Jackie Danicki

My friend Amy Alkon has discovered a wonderful homeless artist in LA named Gary Musselman, and we’re going to try to work with him to get some customers for his art. (He has sold his work to at least one customer in the Starbucks where he sits and does his drawing, but only got a measly $10 per piece. Others will pay more - I would.) It’s quite precise and striking stuff, so please do check it out.

This isn’t altruism on anyone’s part, by the way, because there’s no self-sacrificing going on. It’s straightforward rational egoism.

Amy and others are talking to Gary about how exactly he’d like to proceed, because it is his life and every step of the way is his call. (We have a few ideas for actions we think he should take, with our help, and certain donations we can each make in terms of getting him contactable via email and phone, getting him a physical address, etc. He needs to give the nod for those things to happen, though.) Gary is awfully keen to have Amy’s help, so we’re laying some groundwork now in preparation. So if you have any contacts who might be interested in representing him, buying some of his art, or commissioning him to come up with physical signage or graphics for your website, please email Amy (at the address listed on her post) or me.

UPDATE: Gary now has a Gmail account at gmusselman AT gmail dot com.

UPDATE 2: …Aaaaand, he now has a mixed media blog: Art by Gary Musselman.

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