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8×10 inches, oil on canvas, 2026
Joey Ramone is painted using the lyrics from Bonzo Goes to Bitburg, one of the Ramones’ most politically charged and emotionally complex songs.
Written in response to President Ronald Reagan’s visit to a military cemetery in Bitburg, Germany, the song explores disappointment, memory, and the tension between patriotism and accountability. Beneath its driving rhythm is a deeper question: how do we confront the parts of history we would rather forget?
The portrait is built from the song’s lyrics, transforming words into image and allowing the music to become both subject and material. Up close, the painting dissolves into fragments of text, brushwork, and color. From a distance, those same marks resolve into Joey’s unmistakable presence.
Rather than illustrating the song directly, the painting seeks to capture its spirit. Defiant, reflective, and unwilling to look away.
Part portrait, part lyric, part protest, this piece stands as a reminder that music can challenge us as much as it entertains us.
8×10 inches, oil on canvas, 2026
Joey Ramone is painted using the lyrics from Bonzo Goes to Bitburg, one of the Ramones’ most politically charged and emotionally complex songs.
Written in response to President Ronald Reagan’s visit to a military cemetery in Bitburg, Germany, the song explores disappointment, memory, and the tension between patriotism and accountability. Beneath its driving rhythm is a deeper question: how do we confront the parts of history we would rather forget?
The portrait is built from the song’s lyrics, transforming words into image and allowing the music to become both subject and material. Up close, the painting dissolves into fragments of text, brushwork, and color. From a distance, those same marks resolve into Joey’s unmistakable presence.
Rather than illustrating the song directly, the painting seeks to capture its spirit. Defiant, reflective, and unwilling to look away.
Part portrait, part lyric, part protest, this piece stands as a reminder that music can challenge us as much as it entertains us.