Oftentimes, as an artist, you get an idea in your head and you set out to try to make that thing. Frequently, during the creation process, that idea or concept changes or morphs, twists and turns, and evolves to become something completely different than what was originally intended. This was one of those times.

The final piece in the "Stripes" series inexplicably shifted into what is, apparently, a tribute to the ever-inventive David Bowie. And I'm not even particularly a fan...