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Stevie Wonder

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

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bobby haynes 13 Jun 2008

Your pencils are just MARVELOUS! I love your style! Great work!

Artist Reply: hey, Bobby. Thanks so much for taking the "tour" around my drawings. 'ppreciate the comments, and the compliments~ Janet

HOWARD GENTRY 12 Apr 2008

great work

lynda Mangoro 08 Dec 2007

Amazing, I love your work.

walt larsen 03 Nov 2007

awesome work of art, wow

Jean 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.

Artist Reply: thanks 4 the look and the comments. After looking at YOURS, I'm very humbled!!

kevin rollins 31 Oct 2007

great work of a great man!

Artist Reply: Thanks for the kind remarks you made on my Stevie Wonder drawing. I highly regard your opinion!

Rebecca Wadle 31 Oct 2007

Awesome pencil drawing!!!

Artist Reply: Thanks for the kind remarks you made on my Stevie Wonder drawing. Ienjoyed you comment !

Tahnja Wolter 30 Oct 2007

he is an awesome legend and you've done a fantastic job on this Janet, excellent, excellent, excellent

Artist Reply: My Sweet, internally elatated, TALENTED, and wonderful friend of mine, Tahnja. Thanks so much for putting your needle and thread down, and stopping by to look and comment on my little post. I'll write soon, my beautiful friend. Love, Janet

Visionary Imagist 30 Oct 2007

Janet: Your abilities at the portrait are quite remarkable. Another fine addition to your magnificent portfolio. "Joey"

Artist Reply: you are ENTIRELY exaggerating, Joey~ magnifying beyond the limits of truth and totally overstating my abilities!! Thanks for the kind remarks you made on my Stevie Wonder drawing,'ppreciate cha!! :o)

Barry Huyett 30 Oct 2007

I like UR drawings........fantastic!

Artist Reply: Thanks for the kind remarks you made on my Stevie Wonder drawing. I enjoyed your comment !

helen tyralik 30 Oct 2007

wonderful drawing,good likeness

Artist Reply: thanks so much for remarking SO kindly on my Stevie drawing!

Alberto D'Assumpcao 30 Oct 2007

Spectacular pencil, Janet!! Splendid technique!

Artist Reply: thanks so much for remarking SO kindly on my Stevie drawing!

matt peacock 29 Oct 2007

this is awsome mate, love it..

Artist Reply: thanks so much for remarking SO kindly on my Stevie drawing!

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!!

Artist Reply: thanks so much for remarking SO kindly on my Stevie Wonder drawing, Carliss!

joe valcourt 29 Oct 2007

dynamite image of the great

Artist Reply: thanks so much for remarking SO kindly on my Stevie drawing, Joe!

terry waites 29 Oct 2007

Janet in awe of this one, this is just a fabulous portrait of a fabulous musician

Artist Reply: Terry, thanks so much for remarking SO kindly on my Stevie drawing!

Mrs.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!!!

Artist Reply: Dee, thanks so much for taking the time to look, and thanks so much for remarking SO kindly on my Stevie drawing!

Joanna Jungjohann 29 Oct 2007

great work, janet

Artist Reply: Hey, Jo~ thanks for looking and commenting on my latest: the Steveie Wonder portrait.

Bessiemae Coola 29 Oct 2007

Beautiful art and history, Janet!

Artist Reply: thanks so much for remarking SO kindly on my Stevie drawing!

jamie winter 29 Oct 2007

fantastic work Janet just incredible

Artist Reply: thanks so much for remarking SO kindly on my Stevie drawing, Jamie. There's not a lot of imagination in what I do, but YOU....I'm in awe of!!

Karen Cash 29 Oct 2007

stunning work Janet! just fabulous!

Artist Reply: Karen, thanks so much for remarking SO kindly on my Stevie drawing!

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. Michael

Emily Reed 29 Oct 2007

Really great portraiture!

Alexandra Dvinitninova 29 Oct 2007

Nice way to think of him

Joke Schotting 29 Oct 2007

AWESOME WORK GREAT PORTRAIT JANET!!!

bert cortes 29 Oct 2007

Nice work, Janet

Artist Reply: thanks, bert. LOVE your new f-18, too. My husband works at H.A.F.B. and we see a lot of these type planes in the sky ( more f-16's though). REALLY nice work!

Nelly van Nieuwenhuijzen 29 Oct 2007

impressive and great portrait!!!!