Tempestuous Private Eye - Unpublished version

Artist: Richard Sala (All)

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Title:	Tempestuous Private Eye - Unpublished version
Artist:	Richard Sala (All)
Media Type:	Paint - Watercolor
Art Type:	Illustration
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	86
Likes on CAF:	2 3
Comments:	1
Added to Site:	4/24/2025
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This was not the version he included in Violent Girls (from Fantagraphics Underground) but a discarded version. I might be biased, but I prefer this version over the one he chose for publication. But that is probably the owner of the piece saying "Mine is best."

I do have to apologize over this scan. I use a phone app for my scans and this one is in a frame. I love it and want to keep it in there. The bright white in the middle is the flash of the phone. Dammit. But I wanted to share this wonderful image. Also, I love Richard Sala and want more people to see his work, even if the quality is not the best.

I should say a little about Violent Girls. This was a collection of 40 watercolor illustrations that he did. All were of sexy girls holding weapons or looking menacing AF. They were first shown on his social media (he was big in his later years with getting his work online) and then Fantagraphics put this out in a wonderfully produced limited edition called Violent Girls. I was not feeling wealthy when he had the originals for sale, so I passed on them. But a few months later, he started selling a few unpublished versions and I jumped on this one. It is one of three pieces in my collection that I cherish the most.

Richard Sala passed away five years ago this month and I still miss waiting for the next work to come out.

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	David Macpherson
Joined:	July 2020
Last Login:	September 2025
Country:	UNITED STATES
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Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

Posted on 4/24/2025

Those bright lights pull out the nuance of the colors Sala used. Lots of color hues and accents that make this a stand out.

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