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WE DON'T NEED NO STIKIN' BRUSHES..(C) 2002..ELTON HOUCK...Oil on Canvas 24" x 36",,PAINTED WITHOUT BRUSHES, KNIVES, OR INSTRUMENTS OF ANY KIND--NO STICKS, MOPS, BROOMS,BOXING GLOVES, GOLF CLUBS OR AND OTHER CONTRIVANCE WE ARTISTS COULD DREAM UP TO APPLY PAINT TO A FLAT SURFACE... THE PAINT WAS SQUIRTED RIGHT OUT OF THE TUBE AND WAS NOT RELOCATED AFTER IT FELL ON TO THE CANVAS.......TUBE TO CANVAS DIRECT,,, WITH NO RELOCATION AFTER HITTING THE CANVAS....IT WAS SOLD AND THE CLIENT IN WASHINGTON D.C. HAD TO WAIT MONTHS BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT DRY! HE WAITED OVER 4 MONTHS AND FINALLY INSISTED I SHIP IT TO HIM WET...I PACKED IT SECURELY ---AND ALL TURNED OUT FINE..BUT LET ME WARN YOU FROM MY EXPERIENCE--IT IS SO MUCH EASIER TO USE THE STICK WITH THE BRISTLES ATTACHED! AND DON'T PUT THE PAINT ON TOO THICK...

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Charles Jones 18 Jun 2020

A reference to The Treasure of the Sierra Madre with Bogie, of course. Great flick. I see a bird too. Just don't shoot it; it's politically incorrect. Hope you are doing great, Elton. :)