J.P. PATCHES AND GERTRUDE (2006)

Size:  10″w. x 12.5″h.

Price:  Prints $100.00, postcards $25.00 – Original donated to J.P. Patches Foundation

Story:  In 1988, at a construction site in Greenwood at the old “Pizza and Pipes”, I pulled a large black and white poster of this image out of a dumpster.  Years later I decided to paint this, pulling colors from memory, as a volunteer at a local elementary school Art Night.  What was started that night continued and I elicited comments and direction from J.P. by mail and telephone.  He and Gertrude eventually approved and signed the finished painting.  We met Gertrude (Bob Newman) for his signature and he was hilarious!