The Magic Christian

The Magic Christian

Terry Southern is, without a doubt, one of my favorite writers of all time.

If you don’t know who he is: now, you do

Or, if you’re too lazy to click that link, here are just a few quick facts about the guy:

- He’s the only guy sporting shades on the cover of The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s album.
- He co-wrote Dr. Strangelove with Stanley Kubrick, and is largely responsible for shifting the tone of the film from stone sober cautionary tale to ludicrous cautionary tale.
-He once wrote a short story that culminated in the revelation of President Nixon’s sick addiction to rimming the amputated anuses of dead Viet Cong, shipped fresh to him daily from the DMZ. If that doesn’t tickle your funny bone, I don’t know what will.
-Along with William Burroughs, Jean Genet, and Allen Ginsberg, he experienced and documented first-hand the federally instigated massacre at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

This is another one of those one hour portraits I’ve been doing. Had this one sitting around for a while, and finally decided to upload it today. Hope you dig it.

Oils on 8” x 10” canvas panel.

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