RIP 2012

[Capt Jack]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

LeRoy Neiman

As a kid, I found him a little weird, but he was pretty cool.

yeah, same here. I remember his artwork being touted during one of the olympics and I recall thinking how really strange this fellow with the amazing mustache looked, and how weird his art seemed compared to anything I'd seen before.

back then, I'd always pictured artists doing paintings with these little tiny brushes and were always so delicate with their art, then this odd fellow whips out the same paint brushes my dad would paint the garage with and starts splattering them all over the place then slowly this image would come together and I would just stare at them thinking 'how the (*&#% did he do that?'

I learned to love his work after that.
rest in peace Mr Neiman. thanks for expanding my view of 'art' when you did.