Bum Bum

Bum Bum

Bum Bum has been with David for many years. He created this painting while living in a small studio on East 4th Street in New York City’s East Village. This was a space where he wrote music, rehearsed with bands, and produced artwork.

The unfinished right arm, a detail viewers often ask about, was not an intentional artistic choice but a reflection of tough times: David had simply run out of paint and couldn’t afford more. The single touch of red on the fingertip came from the last bit of paint he had left.

Questions about the figure’s anatomy have followed the work, but David prefers to let the viewer interpret those mysteries. Today, the painting hangs in his bathroom, waiting for someone who feels called to give it a new home. Parting with it, David admits, will not be easy.