This is a painting of my scratch card. The one where I won 30 shekels.
And here is the Russian Rubel I painted for Dr. Lurie to go with the 2 banknotes he purchased at the fair:
Some claim a global financial crisis has expanded beyond the individual experience. These are times of change. In these postcard paintings I attempted to see if from the sidelines (where I often reside) I could gain attention on a 10x15cm format, by painting money. It's like finding a penny on the sidewalk - hard to miss. My experiment was a success. Artists/imagery vary in value and the measurement of "good", popular" or "desirable" is subjective and often biased but if an image looks like money and can be purchased at a low price, it may draw attention. Selling paintings of banknotes for charity, at a one-price-fits all fee, questions the value of art, artist and currency. Each painting is holed with the sentence: "Who doesn't want to be a millionaire?"Look for my new series in Fresh Paint 3...
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