DeWinston, 1980, 48" x 36"
I was fortunate enough to pick up this beauty (so to speak) on a trip to visit my parents in Kentucky, but unfortunately was not able to bring the painting back to Chicago for quite a while due to it's oversize dimensions. Yet another painting that I'm sure was professionally done (see "Family Portrait.." in Gallery IV) yet was discarded by it's owners. Rest assured, however, that I was extremely pleased to rescue the painting from it's dusty environs for the princely sum of $24. The fetish-like quality of the subjects' hair leads me to believe that this once hung in a ritzy salon somewhere (or as one gallery visitor commented, was used for a condom ad). Although the electronic image shown here really doesn't do the work justice, the quality of this painting is really quite stunning, and it looks great hanging above the bed.