I have been a HUGE fan of artist Roger Dean, the man behind many of the YES album covers. He has been a creative hero and inspiration for most of my life when I first discovered the music of YES and then bought a copy of VIEWS from 1974.
This water color painting was inspired by the death of my father on Wednesday April 8 12:24pm. I decided to turn my emotions and grief into creativity and funnel all of my energy, focus and inspiration into this painting, inspired by Roger Dean. This was the first painting I had done in about 8 years and was completed pretty quickly in under two weeks working off and on. I intentionally didn’t want to overwork it even though I easily could have. I wanted there to be some space and levity but clearly a trifecta of imagery unfolding in a visual story.
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The final piece didn’t change very much from the original sketch. The little silhouette of a man was a suggestion from a band member, which I couldn’t resist adding. The band was completely blown away by the whole thing. I also redesigned their logo to be better and visually cooler. They loved it as well.
