An original abstract painting by Jimi Hendrix. Measures approximately 6 3/4 x 7 3/4'', good condition. According to Hendrix's United States publicity agents, Jimi often carried notepads and art boards with him so that he could sketch and paint. He would often begin to doodle and elaborate what he had drawn into a full painting. When Jimi would work, he would draw a design with his left hand, while holding up to six watercolor pens in his right.

Jimi was very interested in psychedelic art, and saw color and emotion as strongly related. One particularly clear instance of this is in his song "Bold As Love," where he gives various colors personality traits and qualities. Clearly, to Hendrix, color and artistic expression were important, whether they found an outlet in the visual arts or music.

In 1972, two years after Hendrix's death, art and antique collector Bliss Van den Heuvel purchased a collection of Hendrix's paintings. He kept them in storage until 2004, when he had them authenticated by Anthony Capodilupo ISA, a fine arts expert and appraiser. The pieces were then transferred to Hendrix Original Art Expressions, Inc. This work has been examined and authenticated by means of individual, certified, written certificates issued by Leon Hendrix, brother of Jimi Hendrix and founder of the James Marshall Hendrix Foundation of Seattle, Washington.