VIERNES, EL VIENTICINCO DE SEPTIEMBRE, DOS MIL NUEVE
ANOTHER RECENTLY DESTROYED PAINTING BELOW, BUT INTERESTING (WELL, TO ME) IN WHERE IT LED.
THIS PAINTING, WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE A LOT OF EAGLE BOYS (NOW DEFUNCT PIZZA OUTFIT) REFERENCES, WAS NOT THE FIRST PAINTING WITH A SPHINX PRESENT, BUT THE FIRST TO ISOLATE THE IMAGE. THE SPHINX TURNS UP IN AS A CARDBOARD SCULPTURE IN MY HUGS AND KISSES SHOW IN 2003 AND IN A VERY RECENT WORK, A CRUZ DE LAS ANIMAS, WHICH HAS A REPRODUCTION OF A PANORAMIC PAINTING I DID IN LATE 2000, JUST AFTER THE TOP BLACK PAINTING. I REMEMBER DOING A GROUP PROJECT AT PRIMARY SCHOOL ON THE RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX, THAT WE ALL ILLUSTRATED IN CLASS. SO MY INTEREST AND THE INFLUENCE PROBABLY COMES FROM BACK THEN. THERE WERE NO SUCH THINGS AS REMOTE CONTROLS THEN, SO THAT'S A LATER ADDITION

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