"Santa Monica Boulevard (King of Jazz)" by C-Note fuses jazz, disco, and pop to capture the vibrant energy of LA’s iconic boulevard.
Untitled Man Kissing Woman from Behind by Donald 'C-Note' Hooker
Untitled Man Kissing Woman from Behind #1 by Donald 'C-Note' Hooker
Untitled Women with Golden Blonde Hair (2024), 9 in. x 12 in., Wax on paper, C-Note, $500 (Original)
Untitled Women with Golden Blonde hair by Donald 'C-Note' Hooker
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The image is a 9x12 inch painting titled "Untitled Woman with Golden Blonde Hair," created with wax on paper by American prison artist Donald "C-Note" Hooker. It features a woman's face with long blonde hair and striking green eyes. The artwork uses soft tones, with delicate shading on the skin and lips. The background fades into warm hues of purple and gold. The woman is depicted with symmetrical facial features and a calm, neutral expression, wearing small hoop earrings. The artist's signature is visible in the bottom right corner.
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"The Mask of Fashion," is a work specifically created by American prison artist C-Note in 2024, for the 26th Annual "Works on Paper," a national juried competition and exhibition at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Long Beach Island, New Jersey, May 18 - July 18, 2024.The work is Collage and wax on paper. The collage being black canvas glued on top of a wax portrait drawing of a woman, also known as "Untitled Woman with Green Eyes." Donald "C-Note" Hooker is a poet, playwright, performing artist, award winning visual artist, and is known as the King of Prison Hip Hop. His works have either been exhibited, performed, recited, or sold, from Alcatraz to Berlin. In 2017, Google Search listed him in their search results, as both America's, and the world's most prolific prisoner-artist.
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A surreal portrait is depicted featuring a subject with two sets of eyes and lips in a symmetrical arrangement, providing an unsettling duplication effect. The figure is bald and has a calm, yet haunting expression with a gaze that seems to look directly at the viewer.
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Untitled (2024)8.5 in. x 5.5 inWax on paperDonald “C-Note” HookerColors: green, brown, blue, and grayShapes: circles and ovals Textures: smoothInspiration behind the work: An original work specifically created for the International online exhibition "Skies," March 1-31, 2024, curated by Colors of Humanity Art Gallery Technique: dry medium (wax)Cultural reference: Climate Comparisons: Other skyscapes by C-Note Artist intent: to create a shadow on land from a cloudscape that features a coulisse.For many, it may be difficult to wrap their minds around prisoners creating landscapes, when prisons are the ultimate gated communities of steel and concrete. Yet, American prison artist C-Note relies heavily on the natural world being his muse, without ever seeing that world up close, and in person.
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This Untitled piece is a study for a work of ink on pan. Pan is short for the Spanish word pañuelo. Pañuelo in English means handkerchief. These kinds of works of ball point pens, usually black, on handkerchiefs or pan are quite common in the Prisoner Art world.The scene for this work is a living room, where a mirror in back of a picture frame captures the drawn curtains from a large living room window. Near the picture frame is a metal candleholder with an unlit candle.The empty picture frame represents a photo of the artist's father and his second wife. The artist was orphaned at birthed and was adopted as an infant by an African American couple. The work was completed on a handkerchief with a portrait of the couple inside the picture frame, and sent home to his father and wife. In 2018 the artist's father died of natural causes.
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This Untitled piece is a study for a work of ink on pan. Pan is short for the Spanish word pañuelo. Pañuelo in English means handkerchief. These kinds of works of ball point pens, usually black, on handkerchiefs or pan are quite common in the Prisoner Art world.The scene for this work is a living room, where a mirror in back of a picture frame captures the drawn curtains from a large living room window. Near the picture frame is a metal candleholder with an unlit candle.The empty picture frame represents a photo of the artist's father and his second wife. The artist was orphaned at birthed and was adopted as an infant by an African American couple. The work was completed on a handkerchief with a portrait of the couple inside the picture frame, and sent home to his father and wife. In 2018 the artist's father died of natural causes.