Last night at the Hunter M.F.A. thesis opening I saw Richard! I kinda thought he might be dead but I was wrong. He was there
entertaining a small crowd all smiles and laughs. I didn't say hi because I didn't think he'd remember me. He sadistically threatened many a painter. I was one of many fake victims. However, what I learned from his color class was not fake. Its
something that has influenced all the work I've made since then.
December 13, 2007
He Lives!
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Richard once informed me in a private conference that my paintings made liquid trickle from his rear because of how boring they were to him. I like a memorable quote and that one is one of the best. Did he quite Tyler or what?
check out that stylish purple shirt! looking good, Mr. Cramer!
well, i was gonna try to whip up a richard-ism, but i'm not gonna beat "liquid trickling from his rear"...
awesome sighting... and nice fly-on-the-wall stalker photography, mr. funky...
One of my favorites was "I'm going to cut you up with razor blades and dip you in hot salty butter". I'm not kidding. One time during my freshman year there was a wheelchair hanging around the drawing studio - which me were playing with. I got so annoyed that he pushed me all the way down the hallway towards the stairwell and pretended to roll me down in to it.
Ahhh those were the days.
i saw richard in the spring and luckily i was with mark mahosky an older tyler grad who richard loves. richard was okay towards me at that point, but when i was a student he was stood inches from my face, repeatably poked me in the chest and said he was going to cram purple paint down my throat and stomp on me until i puked some color onto my painting. that being said i did enjoy him as a teacher/adversary.
frankie martin and him are still buds-he calls her pinky larue. he went to her opening this past spring he left before i got there but i saw his signature.
Onwards and upwards!
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