Tom Everhart
Homie Dreams Suite, Mr. Big Stuff Dreams (Andy Warhol),2012.
Limited-edition mixed-media print on deckled rag paper.
Archival pigment printing and serigraphy.
Hand-signed and numbered at the lower margins.

Unframed price: $1950.
Custom framing available at the Gallery.

Mr. Big Stuff Dreams (Andy Warhol), from Homie Dreams Suite, is titled Mr. Big Stuff because Woodstock is a little person with a big punch. But also because he represents Warhol (a close friend of Everhart), whose influence on Tom carried significant weight, as it led him to see art differently than it had ever been seen before. In this stunning series of portraits, Everhart has posed Snoopy, Charlie Brown, and the rest as if they have grown bored while posing for the painter and have just started to drift off to sleep. They try to hold their pose as if they are awake, but they float away. Tom explains that he wanted to show them entering the world of dreams, as he believes this is where all of us (artists or not) grow most creatively. That is also why they are smiling: they enjoy their own “happy, creative thoughts.” Each of the six portraits in the series represents the dreams of artists and, in some cases, friends who have directly influenced Tom’s own dreams, including one artist who does not have a portrait but is represented in all six paintings. The distinct abstract style of the background is a direct homage to Tom’s former neighbor, the painter Sam Francis.

Tom Everhart – Off The Wall Gallery, Houston, Texas. – Authorized Gallery.