Intellectual Graffiti
Figurative works with computer code, words, images, and digital graffiti.
Sister Best Friends
de Hilster Self Portrait 2026
Luanda Lia 2025
Luanda as Adelaide
Little Sky Eyes
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.
Rio at Night
David imagined the Corcovado Christ Statue in the clouds with moonlight in the clouds and reflecting on the ocean and all the city lights of Rio de Janiero.
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.