FORGIVEN

Malaspina, monotype 1998

In 1998 I spent three tumultuous weeks in Paris, cavorting with Currado Malaspina and his circle of debauched intellectuals. I am not terribly proud of that chapter of my life and yet it was unquestionably pivotal in my development as an artist.

In addition to drinking, arguing, philosphiyzing and submitting to unspeakable postures of venereal exertion I posed for the the now infamous series of monotypes that came to be known as “Les Élégies de Pré-Apparaît.”

I have since forgiven Malaspina for taking advantage of my innocence and I have finally come to an understanding that genius justifies all.