Earlier today, Titan Comics released the cover gallery for all the variants of Doctor Who: Four Doctors that will be released on Doctor Who Comics Day. Among the nineteen covers is this striking piece by artist David Carr that has undertones of Edward Hopper, directly quotes some masterpieces, and brings to mind another famous piece of pop art composed of frames on a wall, the album cover of Emerson, Lake, and Palmer’s Pictures At an Exhibition.

The artist responded to my query today with the following:

A lot of my work is based off of puns, parody and homages. The original painting it’s loosely based on is called “The Connoisseur” by Norman Rockwell. I took that painting earlier this year and then did a single image of Matt Smith’s 11th Doctor in a Van Gogh Gallery. When I was approached about creating the cover for the Four Doctors issue, I was asked to expand upon that idea. Originally, I wanted to have the four figures looking at a picture of the Last Supper with all the figures replaced with Doctors, but Titan was concerned about getting approval for that. Still, I wanted to have the figures looking at a famous painting, so I chose Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon with the figures replaced by the four Doctors and the Tardis. And just for fun the other paintings hanging in the gallery are inspired by other artists including Van Gogh and Monet.

By clicking on the following hyperlink, you can pre-order this awesome limited edition comic from Twilight Comics in Swansea, Illinois, and the comic retailer will also have some on hand during Doctor Who Comics Day. The artist’s website is www.artmonkeyworld.com , where you can order prints and custom oil paintings, and he is currently accepting new commissions.