audiences
remixed up
moving as one
Trying to draw Little Richard as a young man made me realize just how beautiful he was beyond the exuberant music. I couldn’t do justice to the fine bone structure of his face, the eyes that had so much to say.
As his obituary in the NY Times pointed out, one of the early criticisms of rock and roll was that it increased integration between people of different races. Little Richard crossed many boundaries–racial, social, gendered–opening doors that had long been locked.
Perhaps empathy plants its seeds in the music that rocks our souls. Time to get up and dance!
K. 
I must admit, I didn’t even know he was still alive. Your portrait has a lot of energy in it, which I suppose is what he was all about.
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Very nice sketch, Kerfe. He was a memorable human being. I’m sure heaven is happy to see him ❤
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They’re all waiting in the Tower of Song.
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❤
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Fantastic portraits. You captured his force of nature essence!
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Thanks Claudia. His eyes are amazing, so much inside.
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Good enough sketch! He was a beautiful man. Imagine what he went through back in those days as a black gay entertainer. Good Lawdy, Miss Clawdy!
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I know. It must have been difficult, yet he always retained his joyful spirit.
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Seemed to. Hard to tell what was happening in his private moments. We are all such paradoxes. 💞
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Very true.
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