Half a World Away Acrylic Print

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This painting is derived from a photo I took on a trip to Alabama. This sago palm was growing along the Black River near Tuscaloosa, in an obviously landscaped setting, as they don't grow there as a native plant. But I was taken with it, and the prehistoric look of the palm took me to a place far, far away.

My art career began in 1964 with drawings of Godzilla in battle with squadrons of fighter jets. Fellow first graders were my early collectors for these scenes of chaos; all free for the asking. At the time, no one knew I'd rather draw cars and castles, but the Godzilla drawings were so popular and made my friends so happy, I couldn't resist. When I was ten years old, my parents (AKA Santa Claus) gave me a microscope for Christmas. The entire process of using the microscope fascinated me; the lens that had two settings, the little rectangular glass slides, even the gray metal box it came in! But of course the best thing was getting a good look into an infinitely tiny magical world. A grain of sugar became a revelation to me. A blade of...