One of my all time favorite artists is George Condo. When I first moved to New York, I was searching deeply within and without myself. With heavy graffiti influence, I started to want to moved away from that and fine my own way. One day, probably in 1998 or 1999, I picked up a magazine with George Condo's "Interchangeable Reality" painting. From that point on, the odyssey began for me. I think as artists we all have one or two, but definitely more artists that are sort of like over souls for us. Whether alive or dead, they represent psychically what we also would like to become. Influence is a good thing, because it communicates ideas and memes through the ether into a cultural connection forming neologisms. I finally met George and showed him how the Art card in the Tarot mystically connects to his "Interchangeable Reality" painting. Interestingly enough, the zodiac sign that rules the art card is Sagittarius and that is George's sun sign. I gave him one of my alien drawings back then...I hope he still has it.
