The Cosmic sometimes features pieces for sale by local artists and photographers. Yesterday there was a collage portrait of an American icon -- Hunter S. Thompson.
A few things made it both compelling and startling. First, it was good. Second was the medium; it was done in paint on presumably losing Lottery scratch tickets (Thompson would have loved that).
Then I saw that it had been painted on foam board insullation!
That screamed starving artist, I must create so I'll use whatever there is at hand. It was kitchy, it was cool and I knew in an instant I wanted to buy it.
When I asked the waitress who painted it, she tossed a thumb toward one of the short order cooks. "Kyle," she said. There was a young guy in a blue bandana hustling to get out the next omelet order.
He beamed when I handed him the small stack of 20s. Evidently he had just hung it that morning. The varnish was still tacky.
Is Kyle an Andy Warhol waiting to be discovered? I certainly hope so. If you're interested, he has more pieces for sale. Right now there's a Betty Boop done on a field of Domino sugar packets. Get it while it's hot!
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I was so thrilled when I stumbled upon this! I am the owner of Cosmic Omelet, Tracy. Kyles work is pretty incredible and the piece you purchased was one of my favorites. Did want to let you know, however, that the photo you have actually doesn't feature Kyle (the artist) as we have 2 Kyles on staff and you have a picture of the wrong one. Easy mistake, they are both short!
Also, I wanted to let you know that because I was so inspired by Kyle, I decided to rent some additional space which will double as an art space and a gift shop. It is not yet open, but I hope to have it opened by September. Hope you will visit!
Thanks, Tracy.
Credit where credit is due, I took down the picture of the "wrong" Kyle.
My husband has a music studio that has, among other things, a photo of him with Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull and a personalized Kurt Vonnegut autograph.
Kyle's Hunter S. Thompson fits very will in that company. We're glad to have it!
He should head up to MassMoCA [www.massmoca.org] and see if he can get them interested in his work. They hang new young artists all the time.
wow!tracy showed me this page u have and im flatterd by the nice thingz u said. its cool seeing somthing i spent so much time making out there in internetland and knowing its somewhere in real life hangin out and being appreciated among other nice thingz. fear and loathing in las vegas was my movie background noise while i wuz creating that piece. so glad it went to such an appreciative person. anyway if u r on facebook here is my link 2 my portfolio of sorts http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/album.php?id=100000473603351&aid=4320&s=20&hash=9b1111fde16734e350c83d6ed21fb6e5 hunter is in there along with many others. hope u get 2 check it out. im the kyle u met by the way, my facebook name is moe metter tho.
Geez, Kyle, you must spend a fortune in lottery tickets alone! I hope you sell lots of art to support your "gambling habit." ;-)
My husband considered hanging it in his office at a university but he was afraid some college kid would steal it. So to the studio it went.
Loved the gallery. Keep up the great work!
im far to conservative to gamble. i have a hoarding problem if anything. i used to collect all those used tickets from my gas station friends. i still have many pounds of them left. great recycle art medium tho. i only save them now wen people givem 2 me. thanx
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