Miles davis art

Ask enough people to name their favorite artist of any kind, and sooner rather than later, someone will name Miles Davis.

MILES DAVIS

Miles Davis

Miles

Although his art would adorn one of his record releases from time to time, Miles Davis didn’t begin to draw and paint in earnest until he was in his mid-fifties, during the early 1980s and a period of musical inactivity. Miles being Miles, he didn’t merely dabble, but made creating art as much a part of his life as making music in his final decade. He was said to have worked obsessively each day on art when he wasn’t touring and he studied regularly with New York painter Jo Gelbard. His…