David Bowie Portraits

Trying to capture David Bowie's wonderful soul through art, through his many characteristic expressions...with simple materials and a lot of inspiration.
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two people standing next to each other holding guitars
| Portrait of David Bowie and Mick Ronson
Sara Captain's double portrait shows of one of the best singer/guitarist pairings in rock'n roll ever: David Bowie and Mick Ronson, starman and sideman, are painted performing together on TV marking the dawn of a new era. #bowie #davidbowie #mickronson #davidbowieart #platinumhair#davidbowiepainting #starman #ziggystardust #seventies #bowielove #davidrobertjones #davidbowieportrait #davidbowieforver #bowiefan #saracaptainart #rockstar #musicicon #rocknroll #guitarist #contemporaryart #livemusic
a painting of a woman with her hands on her chest
SO FULL OF DREAMS
Gouache on board Portrait of David Bowie as Joseph 'John' Merrick in the play 'The Elephant man' - portraiying a uniquely sensitive human being...
Prismacolor pencil portrait of David Bowie in his Ziggy Stardust /Aladdin Sane period wearing iconic 'Life on Mars' suit, by Sara Captain
| David Bowie portrait
Prismacolor pencil portrait of David Bowie in his Ziggy Stardust /Aladdin Sane period wearing iconic 'Life on Mars' suit. #bowie #davidbowie #ziggystardust #aladdinsane #davidbowieportrait #davidbowieart #bowiefan #bowielove #fame #lifeonmars #haircut #rockstar #musicicon #seventies #suit #davidbowiedrawing #pencildrawing #saracaptainart #prismacolor #maleportrait #bowiefan #contemporaryart #vibrantcolours #musicicon #davidbowieforever #starman #culturalicon #davidrobertjones #rockstarportrait
a drawing of a woman with her hands on her chest
SICHERHEIT | David Bowie portrait
Something in between a drawing and a painting, this portrait shows David Bowie, forever chanteur of alienatiuon and isolation, holding on to himself.the year is 1977 and he is performing a mime for his rendition of 'Heroes' dirung the Big Crosby Show Christmas Special. #bowie #davidbowie #davidbowieart #davidbowiedrawing #pencildrawing #pencilportrait #saracaptainart #rockstar #musicicon #davidbowiepainting #bowieforever #bowiefan #heroes #berlintrilogy #contemporaryart #portrait #icon
a painting of a man in a red jacket
BERLIN SUNSET
'BERLIN SUNSET', atmospheric and nostalgic portrait of David Bowie on the backdrop of 1977 Berlin. Captured just as the sun is setting, drenching the city in pinks violets, reds and warm yellows, he looks into the distance - behind him the beloved city where he found himself.He's on the cusp of his 30s, healthier, happier. The painting makes us wonder: what images fill his mind, what feelings his soul? Or could this be an image in Bowie's mind... a memory of his Berlin days, many years hence?
a drawing of a man with a pipe in his mouth and the caption reads, cecil west pass david bovine
CECI N'EST PAS DAVID BOWIE | David Bowie portrait
This portrait of David Bowie (ca.1977) smoking a pipe is a this tongue-in-cheek reference to Magritte's famous painting of a pipe, pointing to the fact that it is actually not David Bowie at all: the painting itself is but an illusion, as is 'Bowie' himself: behind it all, there's David Robert Jones. Goauche on board #bowie #davidbowie #davidbowieart #davidbowiepainting #saracaptainart #magritte #smokingapipe #illusion #rockstar #musicicon #contemporaryart #gouache #bowieforever #heroes #berlin
a painting of a woman with short hair
WIE DELPHINE |David Bowie portrait
Portrait of David Bowie ca.1977 (gouache on plywood) A rockstar that was not a rockstar but an artist with a capital A genious, a master of experimentation and reinvention, Bowie was also beautiful iside and out and capable of singing in a way that amde his fans feel connected with him in a special andvery personal way. #bowie #davidbowie #davidbowieart #davidbowiepainting #berlintrilogy #heroes #justforoneday #davidbowieportrait #gouache #paintingonwood #contemporaryart #saracaptainart #Berlin
a painting of a woman looking up at the stars in the sky above her head
INFINITY
David Bowie as Thomas Jerome Newton, standing on the edge of Fenton Lake in New Mexico. Just as a beautiful sunset is starting to form, a sudden lightening flash criss crosses the sky, setting it on fire in a rainbow of colours. The flash is but metaphor for some kind of epiphany, enlightenmnt or artistic inpiration. Faced with the vast expanses of the universe, we experience the sublime: something we cannot organize or contain that connects us...perhaps...with the divine.
a man holding a guitar and talking on a cell phone while standing in front of a white background
a painting of a man in a red jacket and blue shirt looking at the camera
BERLIN SUNSET
Atmospheric, nostalgic portrait of David Bowie, on the backdrop of 1977 Berlin. The image captures the city just as the sun is setting, drenching it in pinks violets, reds and warm yellows. Bowie is on the cusp of his 30s, healthy, handsome, a little happier. We might wonder what he might be thinking and feeling in this strange yet congenial place. Or could thid be an image just in Bowie's mind, many years hence? A Berlin of the soul as it were, a memory: 'Where are we now? What were we then?'
an image of many different faces and hair styles in various poses, from male to female
HBD David Bowie 2024 The Gossips de Norman Rockwell
I drew this to celebrate David Bowie's birthday, he would be 77 years old today. *Inspired by "The Gossips" by Norman Rockwell
a painting of a man standing in front of a city street at night with his hand on his mouth
WAITING FOR JIMMY
Portrait of David Bowie during his Berlin period: just imagine him wandering around the city undisturbed, rediscivering himself. In his 'Heroes' leather jacket, just a shilouette in the city, prehaps waiting for Iggy Pop to go out and dicover the nighlife, the beer and the intellectual talk of local artists and musos. The painting is a Berlin fantasy but also a classic urban nocturne, with its bokeh light/speed effects, transporting the viewer in a late Seventies Bowie dreamworld...
a painting of a woman with blonde hair
DREAM
(30x40cm) Oil on linen canvas Portrait of David Bowie ca.1978, with abstracted shapes of flowers and leaves, gazing straight into the eyes of the viewer, emerging from the canvas as if in a dream or vision.
two young men playing guitars in front of a star and the sky with stars on it
MICHAEL TO MY RIGHT | Portrait of David Bowie and Mick Ronson
In this large painting David Bowie and Mick Ronson perform 'Starman' in 1972. The star was part of the set, but obviously it points to the fact that 1972 marks the ascent of Ziggy Stardust to superstardom, not only a turning point for Bowie but a cultural turning point for all #davidbowie #bowie #davidbowierart #saracaptainart #rocknroll #rockstar #bowieforever #ziggystardust #starman #iconic #musicicon #rockgod #mickronson #seventies #lespaulguitar #guitar #bowielove #popart #contemporaryart
black and white photograph of a man laying on the floor