopard #penandink #billieholiday #strangefruit #watercolor #fineandmellow @painted.words @pwlicensing
“Happiness consists in realizing it is all a great strange dream.” Happy Birthday, JACK KEROUAC
#jackkerouac #ontheroad #legendarywriter #beatwriter #jazzwriter #poet #dharmabums #pencildrawing #pencilsketch #writerportrait #pencilportrait #jackkerouacquotes #keithhenrybrown
“I'm free. I just do what I want, say what I want, say how I feel, and I don't try to hurt nobody. I just try to make sure that I don't compromise my art in any kind of way, and I think people respect that.” Happy Birthday, ERYKAH BADU
#erykahbadu #neosoul #soulsinger @composer
"I think the blues will always be around. People need it." Happy Birthday, JOHNNY WINTER #johnnywinter #blues #watercolorillustration #bluesartist #albino #penandinkandwatercolor #bluesguitarist @pwlicensing @paintedwordsartrep @painted.words
“The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.”
Happy Birthday, BOB MARLEY
#bobmarley #nesta #rastafari #rastafarian #watercolorportrait #watercolor #portraitillusttation #keithhenrybrown #iamtheleopard #paintedwords
"I think of myself as a beginner. Sometimes that's the whole joy. If you could just do it, there'd be no point in doing it." - artist Wayne Thiebaud, who turned 100 last November.
#painter #modernpainter #artstportrait #waynethiebaud #newyorkermagazinecover #keithhenrybrown
The painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through.” Happy Birthday, JACKSON POLLOCK #jacksonpollock #drippainting #linedrawing #portrait #illustration #pencilart #illustration #legendarypainting #keithhenrybrown #iamtheleopard #art @painted.words