"Afternoon Tee"
Arnold Palmer at the 1957 British Open
limited edition print
This is a limited edition of 1,000 black and white prints on archival paper.
Image size 21 1/2 x 25 3/4 inches
Outside 25 1/2 x 30 inches
$295 with free shipping

Call Joseph 256-435-6921with any concerns or questions

BACKGROUND

This year after being arrested for rescuing an abused dog I noticed when commuting to a mural project, I used the Web and social media to publicize my legal plight. I received support and donations from caring people all over the country and Canada too.. Within a few weeks, my lawyer was able to get my case dismissed and I donated the leftover funds to a local spay/neuter clinic.

It was then that I realized that I didn't need to be a web guru to finally make "Afternoon Tee" available to the market.

In 1991, I was becoming a well known artist in Long Beach CA., due to the murals I'd produced downtown, and my local exhibits.

Two business men contacted me about an idea of doing some vintage golfing imagery, one was named Gene and the other we'll call S.H., a golf pro and promoter.

This is how "Afternoon Tee" originally came to be. I did this large charcoal drawing, Gene put up the seed money and the printing knowledge, SH was going to do the marketing.. Within a short period of time S.H. became enmeshed in other aspects of his life, took the money, and disappeared. Gene put the prints on a shelf in his warehouse and got on with running his business and supporting his family. I continued producing murals and other public art. We both thought we'd find a way to market them later on..

Fast forward to 2012.

Gene and I stayed in touch over the years, and I'd moved back to the southeast in 2005. We still spoke about the prints from time to time, but never pulled together a plan. I hadn't heard from Gene in a couple years and called his office. His daughter Allison answered the phone and gave me the sad news that Gene had passed away after a battle with cancer. She was now running the family company, which sells printing, packaging, and paper. I'd only met her once years ago when she was very young. I mentioned my experiences of late and how I felt like I could do an effective job of marketing Afternoon Tee online. She didn't know what I was talking about, so I explained how we had come to do these beautiful prints years ago, how the partnership had dissolved and Gene had shelved the prints.. Her mother who also works in the office remembered our venture, and I asked them if the prints were still in the warehouse. She didn't know, but after finding them still neatly packaged and stacked way up on the industrial shelves... the first thing she said was... "Dad must have saved these in order to help take care of us when he was gone"

I'm thankful we've formed a partnership and we can offer this image to people who can appreciate it for what it is.. a momentary reflection of a bi-gone era, when TVs were black and white and times were different..

For me it's the completion of a cycle, getting back to the roots of my art career, and completing a journey begun with a friend.

Afternoon Tee, is printed on acid free paper the old fashioned way..long before digital printing was the norm.

Call Joseph 256-435-6921with any concerns or questions