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At Home With PAUL STANLEY

May 7, 2008

Stephen Krcmar of 944.com reports: Last year, KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley sold about $2 million in paintings artwork he never expected the public to see. Until 2001, "Star Child's" painting was limited to applying his signature makeup before every KISS show. But when Stanley divorced his now ex-wife in 2001, he needed a creative outlet. "I spent a lot of time kicking, screaming and banging my head against the wall, and a friend of mine said, 'You should paint.'"

He bought acrylic paint and canvasses, but he didn't know what to do, so he says he just dove in. "I found myself painting without any preconceived idea of what I would paint. It was really just about trying to paint emotion, as opposed to trying to depict reality. Every time I paint, it's like going on a trip without a map. I don't have a clue where I'm going, and when I get there, I know that's where I should be."

The early paintings had plenty of large circles. Stanley felt they were "a source of energy," because they were a continuum with no beginning or end. With one exception: his very first. That circle is incomplete. But don't try too hard to figure out what hes trying to say with such symbolism the truth is he ran out of paint and decided to let fate leave its mark.

Read the entire article at 944.com.

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