PAUL STANLEY - "I Have Been Humbled And Staggered By The Acceptance Of My Art"
January 3, 2008, 16 years ago
The following report is courtesy of Reuters Life!:
PAUL STANLEY, singer and guitarist with hard rock band KISS, has found a different form of therapy than the typical rock 'n roll staples keeps him grounded - art.
Stanley, 55, an art major and graduate, returned to painting about seven years ago, finding a strong demand for his work which goes on show at the Wentworth Gallery Garden City in New York on Jan 4.
Stanley spoke to Reuters about his art and music, speaking softly and pausing to think through his answers in stark contrast to his brash, on-stage persona "The Starchild:"
Q: Your art has become quite a business, selling for $2 million last year?
A: "It is incredible. For me the dollar figure is more of an acknowledgment of how people are embracing the art. If I became enamored or taken with the number I think it would take away from the creative spirit or what I am doing. The fact I started this phase of my life in art as a very personal and solitary pursuit has borne success because of its integrity."
Q: Have you been surprising by the reaction to your art?
A: "Totally. I have been humbled and staggered by the acceptance of my art. I started it as something therapeutic and cathartic for me without the intention of ever showing anything but from the first time I hung a piece in my house people were drawn to it."
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