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Jellybean Elvis

One night during the spring of 1994, while driving across the country in a move from the east coast to the west coast, I had a dream that I ...

Doll Baby

One of many vaguely big-eyed cutie-pie paintings by Igor Pantuhoff. The story goes he paid for his lodgings with paintings. I like to think ...

Velvet paradise

This velvet painting of a beautiful tropical scene hangs on a chartreuse wall to highlight the golden hues of sunset in paradise. A lint bru...

Cheezilla

In 1998 I came across an ad in Newsweek announcing that the National Dairy Association was hosting a nationwide cheese art competition. The ...

Send in the Clowns

Clowns. Not just any clowns, but a dentally challenged clown on velvet and a duo of clown-lets (kinder-clowns?) demonstrating the yin/yang o...

Vive la France

Ah, France. Just to say the word conjures images of romance and charm. And what better homage to the charms of France than the peeing boy an...

Give a hoot!

From the day I learned how many licks it takes to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop, I have known to seek the sage advice of o...

Shalom!

Sometimes it’s hard to be a Jew is a world full of goyishe kitsch. The goyim have Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, velvet Jesus, bathtub...

How Are You!

This fantastic little treasure was discovered at PIC N SAVE – When you open the bottom drawer “The Entertainer” plays and ...