3rd Eye Guy - Sold to Jodie Foster.
18x24 Acrylic, Oil, Water Colour, Charcoal, Soft Pastels on canvas
This is my first painting as MM that I made. I was living in Milwaukee, WI at the time and my family lived in the Chicagoland suburbs. I was almost done with this piece the day when I was going to go back home to visit my family and drop this piece off with my mom because she told me she might know someone who might want to buy it. I remember finishing the piece in the upstairs lounge of Stonecreek coffee by the Amtrak station in Milwaukee WI right before I took the Amtrak to visit my family. My mom ended up going to the Grossinger’s house, to show her my piece in Glencoe, IL and she told my mom that her friend was coming over during the weekend. She asked my mom if she could leave it there over the weekend and my mom said yes. And so it happened to be that the Grossinger’s are friends with Jodie Foster, and had a children’s book reading in Glencoe, IL promoting her new book that weekend. Jodie liked my piece when showed to her and decided to buy it. After this point I knew that I could do art as a living. Thanks Jodie!
I go by the artist name MM. Born and raised in Highland Park, IL. I’m a self taught artist. I went to school at Northeastern IL University for Sociology and Women Gender Studies.
Some of my influences are Jean-Michel Basquiat, Cy Twombly and Jean Dubuffet. I sold my first painting to Jodie Foster. Most of my art is usually mixed media, considered to be abstract expressionism.
Favorite Materials: found objects, acrylic, oil, graphite, oil sticks, oil pastels, spray paint, soft pastels, gouache, graphite, markers, charcoal, water colour, and colour pencils
*All of my work is sprayed with a fixative which preserves and protects the work of art. All paintings are ready to hang on your wall.
If you are interested in any of my large format paintings and/or sculptures that are on my Instagram message me. Also, if you live in the Chicagoland area and can pick up in Lake Forest, IL make sure you choose the pickup option to avoid shipping fee. And we will figure out a time that works for the both of us.