An Idol Encounter

One afternoon in the early fall of 2005, on the way back to our home in Wethersfield, CT, Les got the idea he would stop in Chester and ask well-known artist SOL LEWITT to look at some of Les’s drawings. Scared to death, he knocked on the door of his idol’s house and introduced himself. After shaking Mr. Lewitt’s hand a HUNDRED TIMES, he asked if he could leave a sample of his work for Sol and his wife to look at.

Les handed him a large number of small pieces, thanked Mr. Lewitt and drove off trying to figure out how he had conjured enough nerve to do that.

After not hearing anything for several weeks, Les sent an envelope to Mr. Lewitt and asked to have the samples returned. The envelope arrived on New Year’s Eve day, and Les opened it expecting nothing more than a polite note of thanks. Instead, he found all but 25 of the original drawings along with a check for the ones they didn't return!

Les was absolutely thrilled, not just for the money, but because someone who was famous, and one of his inspirations, had seen value in Les’s work and been willing to buy it.

Dear Les,
Thank you for sending the drawings. I liked them a lot. We picked out about 25 and am sending a check. I hope that is ok. If not, let me know.
- Sol

Welcome to Artsy Fartsy Ink

Have a professional artist create your name in vivid colors. Other people may have your name, but no one will have it designed just like yours!

These original designs make a perfect gift for your boss or favorite teacher, your mother-in-law, or anyone you're trying to impress with your thoughtfulness and originality.

EACH DESIGN IS DONE BY HAND BY THE ARTIST
NO COMPUTER GRAPHICS OR COPIES OF ANY OTHER WORK.

Les has work in the collection of Sol and Carol Lewitt and in the New Britain Museum of American Art. He has patrons in California, New Jersey, Maine, Germany, Missouri, Connecticut.

Les would love to design and create a special gift for
someone in your life or as a special gift to yourself.

Please see the artist page to read about Les and his journey between
the beginning of his love of creating his own work in high school
to the day he received a check from Sol and Carol Lewitt.

Be with him when he got his payment from the New Britain Museum of American Art for the twenty-six pieces they purchased for the children’s department.