The brushstrokes are precise yet rough, and the paintings are displayed in Cobain's original wooden frames. Seeing the paintings in person at UTA's Seattle Art Fair Booth was magical-a rare glimpse into a corner of Cobain's mind that hasn't been exhaustively analyzed in the 23 years since his death. He showed a photorealistic drawing of a vagina to seventh grade classmate Bill Burghardt, who responded, "What is that?"Ĭobain's visual art also permeated Nirvana's rise, from the band's first stickers to the painting on the cover of Incesticide-both of which were on view at the fair. He gravitated toward forbidden imagery, from violence and monsters to Satan. "He was constantly doodling," classmate Nikki Clark told Cross. In school, Cobain earned praise and support from his art teachers that he didn't receive at home, venting angst at his parents' failing marriage with illustrated comics in his journals. Nearly 100 galleries from ten countries brought their most saleable wares to the Pacific Northwest's leading art market, but Cobain's paintings weren't for sale-they provide a new perspective on Cobain as a musician who also expressed himself on canvas. Never-before-seen paintings by Cobain, sealed until now in the Cobain Estate archives, were the main event at the Seattle Art Fair earlier this month.
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