One of the Little Darwin camp followers has been revealed as a repressed artist after listening to an inspiring ABC Radio National interview by Namila Benson of New York art critic, Jerry Saltz , during the current lockdown . Saltz , who recently released a book on how to become an artist, in effect, said just go out and do you thing , whatever it is , in whatever field.
Anybody , he said , could rise to great heights. Citing his case, he had left school at 12, was a truck driver up until 40 and then became a Pulitzer Prize winning art critic . His message to listeners was that if he could become famous , a man without education and a truck driver , anybody could indulge what they regarded as an embarrassing interest and obtain success. Embarrassment was a necessary ingredient . Don't worry what people might say about your work , he advised.
Even though he was well known , some terrible things were said about him in social media . Saltz , with jovial gusto , said he felt like answering each critic and telling them that he is really a swell guy . He apparently went on to admit he did have some kind of fantasy in which he or something he sent down the line exterminated or throttled those critics .
After listening to the superb Art Show interview , which really contained an inspirational message for the Australian nation under the coronavirus cloud, our friend pulled out an easel and palette he had hidden in a wardrobe and dashed to the seaside where he began imitating Jackson Pollock and other great painters . The two paintings below are just a small part of his output , given to this blog to sell on online , for half the price paid by the Whitlam Government for Blue Poles .
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They are , without a doubt, a steal at this price. To make the deal more attractive , we will throw into the deep end , below, another of his great paintings which features an unidentified virus and a still life or stuffed fish which escaped from the aquarium kept by Whistler's Mother.
In addition , the sale will include a year's free vouchers for French fries to go with the rigid fish.
