"1928" Signed PrintThis is a scene from Hollywood circa 1928. A small bungalow sits quietly on the street as the crickets chirp. There is a shadowy female figure silhouetted in profile on the left side of the canvas. She clutches a bouquet of flowers. Evening falls, but the sky is still bright with the reflection of Hollywood lights.

The painting also is set in fall twilight (i

After it dried

I painted this piece as the first in a series of portraits of great painters

as if you were some other person

Her escape

represented by the shaft of light falling softly from above

There are at least two human profiles in the picture

The result is reminiscent of the look of a wood block carving or scratchboard

I used a combination of texture paste

with slightly more burnt umber to give the piece a warmer feel

and produced most of his films

Hand-signed by artist