The following report has been issued via KISS frontman Paul Stanley's official website:

By: Mike Morsch - Executive Editor

For Paul Stanley, missing an opportunity to go on a guided tour of The Louvre in France because of some other obligations was unfortunate.

After all, one of the most visited art museums in the world is home to many famous works, like Leonardo Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa," something an artist like Stanley likely would appreciate seeing in person.

But Stanley isn't just another artist. He's probably better known for being able to rock and roll all night and party every day as the flamboyant frontman for the legendary rock band KISS.

And despite the fact that KISS completed its most successful tour of Europe ever in the band's long history - playing 29 concerts in seven weeks that concluded in late June - it's Stanley's artwork that takes center stage once he puts down his guitar.

Local KISS fans, as well as art aficionados, will get a chance to view some of that artwork when Stanley makes two special appearances at the Wentworth Gallery in King of Prussia Mall Friday, July 25, from 7 to 9 p.m. and Saturday, July 26, from 5 to 8 p.m.

"I look forward to painting," said Stanley in a telephone interview from Paris a few weeks before KISS wrapped up the European tour. "It's something that I take a certain amount of . . . oh, I don't know . . . there is a calming factor to know that at the end of this tour, I get to go into a room by myself and create from another part of my brain."

After reigning for more than 30 years as one of the most recognizable frontmen in the history of rock and roll, Stanley has embarked on a new career as a painter and has had some considerable initial success selling more than $2 million of his artwork in 2007. His King of Prussia appearance is part of an exhibition of his works touring the U.S. with the Wentworth Galleries.

"There are certainly going to be people who come (to the galleries) because of a connection that is first, and more primary for some, for what you're best known for. You're bound to have that," said Stanley. "I tend to say that my notoriety gets my foot in the door . . . but then you're free to slam the door on my foot. But at the end of the day, having spoken to enough of the galleries and their owners, there is a good amount of people initially who are drawn to the work without knowing who did it."

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