It might be a stretch (or in the very least sacrilegious) to surmise that Jesus (last image below) was a pothead, but the rest of the famous folks immortalized in artist Cliff Maynard’s roach-end drawings were, or are, vocal about their love affair with Mary Jane. Sure Hendrix (shown) and Jerry Garcia may have preferred a good old fashioned trip, but Bob Marley, Jack Herer and Snoop Dogg (all below) all own a higher-education degree in weed.

Maynard, a Pittsburgh-based tattoo artist, says, “I was studying mosaics in school, [and] I just remember sort of making this connection in my head between the tiles and roach papers.” From that revelation, Maynard has invented a new artistic medium called “Chronic Art;” one that can take over 200 hours (!) and thousands of mostly-smoked joints to complete. Depending on size, originals cost $1,000 to $10,000. [Via Dangerous Minds]

All of Maynard’s works shown here are available to purchase as 16″ x 20″ Giclee prints. $80.00 — Limited to (of course) 420 — Purchase

*All images used in this post are under strict copyright of Mr. Cliff Maynard

Bob Marley

Jack Herer

Jack Herer in progress

Snoop Dogg

John Lennon

Lennon in progress

Jim Morrison

Jerry Garcia

Jesus