songs of THE BLUES

Spanish artist Mercedes Lagunas uses her electrified mediterranean color palette to express the inspiration she feels from one of Stevie Ray Vaughn's most beloved rockin' blues love songs.

Toronto collage artist Peter Horvath pays tribute to Nina Simone and incorporates a haunting line from her civil rights protest song "Blackbird":  "Your mama's name was lonely and your daddy's name was pain".

Portuguese artist Sofia Simoes uses legendary Jim Morrison lyrics from The Doors song Roadhouse Blues as inspiration for her sexy pop-rock collage artwork. 

New York artist Susan Washington uses lyrics from Nina Simone's civil rights protest song "Backlash Blues" as the basis for her NYC street-art and fashion stylized collage. 

French artist Lionel Dumas paints a scene representing his take on the metaphorical lyrics from Stevie Ray Vaughn's song "Tightrope" written about surviving the hardships of addiction. 

Portuguese graffiti/mural artist MR KAS uses the iconic image of pugilist  and civil rights activist Mohammad Ali to contextualize the call to action lyric  from Sam Cooke's song "A Change Is Gonna Come" 

British artist Niki Hare uses a brooding color palette to ignite her weighty and  imposing stenciled words to show the power of a timeless and timely civil rights call to action statement from Sam Cooke's song "A Change Is Gonna Come" 

French artist Lionel Dumas portrays a richly textured narrative inspired by the witty line from a song by Sam McGee that quips: "I met a little gypsy in a fortune telling place,
She read my mind, then she slapped my face, woo".

This classic blues song, penned by  singer/songwriter Slim Harpo in 1957, has been covered by many of the Blues greats (including The Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd).  French artist Lionel Dumas creates his own textured take on the song's sinful main character. 

LA artist Alejandro Gehry explores female homoerotic imagery in his tribute to John Lee Hooker's classic song about sex "Boom Boom".

Portuguese artist Sofia Simoes draws parallel's between the sexy and the sinister in her pop-rock collage tribute to Jim Morrison's Roadhouse Blues lyrics.