Ode to Andy No. 26813

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One of the worlds most flamboyant and successful artists, Andy Warhol is one of my favorite! Here I placed a U.S. Postage stamp together with some Warhol hearts. An acrylic cabochon magnifies Andy's face. Highlighted by a Swarovski® vitral mirror. Size 5 3/4"x 3" on 60mil archival magnetic vinyl.

One of a kind magnetic art. Since 1996 I have signed and numbered over 29,100 pieces. I was drawn to the magnetic media, because no other artist was using it the way I was. I saw other artist sticking a magnet to their art, I thought why not stick my art to the magnet. 12 years later I have found a few other artist using the magnetic vinyl in their own way, but no other artist in the world has used it like me. Everybody's style is unique. I still haven't found another magnet artist as prolific as myself.

If you look up my last name, Gauss, in the dictionary, it actually means unit of magnetic energy. I'm a distant cousin of the mathematician Karl Friedrich Gauss. He discovered the mathematical theory of magnetism. So in a way I'm following my destiny.

Added on Sep 27, 2009