"Mug Shot if Charles Ponzi" by Andrew Daniel
oil on wood 7" x 5" (18cm x 13cm)
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June 2nd, 3rd, 9th, 10th 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
1885 Zehndner Ave. Arcata
This is a painting of a 1910' mug shot depicting
Charles Ponzi, who created the Ponzi Scheme. In which he took money form
investors and used it to pay off other investors, meanwhile never
actually investing the money. As long as more money was coming in the
scheme worked. I enjoyed reading his biography in wikipedia. Seems he
was jailed several times without learning his lesson.
"I landed in this country with $2.50 in cash and $1 million in hopes, and those hopes never left me,"
This
painting measures 7" x 5"(18cm x 13cm) and is painted in oil paint on a
piece of Baltic Birch wood panel that measures 1/2" deep.