"Images produced by overactive imagination"

(acrylic painting on plywood, 24X36, 1999)

"Reality is a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs."
Lily Tomlin

"Work is the curse of the drinking classes."
Oscar Wilde

"When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."
Henny Youngman

"Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind
is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention,
but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza."
Dave Barry

I love psychedelic art. I love everything weird with bright colors. "Images produced by overactive imagination" was my attempt at creating something resembling psychedelic art. The painting turned out more scary than funky, which I was going for and still creeps me out a little.

I'm usually not afraid of my own artwork, but it did happen to me once before. When I was about eight years old I painted a picture of an Arabic princess and hung it on the wall in my bedroom. I felt very uneasy for the next few days, but couldn't figure out why. I then discovered that no matter where I was in my room I felt that the princess in the painting was following my movement with her eyes. I got so freaked out that I got rid of the painting. But I digress... I kept the "Images" painting, but I still banished it from my living area just to be on a safe side.