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I enjoyed painting this! Eddie and his brother formed the band Van Halen with his brother Alex in 1972. I had seen Van Halen 6 times, with 3 different lead singers , and it was always the electrifying Eddie Van Halen that made the shows! That is what I tried to capture here, that energy, that force!

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...