Artwork
Doris
De Hilster, tired of doing realistic pencil drawings, promised his wife Doris to draw her portrait. In 1990, David finally capitulated. This was from a live setting and took about two and a half hours.
Corner Kick
De Hilster applied oil paint to melatile and began drawing with a coat hanger and palette knife. During the painting, he added acrylic paint to the oil to add color. The scene is a corner kick in a stadium in Brazil.
Rio de Janeiro
De Hilster painted two large colorful acrylic swirls on this large canvas and then applied dark oil paint on top. The oil paint allowed de Hilster to draw into the canvas using a piece of metal coat hanger. The entire painting is done from memory and took only two hours to make. De Hilster appears two times in the painting, one with his wife Doris.
Two Brothers
The Two Brothers are mountains at the end of Rio’s famous Ipanema Beach. This was a very productive period by de Hilster where he was recalling scenes from Rio. These were all done from within de Hilster’s memory.
Fusca
De Hilster drawing in Rio de Janeiro in his sketchbook.
Rio Graffiti
De Hilster mixes computer programming with graffiti in English and Portuguese.
Pivete
De Hilster was inspired by the scene of eating on the famous sidewalks of Copacabana, reading the newspaper, and having a street kid begging for money.
Jazz Black and White
Painted to live music played by a friend who is a jazz pianist.
Tres Gerações
De Hilster drew this from a photo he took of Doris, her Mother Dona Nadir, and Luanda.