Title Portrait in Torment and Gold Richard Brautigan, August 1982 from a personal photo taken by the artist An Original Watercolor--this is not a print

Paper Arches Watercolor Hot Press Weight 140 lb. Size 7 x 10 Unframed Unmatted

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Artist's notes: I spent a morning in August 1982 with Richard where I snapped this photo of him. I am still amazed and grateful that Richard was willing to spend as much time as he did with a fan. *   Only tiny little hints of problems, like the specs of gold in my painting, showed up in our conversation that day. I was trying to sell American Ginseng at the time and Richard's interest in its effects on alcoholism, and genital herpes, now, as I look back, seem to hint at something beneath the surface. But as a fan, at the time, I was too blind to see, or to in awe to imagine anything wrong. The gold in this painting does not show up well in the scanned image. This side view captures a bit of the 3-D Look the painting has.