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I painted this around 20 years ago, I guess. I took the image from a postcard I found somewhere. And made a silkscreen out of it. A young flirtatious Brigitte Bardot. I made a lot of paintings of the famous French star. She meant something to me. I didn't even bother to develop it more artistically.
I suppose I was lazy, in a way. I liked how a small image looked surrounded by blank space. I could have cranked out many pieces along these lines, but I didn't. It would have been too mechanical. Too easy even for me who didn't twist himself in knots over such matters.
I've always felt that being a full-time artist without any other means of financial support was hard enough. No reason to add any more difficulties.
Just make something, sell it, and make it again, but a little better. And do this for years and years.
That's plenty. If you can take that path, and stay on it, you're winning in the game of life.