~WALTER ROBINSON & me: a picture is worth a thousand words . .

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WALTER ROBINSON . . ‘Revenge’, 1982, acrylic on canvas, 40 x 30 in.
in our collection.

can you see it – on top of the canvas stack – dead center ?
in our storefront. 5 Rivington St, the East Storefront, just a few doors up from the Bowery.
it was Jan 15, 1988 – Kate’s 2nd birthday party . .

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SIMON at Kate’s birthday party – check out that image to the bottom right !!
(and trust me, Simon was the kind of guy – who’d put a . . lamp on his head at a grown-up art party, just as easily !! and with even more gusto, one can only imagine, and then multiply . . by 10)

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yep, that’s an early 80s WALTER ROBINSON. I believe it’s in the show ?
it was in our collection, too.

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Kate, NANCY SMITH & SIMON CERIGO, 1991 ?
check out – that painting to the right . .

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another early WALTER ROBINSON painting, that was in our collection, in the storefront on Rivington.

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that was our kitchen – check out the painting, on the brick wall in the background . .

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WALTER ROBINSON, Pharmacy Cabinet – in our storefront in 1994 – also in our collection.
at one time.

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the family . . looks like 1988, Theo was just born.
those are my watercolors behind us.
in the storefront on Rivington. the Lower East Side.

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SIMON CERIGO, RIP . . building models, looks like 1994, 1995 ?
that’s one of his big paintings on raw canvas – behind him.

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that’s Kate in front of one of Simon’s big paintings on raw canvas.
must be 1992 ?
big MOEBIUS fan.
brand new fire engine red . . converse sneakers !!

it’s a little hard to speak about yourself, in the first person, so I’ll just say, way ahead of the game !!
and, Simon was a great painter.

UNDER THE VOLCANO – watch out . . !!

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH