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It was important to me to capture Eddie van Halen with his famous Evh Striped series guitar. Eddie and his brother formed the band Van Halen with his brother Alex in 1972. I was inspired to do this painting in 2021, after Eddies passing.

The inspiration for my art work comes from my love of Rock 'n Roll. Specifically, Led Zeppelin. You could say it has been an obsession since I first saw them back in 1973. My work first came out back in the late 80's using wood as a medium, in many instances making three dimensional paintings using a router and other carving tools to give depth to my work. For my own enjoyment I started doing 3-D album covers, doing a wide range of artists. Culminating in my Physical Graffiti cover. After seven months of carving each brick and building out the fire escapes etc., I was exhausted on album covers. Yet not wanting to give up on the wood working aspect, I turned my attention to ship building. First the Titanic, which got me a spot...