Realistic Melancholic Album Cover

I'm seeking a talented artist to create a realistic portrait for my album cover. The theme is melancholic and reflective, and should capture the mood of the album.

Requirements:
This is an album cover for a blues roots album with brass and rock instruments. Think maybe Joe Cocker. The band name is Rooms Upstairs and the title track is the song One Card Down. I am providing an AI picture that gives the overall idea, but I want an obviously original work of art and it does not have to resemble the AI. It can be incorporate drawing, watercolor, paint, really anything that gives a striking visual image suggestive of the possible metaphors: Rooms Upstairs (vaguely suggestive of sex for hire, but also representing imagination and storytelling), One Card Down, a song about obsession and compulsion, for instance sex, gambling, drugs and alcohol).

Please include samples of similar work in your bids.