The Melody Haunts My Reverie 1965

The Melody Haunts My Reverie is a 1965 screen printing, referring to the 1927 song “Stardust” by Hoagy Carmichael.The woman on the image, holding a microphone, was likened to modern character of Betty Draper from Mad Men. The painting was described as being among those that “don’t lower art to the level of the comic strip but raise the comic strip to the level of high art”.