I was asked to paint a picture with the words to Lou Reed's famous song about wild people living in wild times. This was a gift for someone else and I took the opportunity to try some "wild" ideas with unusual tools, like a brush I made from grass…
The process involved both painting and calligraphy as I worked hard to balance legibility and expressiveness.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3884c1ec-984b-4af4-8e99-ad714a14a3fe/b4da9ccc-2517-4d21-a40f-ada3d704f129_rw_1200.jpg?h=cdfae4b378dd6ecf2d6473dc24dc4d63)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3884c1ec-984b-4af4-8e99-ad714a14a3fe/2e7e218c-ab19-488f-ab88-0a9fbbdd1fab_rw_1200.jpg?h=7f722da0f70960a1fd1bcf6ca614974a)
Obviously, something like this takes a lot of trial and error (for me at least…) with a lot of interesting discoveries along the way, like:
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3884c1ec-984b-4af4-8e99-ad714a14a3fe/96dc7cf5-4b84-4bd6-9c42-dde58e177248_rw_1920.png?h=6ff79277485f28501662357638953e35)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3884c1ec-984b-4af4-8e99-ad714a14a3fe/2cdc534b-b373-45d2-854e-5f4b4e342263_rw_1920.png?h=5f8c37a9e610f242321e3190d781be26)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3884c1ec-984b-4af4-8e99-ad714a14a3fe/9b59dd5a-9c45-433f-945c-557ec91731cc_rw_1920.png?h=51fecb299379762718008f5f06167f9e)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3884c1ec-984b-4af4-8e99-ad714a14a3fe/f4eb9a57-df09-4554-9455-2f99e75ddef4_rw_1920.png?h=09bb0ef5a2d2c382586dde213b56dc0d)
Let me know what you think of it
;-)