From the artist: “The Poetic Licenses series have an obvious connection to the Artist Licenses I created and exhibited in New York, Chicago, Long Beach, Miami and Paris in 1981 and subsequent years. Each appeared to be designed by a famous artist for their individual country or state revealing his visual signature style; Chagall’s has an upside-down A, Christo’s is wrapped, Pollock’s is paint-splattered, Chamberlain’s is bent and smashed, Dali’s is made of melting gold, and Seurat’s is rendered with dots. They are the quintessential personalized vanity plate…The recent works are a variation from the previous work in that several are grouped together and refer to familiar quotations made by or about artists or art…. Many observers do not realize each grouping is meant to be read as a statement, and most wonder where I found them; not knowing that I actually create them. There is little question that they are literary in nature, but the juxtaposition of color, shape and supposed origins make them extremely visually interesting.”

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