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.
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Tres Gerações
De Hilster drew this from a photo he took of Doris, her Mother Dona Nadir, and Luanda.
Geometry
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.