Everyone knows the photo: Marilyn standing over the subway grate, her dress flying up, the crowd watching. But with this piece, Kenneth wanted to look past the image we all know. Marilyn wasn’t just a movie star or a sex symbol. She was a real person who felt joy, pain, loneliness—just like anyone else. There was always more going on behind the smile. This painting is Kenneth’s way of saying let’s not forget the human being beneath the fame.