004 - potatoes and gravy by Melvin Peña

A painting of Dolly Parton playing banjo, inspired by a Charlyn Zlotnick photograph from 1976. I really wanted to capture some of Dolly's exuberant and ebullient energy from this era, the pivotal period when she moved from genre dominance within country music to global popular stardom.

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Melvin works in a variety of media: acrylic and watercolor paint, ink, pencil, charcoal, collage, photography, ceramics, and stamp carving, among others. All his links  - social and otherwise - can be found and clicked at about.me/melvinpena