If you walked into my collegiate apartment on Buswell Street in 2001, you’d find two images of Tony Montana on the wall. Scarface. All you have to do is say the word, and people understand. Okay? Al Pacino’s electric political refugee marks painting number two in my growing ‘Anti-Hero’ series.

This commissioned work will join Walter White in Robert and Marla Oringer’s collection… here’s how he came together.

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But first, the entire process in time lapse, soundtrack courtesy of the charismatic GhostWridah and his epic mixtape, Flu Game.

Previewing the headlines prior to pasting them down — this was a collaborative process with Robert, and the result is Scarface poetry.

Trimmed headline selfie FTW.

Collage map.

Hair and eyes.

Pasted, time to get the rest of this collage done and make way for the paint.

The ghost of Tony Montana.

Getting all James Cameron in this piece.

Smurf wash.

It’s just Marta, chillin’ on the couch, all innocent.

Oh snap! Marta has a hand cannon.

Trees in Frank’s office.

I see you Tony.

Two tone shadows.

Working dark to light…

Secondary tones… deep orange fire.

Bringing Tony together.

Orange and blue… the palette for this painting was influenced by my last visit to Miami.

Face fire.

Working the sky in the background, a smoldering sunset.

Back-grounded.

A wash in the hair, working the brush stroke comb.

Now, reverse face painting… light to dark.

Here, the painting felt good, but lacked the pop. It was time to turn on the electricity.

Splashing the highlighty goodness.

Heavily whited-out colors create a neon effect when juxtaposed with their native tone.

Here is where I knew it was there… all that remained was re-painting the shadows in a slightly lighter tone.

I give you, Al Pacino’s Tony Montana, aka, Scarface, AKA, a quintessential Anti-Hero.

Bill Murray’s Venkman looking at Tony, hanging on my living room wall for a hot minute before he ships out. Thank you Robert and Marla for these commissions, I’m deeply grateful not only for the patronage, but your friendship and creative guidance — many great things to come.