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This is a 67 x 59 mosaic portrait of George Michael (1963-2016) that was created with 7,000 recycled computer keys from old keyboards. There is a word search spelled out with the computer keys embedded through out the artwork.
MUSIC: Father Figure by George Michael
https://youtu.be/z92dw4vEW3g
I've achieved what every artist wants, which is that some of their work will outlive them.
You'll never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart.

I seem to think that anything worth having in life has to be painful to attain.

Change is a stranger you have yet to know.

It's important to me that I should be free to express myself.

The innovative artist Doug Powell creates the illusion of three-dimensional form through the use and arrangement of recycled or up-cycled computer keyboard keys. Each computer key cap has a unique, tangible history that bears the weathered patina of thousands of uses. “I want the viewer to ponder the infinite, profound combination of thoughts, ideas and inspirations that have surely passed through this intellectual porthole...all made possible with just the common computer key,” Powell said. From a distance, the three-dimensional mosaics look like a textured painting, but closer examination reveals an unexpected landscape of hidden words, phrases and quotes intimately related to the work. In effect, the viewer gets a little history...