there was an art show in '92 put on at the 'world tattoo gallery' owned by another chicago artist, tony fitzpatrick. the gallery director called me and asked if i had a painting of elvis, i didn't, but i told him i did. it was a chance to show with some big names including ed paschke. i was a young artist and full of energy. i painted 'rock'em, sock'em elvis' in one night. it was sold. the buyer recently moved back to france & i bought it back from her for sentimental value. my dealer saw it and decided to include it in a showing in july to represent some of my earlier work. martin is a moron, it's acrylic on linen, not a litho....the painting was also shown behind an angry elvis impersonator who was rebuting the ALL ELVIS show as "blasphemy" to the king! ....'like i ever cared about elvis!
as faR as the bashers art critique, who cares? warhol? i was lucky enough to show with warhol in '92 as well, though major influences of mine are the chicago imagists, who warhol influenced, i only 'philosophically' agree with what warhol did, art is truth, therefore no 2 snowflakes are the same, each silk screen, though from the same screen, is still totally unique & 100% in-tune with nature. each screen has the ink hit it slightly different,. i paint, i don't silk screen, i don't 'copy' nature, i work like nature.
i suggest everyone get away from si, the suit from aznt is about to be filed, these goons are a total waste of time, as is s.i., in my opinion. don't email me their posts anymore, i simply don't care.
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