Posted on 6/5/2013

Awesome! This was a scene from the original Dark Empire mini series published by Dark Horse. If memory serves...

Posted on 6/5/2013

I'll have to ask my son Jonathan to let me read it again. It's funny, but the only thing I could get him interested in as a kid was Star Wars. He loved everything about Star Wars. Jon is 27 years old now and a Teacher. I'm 58 going on 12. We used to advertise in the newspaper for Star Wars toys back in the 1980's and 90's. He had a terrific collection. Then one day I found out he was selling his duplicate figures during recess in grade school. Once the teacher told me "If Jonathan knew his times tables like he knows his Star Wars figures he'd be in business." I guess he was in business already in a way. Anyway, the bond remains to this day. Matt's art brings back a whole slew of fond memories. I'm lucky to have the two paintings. I have a feeling they'll be in the family for a LONG time. Thanks again James! Jack

Posted on 6/6/2013

Are you sure that you are not speaking to my childhood? I believe that the only difference would be my end game being instructing golf and selling Star Wars toys for a living :) Your painting is definitely a homage to Dark Empire and the robot's name is Zeezee, Han and Leia's housekeeper of sorts. Dark Empire still holds up as one of the best reads of the 1990's, in my opinion. Such a shame that Lucas never made episodes 7-9 as this story line would have made for some great movies!

Posted on 6/6/2013

James, You are indeed very lucky to be a golf instructor. When I was a cameraman we traveled to many different golf courses doing special features. I always thought to myself that the golf pro had a great job. Of course I suppose there is a downside to every occupation although that one seemed to have limited. Thanks for the information. My son is much more involved than I am as far as the stories go. My current mania is World War Two painted flight jackets and combat art. I derive a lot of fun researching each piece. If time permits and you guys are interested maybe I'll start a war gallery. Those WW2 pilots were real life Han Solos. Best, Jack

Posted on 6/5/2013

Excellent piece!

Posted on 6/5/2013

This is one incredible painting! Fantastic pick up! Does the wife really need to know? ;)

Posted on 6/6/2013

Eventually the bill comes in the mail, so yes, it's best she finds out. Plus, there's the whole hanging it up on the wall thing. As Beaver said to Wally once in the tv show Leave it to Beaver, "Gee Wally, women sure are complicated." Seriously though, I've been married for 33 years now and she pretty much knows when I'm up to something before i even do it. Some kind of special women's intuition i guess. God bless her though, she's a Angel. I once spent our retirement on golden age comic books. This should be a piece of cake, I hope. Thanks again for your kind comment. Jack

Posted on 6/6/2013

Cool piece and although I am not familiar with it, it seems to be pretty famous. Nice to see you are still collecting artwork.

Posted on 6/6/2013

Thanks Jeff. Unfortunately I've had to slow down on my collecting. Sometimes when I look at the amount of artwork people have in their galleries I wonder how they do it. It sure is fun collecting though. Thanks again. Jack

Posted on 6/8/2013

Jack, Another great Star Wars painting. Finding the toys is one thing, but to get original oil paintings is great! Too boot, Disney now has the rights to Star Wars and it will be popular now for many more years. It is great to pick up an item that takes you back to your days with Jonathan when he was young. A great painting and pick-up! Dwight

Posted on 6/8/2013

Thanks Dwight. The interesting thing will be which way Disney goes with the story. I think it's safe to say Boba Fett will stay on. Thanks again. Jack

Posted on 6/10/2013

A nice example of Star Wars history. And aside from it being a cool showcase of great characters I love the "pulp" like colors which I'm sure was what drew your eye to it, Jack.