Barry Blitt's Backstory

Barry Blitt created this striking watercolor for a New Yorker cover assignment. I asked him to give us the backstory:

"This was one idea from a stack of end-of-summer sketches I sent in to the magazine. It's as close to a sort of old time New Yorker cover as I get. It's nice to try my hand at drawing pictures without would-be terriorists or politicians of any stripe.

When I got the go-ahead, I drew a couple of versions of the final. This was the runner-up. I get nervous and keep redrawing everything until the issue gets printed, and sometimes even afterward."

This beautiful painting can be over YOUR mantelpiece. Join us tomorrow night at MILK Gallery for the SPD Real or Surreal Benefit Auction. Barry's artwork, tastefully framed, is part of our live auction. There are so many amazing photographs, paintings, prints and sculpture available in both the live and silent auctions, representing the work of some of the most influential artists working in editorial today. Please stop in on the fun!

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