The Reckoning

David Uhl and Steven Tyler teamed up to benefit education and arts in America. David Uhl created a monumental painting of Steven Tyler on a motorcycle riding through a crowd of paparazzi. This impressive 6-foot tall original oil painting on canvas , titled “The Reckoning”, is the largest effort by David Uhl to date and is offered as limited edition fine art prints signed by both David and Steven. The creative idea behind this project has its roots in Steven’s active fight for privacy rights that resulted in submitting the entitled Steven Tyler Act into the State of Hawaii legislature. This legislation was intended to give more privacy to public figures, such as government officials and celebrities on vacation, raise awareness of these intrusions and afford public figures the right to sue aggressive paparazzi for trespassing and taking unwanted photographs.

All profits from fine art print sales will be donated to DonorsChoose.org, an innovative online charity connecting classroom requests from teachers in high-need communities with donors who want to help. Founded in 2000 by Charles Best, a public high school history teacher, DonorsChoose.org has grown to serve classrooms in over 50% of public schools throughout the United States. Benefiting underfunded arts and music programs in schools is a priority for David and Steven and both artists hope that their involvement will help maximize sales proceeds, attract other private donors and corporate sponsors, and give the project a momentum to continue to raise funds into the future.