Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been known to be a generous patron of the arts, but there's one piece of artwork in Brooklyn he's unlikely to purchase — even though it bares an uncanny resemblance. NY1’s Molly Kroon filed the following report.

Michelangelo's David, Rodin's Thinker, Ighile's Bloomberg — it may not be among the classics, but Brooklyn artist Osaretin Ighile says his latest piece of artwork was born out of years of frustration with the city, for dozens of tickets he says he can't afford to pay.

"I've just been really overwhelmed. I lost count," says Ighile.

He's not just swimming in parking tickets, but illegal dumping fines, which he says are from garbage people leave outside the vacant lot next to his apartment.

"I thought I'd make something positive out of it,” he says.

So he turned them into art, shredding copies of the tickets to cover a wire, steel and Styrofoam rendition of hizzoner himself, with eyes made out of dollar bills and magnifying glass and a stogie in his anti-smoking mayor's mouth.

"The dollar bill is supposed to symbolize the smoke,” he says. “I'm smoking up my money and I don't have it."

He's not the first artist to make the city's mayor his muse. In the 1990's, artist Robert Lederman became a thorn in former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's side. After being arrested for peddling his work on the street, Lederman depicted the mayor as Hitler in his art and made frequent appearances at protests.

As for Ighile — who brought the piece to City Hall Thursday — he says he hasn't received rave reviews from the mayor's office.

"I think the mayor has a sense of humor,” says Ighile. “This wasn't supposed to offend or anything."

The mayor's office had no comment. As for The Department of Sanitation, they say they've sent crews to clean up trash on Ighile's block numerous times. And they remind residents they have the right to contest tickets.

Ighile says he still owes about $800 worth. Still, he's doubtful the billionaire art lover's going to buy his own bust.

- Molly Kroon