The Young Guitarist

This piece is an interpretation of Pablo Picasso’s The Old Guitarist. 

In Picasso's piece, he depicts an elderly, blind man with a guitar. In my version, it is a young woman sitting with her guitar and her head hanging low.

There is a lot to be said about Picasso’s blue period. It's his artistic period that solely includes shades of blue and depictions of poverty, depression, and human suffering.

You can read more about it here:

https://www.pablopicasso.org/blue-period.jsp

I often find myself turning to music whenever I’m feeling “blue,” maybe that’s why Picasso’s piece resonates with me so much. It is one of my favorites of his, and I was lucky enough to see it in person at The Art Institute of Chicago a few years back. I love playing guitar in my spare time; it's another artistic outlet for me outside of painting and making art. I see myself in his painting and I wanted to actually put myself in that world with this piece. 

"With every mistake

We must surely be learning

Still my guitar gently weeps"

- While My Guitar Gently Weeps by The Beatles