More importantly, will you (Skateboard) be back at Valley Forge Gun Collectors Show weekend after next? (12/18-19)?

Do it. :)

Here it is:
www.artisthero.com/hales.htm
It shows the approach to figuration and how it has changed.
Thanks,
Kevin

Outstanding. Good work by you.

skateboard, where does your interest in the rugs stem from?

Every picture (rug) tells a story. It makes me wonder if the pre-soviet era rugs told of births, deaths, weddings, droughts, storms, anything that had a significant impact on their lives? Kind of like crib notes to their oral history. :)

Thank you all for your support. I am open to any/all suggestions as well.

Wolf, I enjoyed the Valley Forge Show very much in September. I camped at French Creek and it rained like crazy. I sold at Allentown the week before, and the assualt weapons ban expired between the two shows. What a difference a week makes. But I found that guns are like tools, and car mechanics are not so interested in drawings of Craftsmen wrenches. So, I regret, I will not be back next week.

Jaguar, I first saw a war rug a dinner party and thought it was cool. I like art , and contemporary art, throughout time, combines something of the moment with something traditional. Like <i>Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?</i> or <i>Cold Mountain</i> being the <i>The Odyssey</i> retold, or Rennaissance musical motifs being incorperated by the Beatles, or Larry Rivers painting the "Dutch Masters". Not to sound to highfalutin, but that combination of the old and new turns my crank.

Bruce, excellent thought. Do you mind if I use "kind of like crib notes to their oral history"? Some rugs tell very old stories such as those of Omar Khayyam, a poet from the 12th century, who liked wine, women and song, and the rugs depict this. <br><br><img src="http://www.artisthero.com/images/pictorial.jpg"><br><br> Below, is the oldest rug. It was found frozen in a tomb, and is supposedly between 2500 and 4500 years old. It features a sort of hunting scene featuring deer and a man on horseback. <br><br>
<img src="http://www.compmore.net/~tntr/pazyryk.jpg">
<br><br>Thanks, again,
Kevin

All words are free to everyone. :)
And thank you for your input.