[ilds] Oscar Epfs

[Bruce Redwine]

Good story.  I'm envious.


On Oct 4, 2009, at 11:19 AM, Jim Nichols wrote:

> Must break my silence for this one.  I happen to be the lucky owner  
> of an Oscar Epfs and Lawrence Durrell drawing created on flyer of  
> the Penn State ILDS Conference in which LD's signature appears at  
> the top of the page and Oscar's at the bottom, the two are framed in  
> a few lines of a (supposed0 grape vine, and to the left of this is a  
> wine bottle and the word "drink."   Classic Larry?   At the time, he  
> clearly was playing the generous master.
>
>     And NO, I don't want to sell it, but I watched him create the  
> masterpiece and present it too me while the admirers watched.   As  
> Durrell himself said of the Conference, he was "rolling in the honey."
>
>                                                                                                     Jim 
>  Nichols
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Denise Tart & David Green
> To: Durrel
> Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 9:06 PM
> Subject: [ilds] Oscar Epfs
>
> I'm with Bruce here. Where can one get an Oscar Epfs? Is he in  
> galleries? are they stuck up all over the Vampire House?
>
> Often, when I think of peasant Durrell (another face/ persona) I  
> think of Oscar Epfs, farting in his studio, a reeking garlic wreck,  
> Gitanne hanging from lip, glass of rough red nearby (more probably a  
> bottle), plate of bread and olives and a wry grin above paint and  
> canvas. Confuse the bastards as Dylan Thomas said.
>
> I think we need a serious and or hilarious discussion about the  
> artistic merits of Epfs; what was his meaning his themes? the  
> eternal questions.
>
> David
> Oscar Epfs Appreciation Society (OEAS)
>
>

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