
'GALLILEO'S' Limited Edition Fine Art Giclee Print
This limited edition fine art giclee print is part of my Early Works Collection. This painting depicts one of my favorite places from my early 20's, Galileo's, which as I recall was a restaurant/bar tucked away in an arts district. I have fond memories of attending open mike nights and poetry nights there. After moving back east, and hearing that the establishment had closed, I decided to try to recreate it on canvas. I remember being quite proud of how I painted the floor, even though I'm pretty sure that the actual floor wasn't that color. Recently, I also noticed that I misspelled the name on the sign! Ha! I could fix it, but I am actually embracing that mistake and the much younger artist who made it. And I'm really proud overall of how this came out, especially since I painted it from memory. Looking at this now, its striking how empty it is. It was actually never this empty. There were always rows of occupied chairs crowding the stage. I think at the moment it was enoug