Starry Night

My piece Starry Night is based off the song sharing the same name written by Don McLean. I took the lyrics ...the ragged man in ragged clothes, the... more

by Jesse Samper

Title

Starry Night

Artist

Jesse Samper

Medium

Drawing - Prismal Color Pencil

Description

My piece "Starry Night" is based off the song sharing the same name written by Don McLean. I took the lyrics "...the ragged man in ragged clothes, the silver thorn a bloody rose, lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow," as inspiration. As many people know Vincent Van Gogh suffered from severe depression his whole life and ended it all by taking his own life. The thorns represent the reality of his depression consuming him by the minute, he's wearing his head wrap after cutting off his own ear, however, I have him bleeding from his mind to show the struggles he faced every day and the blood dripping on his crushed rose on the white virgin snow. And behind him lies his most notable work of art "Starry Night" to show that underneath his body and his pain was a mind so beautiful it wasn't meant to be understood by his generation and even by some still to this day.

Uploaded

February 24th, 2015