I knew he was strange and thought he was far to0 popular for having such little artistic talent. I revisited my feelings towards his work (and his life) recently and have decided that while I still don't particularly "admire" his work, I think he was a genius. He probably didn't realize he was brilliant - he just did what he did. What he did was take the most popular icons in modern culture - community knowledge - and recreate them in his own prints and artwork. He managed to take the basic things that EVERYONE was conscious of and call it art. Thus everyone had a connection to what he created. Anyway - this isn't a post about Andy Warhol.
It's a post to show off my new portrait. A portrait of a great printer... artist.... sort of. I mean it's really a portrait, but was he great???
Here he is on my easel - beside two greats. Why did I paint him? I just don't know. I was compelled.
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I was thinking that he'd look a little more... od
I almost thought you gave up on blogging! You've always been a great artist, keep posting the paintings.
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