'Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.' --Sir Francis Bacon
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My basic premise about art is: Every painting should imply a story. For as long as humans have had language, they have enjoyed stories. Scratchings on cave walls and peckings on rock faces are almost certainly story-related. Art, in whatever form, comprises a framework upon which hangs a story of some...more