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 Erykah Badu is the subject of a new art piece by respected Los Angeles artist Steven Lopez, who will feature the soul singer in the latest piece in his "After Midnight Series."
The series has already featured musical greats such as Chaka Kahn, Sade Adu, Aretha Franklin, India Arie, and Jill Scott. Now, it's Badu's turn.
To work with Badu is an honor says the artist, "Erykah is one of my favorite artists of all time and I've been looking forward to interpreting her music, since I saw her perform in 2005 during the 'Sugar Water' tour stop at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles."
Lopez researches each artist's photo history, discography, and live performances to begin the creative process. Once versed visually and aurally, he selects a favorite and many times inspirational song to focus on and begin the painting process. Of course, after midnight.
His manner of painting, synergistically with music, is heavily influenced and constantly nurtured at the world famous Mint Club in Los Angeles, where he performs his craft in front of a live jazz audience regularly. Jazz, soul, funk, and hip-hop are all ingrained into Lopez's artistic style, beginning with his days as a respected graffiti artist and to his current exploits as a contemporary artist with a unique vision.
The Badu piece will be produced in a very limited run. Actually only 100 limited edition giclee prints, signed by both Steven and Erykah, will be created. The signing will take place on March 24th in Badu's hometown of Dallas.
They will be available for purchase on midnight on April 15th, exclusively through AfterMidnightSoul.com.
A portion of proceeds will be donated to Badu's charity organization, Beautiful Love Incorporated Non Profit Development (B.L.I.N.D.), established in 1997 to provide community-driven development for inner-city youth through music, dance, theater and visual arts.
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