PAUL STANLEY: 'I'm Really Glad You're All Here, But…'

January 7, 2008

A one-minute video clip of KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley's "speech" shot during his appearance Friday (January 4) at the Wentworth Gallery located at the Roosevelt Field Mall in Garden City, New York can be viewed below. Photos of the appearance can be found at Wire Image.

In a recent interview with ABC7.com's George Pennacchio, Paul Stanley stated about his art, "What I'm trying to do with my art is connect with people emotionally. I think one of the beauties of abstract art is probably that it appeals to you emotionally, rather than intellectually. I'd rather get a smile or somebody going, 'Whoa!' than somebody going, 'Hmmm.'"

Stanley's abstracts include "Green Planet", "Winter Sun" and "Purple Haze".

"I love color and somebody was describing my work and said to me, 'You know, you're fearless with color,' and I said, 'What's there to be afraid of?' You know — it's color!" said Stanley.

And he's not afraid to use color, or even his fingers, if it achieves the desired effect in a painting.

"You don't need a degree to know what good art is. Good art is what you love. When you go into a restaurant, you don't have to have someone tell you what bad food is. When you spit it out, guess what? It's bad," said Stanley.

Paul's original works start at about $14,000, but his giclee reproductions begin at about a thousand dollars.

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