What you didn't read in the Orlando Weekly

Orlando Weekly gave me the front page of their April 30th paper.
Here is part of the interview that didn't make the cut. Just a quick q&a with Laura Stewart.
 
go to orlandoweekly.com to see what DID go in. Peace to all of you.
 
Here is what did not go in as promised:
 

What are you reading right now?

Just finished Grapes of Wrath, now I am reading Mel Blanc's bio That's Not All Folks

Where does subject matter come from?

Places I lived, visited or just messed up stuff that needs painting like sardine cans

Why a little town in Fla?

I grew up here and it's just as good as any place, but there are waves and free babysitting,

(all the grandparents live here). Plus UPS and DHL come here to ship paintings.

What do you see as your future in the art world?

Taxable income.

When working, what do you listen to?

Music from Basie and Ellington to Ben Folds, Death Cab, Twilight Singers, Decemberists

Favorite Radio shows?

For Music, The Final Hours on Sat night, SNV on Sunday night and while driving

My daughter to dance, Phillips Phile

What is your favorite Nightclub of all time?

Save the Robots in New York, closed now.

Favorite bar?

KGB in the East Village, NY

Favorite Visual Artists?

Jean Michel Basquiat and Richard Diebenkorn, me on a good day

Do you collect art?

A little. Looks like a lot in our small house.

Do you display your own art in your house?

A few retired paintings, but most art just stacked around waiting to be shipped.

Who is your ideal collector?

Anyone that pays on time. No, really, the ones that have been with me for years,

Some have up to 20 paintings and we become very close.

What is your favorite Movie(s)?

Comedy: Swingers, Drama: Cool Hand Luke, Suspense/horror: the original Psycho,

Musical: Singin in the Rain, Psychedelic: A Clockwork Orange, Cartoon: Lady and the Tramp, Nostalgia: The Breakfast Club

If you were a comic book character, who would you be?

Nightcrawler from Xmen and Excalibur or Snoopy

Who are/were your most influential mentors for your painting career?

Dr. Carolyn Watson, Art History Professor at Furman and Bob Cogan, an Atlanta

Painter who died of Aids in 1995, and SCAT a prodigy in graffiti and dear friend who was shot and killed in 2000

What is your favorite restaurant?

Gramercy Tavern in New York, Spanish River Grill in NSB, Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles in LA

If you could get away right now and go anywhere, where would you go?

I would gather up the fam and fly out to Vegas with all our camping gear and

Camp the Canyon loop in a rental car again.

Favorite hobby?

My wife Jana and I love to Swing Dance, (Lindy Hop) and I like to surf.

Ideally, we would dance at Joe's Bar in Burbank all night and then hit the surf

The next morning, then sleep all afternoon at the Standard in Hollywood

Dream for the Future?

Whitney Biennial, stay out of jail, visit my kids at college where they are getting straight

A's and NOT becoming artists.

 

 

 

 

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