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Artist Bou Bou Design paints Chadwick Boseman upside-down using roses

By Racquel Quieta

Beautiful and touching tributes have poured in after the passing of 'Black Panther' star Chadwick Boseman but one artwork seems to stand out and it came from a visual artist known as Bou Bou Design. The artist created a painting of Chadwick upside-down using roses as his paint brushes.

Bou Bou Design beside his Chadwick Boseman tribute artwork | Source: bouboudesign_ (IG)

In a time-lapse Instagram video, Bou Bou showed his remarkable creative process. He entered the frame holding three red roses and a pink rose. Then he started painting by using the roses as his brushes.

At first, it is undecipherable what exactly Bou Bou was painting, but towards the end, he flips the painting upside-down and reveals that it is a portrait of the late Hollywood actor Chadwick Boseman, who sadly passed away on August 29 after battling colon cancer for four years.

Bou Bou is an artist from Dakar, Senegal who has previously gone viral for his one-of-a-kind painting methodology: doing his paintings upside-down and using random objects as his paint brushes.

Some of his stunning art performances include painting Brazilian football superstar Neymar Jr. using the soccer shoes he was wearing and doing Oprah Winfrey's portrait while blindfolded, using a pocketbook as brush.

Bou Bou has also done tribute paintings for George Floyd and the late NBA legend Kobe Bryant.

Watch the jaw-dropping video of Boubou doing his tribute artwork for Chadwick Boseman below.


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