De Hilster was in his period of drawing into paint with a coat hanger and was inspired to draw an old style TV and the rest simply came. This was a time where de Hilster continued to break his rules of beautiful line drawings to be crude.
This painting was painted live to a live jazz piano performance in 1993. De Hilster considers this painting a masterwork which he describes as a “perfect composition”.
David de Hilster took a summer art class in the 8th grade where his teacher was doing geometric paintings. David copied his teacher’s style who said of David: “David is paintiing at a 12th grade or college level.
This painting was inspired by the first time David saw a performance of Cirque du Soleil with his best friend and family.
David de Hilster went to the Natural History Museum in downtown Rio de Janeiro and sketched some statues to practice drawing the human form. The year on the drawing is in error. The actual year was 1987.
This is a quick sketch of the famous electric street car that rides on the archway in downtown Rio.
