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I created this painting in honor
and is my gift to the freedom fighter Pavlos Makris
my brother in arms
My friend Pablo and I spent our
youth making art together on the Greek Islands over summer vacation - predominantly
on the island of Hydra till 21 April 1967. We would work all morning
to fill up one art book each, a total of forty original paintings!
We knew the tourists arrived at l:30 in the afternoon on their onedaycruise
ship Hermes, and got to the docks early enough to set up all our art work
right in front of the platform. The only way the people could disembark
was to either step on our art work or buy some! We charged twenty
dollars a painting and sold every piece in thirty minutes, making a days
wage of four-hundred dollars each! It seems unbelievable that we spent
every dollar that same night and had to buy breakfast on credit. Those
were some of the best times in my life. Pablo frequents my dreams
and he always tells me to paint more - enough for both of us. Thanks
Pablo,
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