Hi yas. Here's my latest , and a little history lesson to go along with it. Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13, 1950, name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris), is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. A prominent figure of 20th century popular music, Wonder has recorded more than thirty top ten hits, won twenty-two Grammy Awards (a record for a solo artist), plus one for lifetime achievement, won an Academy Award for Best Song and been inducted into both the Rock and Roll and Songwriters halls of fame. Opera star Luciano Pavarotti once referred to him in a concert as a "great, great musical genius".[citation needed] Blind from infancy, Wonder signed with Motown Records as a pre-adolescent at age twelve, and continues to perform and record for the label to this day. He has nine U.S. number-one hits to his name and album sales totaling more than 100 million units. Wonder has recorded several critically acclaimed albums and hit singles, and writes and produces songs for many of his labelmates and outside artists as well. A multi-instrumentalist, Wonder plays the piano, synthesizer, harmonica, congas, drums, bongos, bass guitar, organ, melodica, and clavinet. In his early career, he was best known for his harmonica work, but today he is better known for his keyboard skills. Stevland Judkins was born prematurely in Saginaw, Michigan to Lula Mae Hardaway on May 13, 1950. It is thought that he received excessive oxygen in his incubator which led to retinopathy of prematurity, a destructive ocular disorder affecting the retina, characterized by abnormal growth of blood vessels, scarring, and sometimes retinal detachment. Mrs. Hardaway instructed her other children (there would eventually be four boys and one girl in the home) to treat Stevland the same as any other child, and not to tease or over-assist him because of his blindness. The family moved to Detroit, Michigan and Stevland began singing and playing instruments in church at an early age. He took to the piano, congas, and harmonica in particular. He was educated at the Michigan School for the Blind in Lansing, Michigan where he was trained in classical piano. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Wonder
29 Comments
bobby haynes 13 Jun 2008
Your pencils are just MARVELOUS! I love your style! Great work!HOWARD GENTRY 12 Apr 2008
great worklynda Mangoro 08 Dec 2007
Amazing, I love your work.walt larsen 03 Nov 2007
awesome work of art, wowJean M. Laffitau 01 Nov 2007
The master of portraits strikes again!!! Your pencil works are so full of life an soul, MAGICAL!!!!Cathy Savels 31 Oct 2007
This is great. So realistic.kevin rollins 31 Oct 2007
great work of a great man!Rebecca Wadle 31 Oct 2007
Awesome pencil drawing!!!Tahnja Wolter 30 Oct 2007
he is an awesome legend and you've done a fantastic job on this Janet, excellent, excellent, excellentVisionary Imagist 30 Oct 2007
Janet: Your abilities at the portrait are quite remarkable. Another fine addition to your magnificent portfolio. "Joey"Barry Huyett 30 Oct 2007
I like UR drawings........fantastic!helen tyralik 30 Oct 2007
wonderful drawing,good likenessAlberto D'Assumpcao 30 Oct 2007
Spectacular pencil, Janet!! Splendid technique!matt peacock 29 Oct 2007
this is awsome mate, love it..Carliss Mora 29 Oct 2007
Magnificent, fantastic, outstanding, stellar, and anything in between! Janet you have captured his essence in a most detailed shading, and uncanny likeness! You rock with a capital R!!joe valcourt 29 Oct 2007
dynamite image of the greatterry waites 29 Oct 2007
Janet in awe of this one, this is just a fabulous portrait of a fabulous musicianMrs.David Jobes(Dee) Jobes 29 Oct 2007
WOW!!!Fantastic dedication to a Brilliant Great Musical Genius!!!Amazing pencil work,my Friend!!!STUNNING!!!A Fine Art,Masterpiece!!!Joanna Jungjohann 29 Oct 2007
great work, janetBessiemae Coola 29 Oct 2007
Beautiful art and history, Janet!jamie winter 29 Oct 2007
fantastic work Janet just incredibleKaren Cash 29 Oct 2007
stunning work Janet! just fabulous!Nira Dabush 29 Oct 2007
Impressive portrait work..excellent drawing ,Janet..brilliantly framed..AWESOME!Michael Forbus 29 Oct 2007
Great image of Stevie. Excellent work on the shading and texture. Really wonderful image. MichaelEmily Reed 29 Oct 2007
Really great portraiture!Alexandra Dvinitninova 29 Oct 2007
Nice way to think of himJoke Schotting 29 Oct 2007
AWESOME WORK GREAT PORTRAIT JANET!!!bert cortes 29 Oct 2007
Nice work, JanetNelly van Nieuwenhuijzen 29 Oct 2007
impressive and great portrait!!!!