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This painting is a recreation of a painting that I did 30 years ago. Back then, it was perhaps the most dramatic painting that I had done to date. It was the key visual for one of my gallery exhibitions which I turned into a poster that served as the invite. The name of it then was, "A Night Out With The Stars". The painting sold and I knew the owners. About a year ago, they moved and I asked them if they were going to re-hang the painting and they told me it had been lost or stolen in the move. That always bewildered me as it's a large painting and it was framed - the frame itself was about a $250 frame. The original featured a sky, with the stars, moon and glow around the tuxedo clad body all being done by airbrush. I knew that would be the challenge with this particular one as I no longer do airbrush work. I made a few minor changes along the way - there are now five buttons visible instead of four and I changed the shirt size from 16-1/2 to 17-1/2. The glow around the body is prett...

I consider myself to be a modern day surrealist, heavily influenced by my all-time favorite artist, Rene Magritte. I paint ideas. My goal is to paint the impossible, or at least, the highly improbable. With my paintings, you can always tell what's going on, you just don't necessarily know why. I want my paintings to tell stories that make you think. And if I can bring a smile to your face, that's even better. Enjoy! And please consider buying an item or two - they make excellent conversation starters!