Artwork
New College Cloisters
Self Portrait Scrunched
David drew this his first year in Rio from a photo someone had taken of him back in the United States.
Self Portrait Lying Down
David drew this in his first year in Rio. This is drawn from a photo take of David.
Four Blocks
Painted in the early 1990s, de Hilster was working with acrylic on melatile, a hard smooth board. He made the melatile canvases in various sizes and decided to make numerous 12″ x 12″ canvases. This was the result.
Figure in Space
This is the most important work according to the artist in his career. He was taking classes at Parque Large in the incredibly beautiful location at the feet of the Corcovado Mountain. Once the teacher recognized David’s talent, he promised to break David of his black-and-white pencil drawings. David was worried given he is red-green colorblind.
Doris’ Eyes
In a phase in 1990, de Hilster created numerous works using Crayola crayons. This was inspired by Picasso, one of David’s favorite artists and is drawn from David’s live pencil portrait of Doris.
Tia Lica
After the passing of Doris’ Aunt Lica, David drew this portrait of the two of them together.
Teen Luanda
This is based off a self portrait that David’s daughter Luanda took of herself. David brought it into his computer graphics computer and drew on top of it.
Three Faces of Adam
Acrylic paint on melatile with David painting with a pallet knife. The faces are (from left to right) a Neanderthal, a renaissance man (inspired by Michael Angelo), to a modern portrait of the artist himself with his head turned 180 degrees away from the viewer.