AS IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH WALL SPACE FROM OUR ORIGINAL SIGNS, SHELVES FILLED WITH CANS AND OTHER SERVICE STATION MEMORABILA! THIS AN INTERESTING STORY TO ME IF NOT TO ANYONE ELSE.
ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO MY BUDDY PETE BOUGHT HIMSELF A POSTER IN A NAUTICAL SHOP HERE ON LONG ISLAND ENTITLED "SEA PUMPS" BY LOCAL ARTIST JOSEPH REBOLI. HIS WIFE FRAMED IT AND HE HUNG IT ON THE LIVING ROOM WALL OVER THE TV.
WELL FOR SEVERAL YEARS WHEN I WAS AT HIS PLACE WATCHIN' THE TUBE THAT PAINTING WAS DOING A SUBLIMINAL NUMBER ON ME. I EVENTUALLY WHEN BACK TO THE SAME GALLERY AND GOT MYSELF A COPY, HAD IT FRAMED AND HUNG IT
IN THE DINING ROOM OUT IN THE AMERICAN GARAGE EAST. BUT SOMETHING WAS BOTHERING ME ABOUT THE PAINTING THAT WAS HAUNTINGLY FAMILIAR. COULDN'T PUT MY FINGER ON IT. SOME MONTHS DOWN THE LINE I HAD COME ACROSS A PHOTOGRAPH I TOOK BACK IN THE EARLY 1980'S OF A SOUTH SHORE, L.I.
GAS STATION THAT HAD CLOSED DOWN AT LEAST IN THE 60'S I WOULD GUESS. I KNEW RIGHT AWAY THAT THIS IS THE SAME THREE PUMPS THAT THE ARTIST USED IN HIS PAINTING IN A VERY UN-NATURAL SETTING BY THE
OCEAN. HERE IS MY 20+ YEAR OLD B&W PHOTO AND THE REBOLI PAINTING.
POSTED INFO ABOUT 24x36" POSTERS OF SAME UNDER EBAY SECTION.
I DO NOT KNOW THE ARTIST OR SELLER ON EBAY. I AM NOT PLUGGING
THEIR WARES. THIS IS JUST A GENERAL INTEREST STORY
. TAKE IT FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH!
THANKS,
"DOC"
[This message has been edited by THE AMERICAN GARAGE (edited 01-02-2004).]
[This message has been edited by THE AMERICAN GARAGE (edited 01-02-2004).]