The Great Forgery Show: An extravaganza of artistic mimicry

Dimensions: 24 x 20 x 1
Supporting evidence Forgery is genuine/ how you came into ownership : The other day, thinking to do a portrait of my mother during the war, I started searching for a specific photo I thought I had. As a last resort, I was rummaging through a trunk with my children's school projects thinking maybe it might be there. Surprisingly I found an envelope that on the outside said "Do not throw away" and inside were dozens of photographs of my mothers time in Gander during WW2 as well as an unidentified sketch. Through some clever sleuthing and some discussion with my mother who is approaching 100 years old, I learned that the sketch was from the diaries of Molly Lamb who had visited the barracks in Newfoundland. The authorities had confiscated Molly Lamb's personal diary drawing because it was showing classified information. The airport in Gander was considered a top secret location and Molly Lamb's witty drawing was considered a threat to national security. When the war was over, the officer in charge was not able to locate nor remembered Molly Lamb.'s name. He did however recognize one of the women in the drawing who happened to be my mother, so he gave the drawing to her. It turns out this humble sketch was done by Canada's only female commissioned war artist and though not worth millions provides an inside view of some of the daily life of women in the Air Force.
Masterpiece Auction price: $8000.00
Artist statement: This is a playful reimagining of an imagined encounter between Molly Lamb and my mother. From stories from my mother I learn that though horrendous events were happening overseas, the experience for my mother was a bit more common and frivolous, she describes dances and silk stockings, trips to the lake, the movies, dances as well as important things such as helping guide airplanes safely in but only if the weather conditions were right, otherwise the men had to do it. In the sketches and diaries of Molly Lamb she depicts daily life in the army as well as documenting her travels and efforts to become Canada's only female commissioned war artist. She describes the importance of behind the scenes work to provide entertainment and to boost troops morale. The war effort needed posters , murals, and theatre. Molly Lamb provides a wonderful insight into the life of a woman artist during world war 2. Although many aspects of military life were were frivolous, the role and opportunities for women began to change due to the scarcity of men qualified to do certain jobs but there was still a long way to go before women were to be trusted to be part of making large decisions and holding secrets. This piece pokes fun at not just the naivety of a young officer trying to keep secrets from her commanding officer but the unintentional faux pas of unintentional sharing of national secrets.
Medium: Water colour on wove paper

Dimensions: 18 x 14 x 1
Supporting evidence Forgery is genuine/ how you came into ownership : A family secret came to light last year when a distant cousin contacted me through Facebook from the UK. It seems I have a Great-Great Spinster Aunt that my Canadian family knew nothing about. Cheri Rose Merry was the daughter of John Merry on my paternal Grandfather's side of the family. My cousin told an amazing story of how our Aunt dreamed of being a stage actress, so moved to Paris in 1880 when she was 23. It was a hard life with little success in her chosen career, she was forced to take on dancing and escort work to make her living, - 'work' that her family would consider immoral. She met Vincent Van Gogh, the year he moved to Paris in 1886. They had a passionate friendship and stayed together for several months, supporting each other emotionally and financially. But jealously created such a volatile home life that she had to leave him. She had sat for many portraits, one of which he painted and gave to her when she left, since it was too painful for him to look at. She apparently didn't like the painting, writing to her Mother that he made her look old and ugly. She eventually sent the painting to her Mother since she was probably unable to sell it. Her Mother kept the secret of her daughter's shameful life, passing it down to her youngest Granddaughter, whose daughter contacted me in Victoria from the UK. Our Great–Great Grandmother had revealed the secret she'd kept for 50 years to her family but no one believed it was true and besides it was an ugly painting, how could it be a masterpiece, they said. When she learned that I was also a painter with an uncanny resemblance to our Great-Great Aunt, she sent me the painting. "Cheri Rose in Paris" 1886 Vincent Van Gogh; Appraisal Notes The subject appears to stand taller than Van Gogh. Since most of his portraits are shown seated or have a lower vantage point, he appears to be making a statement of the subject’s stature/strength and character. His signature blue/green shadows are countered by warm highlights. The swirling patterns in the background appear in many of his paintings. The dramatic contrasting lighting, suggest a mood of intensity in the model, indicating that he most likely knew her. Van Gogh was known to write to his brother Theo that, "I want to make pictures that touch people…not with sentimental melancholy but to reach so far that people will say of my work "he feels so deeply, he feels tenderly. This is my ambition... to show by my work what there is in the heart of such an eccentric man, such a nobody.” Many would say that he achieved this goal and this recently discovered masterpiece adds to his “music”.
Masterpiece Auction price: $185,000,000
Artist statement: I have admired Vincent Van Gogh since high school so given the theme of this show I had to try a van Gogh portrait.
Medium: Oil on Canvas

Dimensions: 20 x 12
Supporting evidence Forgery is genuine/ how you came into ownership : Hidden for years in his attic, and purchased by myself at a yard sale, Banksy's Pooh with Balloon (2005) was the first in his Balloon series, and was inspired by his childhood fascination for the Winnie-the-Pooh stories by A.A. Milne. The painting of Pooh with Balloon was followed by Girl with Balloon (2006), which famously became Love is in the Bin during auction at Sotheby's (London) in 2018. Originally selling for over 1 million British Pounds, it fetched 18.582 Million Pounds after being partially shredded by a device imbedded in the frame and activated after the initial sale. Banksy experimented on Pooh with Balloon for his shredding stunt at Sotheby's. Sadly, Banksy lost interest in his balloon series after only two works. This previously unknown gem is offered at the unheard of price of 10 million Pounds (converts to $200 Canadian at today's rate).Oru
Masterpiece Auction price: $25,000,000
Artist statement: Originally I had thought to forge a Kadinski, known for his geometric shapes and the use of his internal experience as inspiration. Sadly, my internal experience isn't particularly geometric. On further consideration, I've always been delighted by Banksy's willingness to destroy one of his paintings as a way of essentially thumbing his nose at art collectors, particularly those who spend a lot of money on questionable art. And I wanted to use humor myself, in the form of Winnie-the-Pooh as an alternate subject. Hence "Pooh with Balloon"! Enjoy :)
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, framed

Dimensions: 28 x 22 x 0.5
Supporting evidence Forgery is genuine/ how you came into ownership : It is believed that this portrait was a painting of Madame Titterpoint and her niece, Clotilda, of Paris. Likely painted sometime between 1890 and 1895 in Paris. Monsieur Titterpoint, an official in the Paris municipal government, was not impressed and refused to accept the painting. Although painted in Europe, the authenticators believe it was sent by Mary Cassatt to her brother Alexander in Philadelphia. He had little appreciation for art, in spite of his sister Mary’s encouragement to become a collector. He likely accepted the painting to humour his sister. As Cassatt’s family were travellers, it is believed the piece got stored and eventually misplaced or lost in Philadelphia during one of the brother’s frequent moves to Europe. It is not clear as to where it was housed/stored for the periods between approx 1900 -1950. In the later 60’s while increasing my own interest in art, I was allowed by my father, CW Kettlewell, an artist in his own right, to peruse his off wall collection of art. I fell in love with this old work. CW was vague about how he acquired this piece but believed it was at action in Philadelphia where he was a student . My father, eager to encourage my interest in art, suggested that I take it with me as I settled in western Canada. It has hung on my wall for many years. In early 2000 as I developed my own interest in painting portraits, I came across the works of Mary Cassatt. I was struck by the similarity of this painting to Cassatt’s works. Recently I approached Dr Schadenfreude and Dr Hucksterson of the renowned Impressionist Gallery of Philadelphia for their opinion as to the original artist. They authenticated it, without doubt, that this is indeed an original Mary Cassatt piece of work, currently valued at auction starting at $995000.
Masterpiece Auction price: $995,000
Artist statement: I am a self educated painter, part of that education is to study the works of famous painters. As I have been doing more and more portraits I was fascinated when i cam across the works of Mary Cassatt - her subjects were often women and children - both of which are meaningful to me. At a time when there were not photographs, models were used in person, and lighting was changing all the time, her ability to catch movement, feeling, and a looseness are remarkable.
Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 14.25 x 14.252 x 2
Supporting evidence Forgery is genuine/ how you came into ownership : This painting came to me from my great aunt, who was Madonna's hairdresser in the 1980s, before her rise to fame. Madonna briefly dated Jean Michel and he gave her this painting because they both loved the Roger Miller song ,"King of the road". After their tumultuous breakup Madonna no longer wanted the painting because it brought back bad memories, so she gave it to her hairdresser (my Aunt) who in turn -not being a skull person-gave it to me.
Masterpiece Auction price: 2.25 million
Artist statement: I am inspired by graffiti and street art and Basquiat is the master in my opinion.
Medium: mixed media on a 12x12 panel which is framed and is part of the artwork making it 14.25x14.25

Dimensions: 7 x 5 x 3
Supporting evidence Forgery is genuine/ how you came into ownership : I found this maquette in my Oma's Treasure Chest which came from Holland sometime in the last century. She wanted a house of mosaics - like the mosaic frieze in Klimt's Lovers (1909-1911) - and had this model made by Klimt of the planned exterior of her own "Klimt House". Oma's contractors assured her they could do the work from the maquette. By the time the materials were gathered and workers hired, it was war-time in Europe, and the dream house remained a dream.
Masterpiece Auction price: CAD 1.75 million
Artist statement: I have been attracted to Klimt's swirls and mosaics for as long as I can remember. The flow of the lines resonates with me in a very intuitive way. I love this rendition of a home's exterior. Who wouldn't love to live in a Golden Period House?
Medium: Encaustic painting on wood

Dimensions: 10 x 4 x 4
Supporting evidence Forgery is genuine/ how you came into ownership : Emily Carr camped (in her trailer the Elephant!) on - or near - what is now my property on Metchosin Road overlooking the gravel pit which she painted ("Above the Gravel Pit", 1937). She often painted on the bits of logs and lumber that was milled from the trees that were felled on that land. This was found in a pile of old discarded wood bits in a ramshackle shed that I was helping a neighbour clean out.
Masterpiece Auction price: CAD 975,000
Artist statement: Knowing that Emily Carr camped and painted on the land where I now live is all the inspiration I needed!
Medium: Encaustic painting on wood

Dimensions: 10 x 12
Supporting evidence Forgery is genuine/ how you came into ownership : The painting came down the maternal line of my family, from my great grandmother down to me. After spending most of its life at the bottom of a trunk, I realized what it was after briefly studying art history. Note the use of short, perpendicular or parallel strokes - hatching and cross hatching - to create form, weight and space, the partial outline of some of the elements, the palatte, including signature colours such as viridian and cobalt blue. There is no doubt in my mind that this is an original Cezanne.
Masterpiece Auction price: 120M
Artist statement: I was inspired by the works of Paul Cezanne and a desire to expand my own painting style particularly with the use of brush strokes to create form.
Medium: Oil on board

Dimensions: 36 x 18 x 1.5
Supporting evidence Forgery is genuine/ how you came into ownership : My mother was Patricia Neary the principal ballerina in the New York Production of Stravinsky's, 'The Firebird'. in 1945, Marc Chagall designed the costumes for this production using colourful materials that were beautiful under the lights but impossible for movement. When my mother, Patricia complained that the orange bodice of her costume was itchier than fish scales, Mr. Chagall was furious! He called my mother a spoiled pycanka, (mermaid in Russian). When Patricia returned for dress rehearsal, he attached a fin to the bottom of her tutu. Not to be outwitted by this artist, my mother danced in her fin. The crew and audience were in stitches! This dance inspired Marc Chagall to paint "The Firebird". It has been above the fireplace in our family home since 1945.
Masterpiece Auction price: 1,250,005
Artist statement: I love the hilarity of Marc Chagall's flying goats. They're funny and romantic. Being from Sooke, I thought it would be funny to replace the goats with singing sea lions.
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas

Dimensions: 18 x 24
Supporting evidence Forgery is genuine/ how you came into ownership : Thought to have been an original decorative design for wall coverings in the small library of Gertrude Steins companion Alice, it was deemed by Stein to be "too green". Matisse was said to have rejected any further efforts from Ms. Stein. Their acrimonious relationship was legend.
Masterpiece Auction price: 1M
Artist statement: I was inspired by an interest in the work of Matisse, to learn more about his style, and too have fun with the theme of this show.
Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 20 x 16
Supporting evidence Forgery is genuine/ how you came into ownership : Attributed to Matisse, this portrait of an unknown woman is said to have been a gift to his famous odalesque, Princess Elena Galitzime. It surfaced at the Paris Flea Market in 2020 to sensational queries of its provenance. To date, little is known but the painting can be said to contain many of the elements and props popular with the painter during his Moroccan period.
Masterpiece Auction price: 3M
Artist statement: I was inspired by an interest in exploring the work of Matisse, and found the Fraud show a perfect opportunity to try my hand at painting in his style.
Medium: oil on linen

Juror's Choice Award

Dimensions: 9 x 13 x 7
Supporting evidence Forgery is genuine/ how you came into ownership : My grand mother was a good friend of Rainer Maria Rilke who wrote about Picasso blue period exclusively. When she passed away in her trunk was found this sculpture that uses all of Picasso colours from that period
Masterpiece Auction price: 1 million
Artist statement: Memories. Thinking about what its like getting older physically and what it was like when i was young with an agile body
Medium: Tin foil. Papier-mâché. Air dried paper clay and sculpy

Dimensions: 5 x 15 x 7
Supporting evidence Forgery is genuine/ how you came into ownership : In Georgia O’Keefe’s own words: “In 1945, I surprised myself by taking an uncharacteristic vacation to the Caribbean Islands. While exploring the beaches of Cozumel, I picked up a stupendous white conch shell with a sizeable hole in it and held it up to see the brilliant blue sky beaming through. I was completely mesmerized and it compelled me to create a sculpture of what I had previously only painted.”
Masterpiece Auction price: $220,000
Artist statement: Georgia’s paintings of blue skies through white pelvis bones are evocative and thrilling. She wrote that "I was most interested in the holes in the bones - what I saw through them - particularly the blue from holding them up in the sun against the sky, as one is apt to do when one seems to have more sky than earth in one's world. They were most wonderful against the Blue.” I was inspired to create a sculpture with a viewpoint inward instead of out to the sky - a different aspect of seeing, to experience the Blue of introspection, framed by the pure white shelter of a conch shell.
Medium: Plaster gauze, beeswax, acrylic paint and medium.

Dimensions: 16 x 14 x 14
Supporting evidence Forgery is genuine/ how you came into ownership : Last summer during a trip to the South of France, my Mother and Aunt visited many galleries, historic sites and eclectic shops. In one such shop, they fell in love with a couple of colourful mobiles. The pieces seemed a blending of Alexander Calder’s bold shapes and Marc Chagall’s-stained glass works. They just had to have them! Upon arriving home, they decided to do a bit of research. They discovered that indeed both Chagall and Miro were close family friends of Calder’s. And he was a very generous friend. He gave one-of-a-kind pieces of jewelry to Teeny Duchamp, Bella Rosenfield (wife of Marc Chagall) and Georgia O’Keeffe. The latter’s becoming a staple part of her signature fashion. When Chagall’s wife died unexpectedly in 1944, Calder gifted him a mobile to “cheer him up in his solitude after Bella’s death.” It joins Calder’s own vocabulary of abstract forms with Chagall’s “phantasmagoria” all the flying figures that bubble up from the stories and legends of Chagall’s youth. My Mother and Aunt decided to submit the pieces to The Calder Foundation for examination and registration in the Foundation's archive. The committee that performs examinations includes experts, scholars, museum curators, and members of the Calder family. What an amazing surprise to be informed by the Foundation that the mobiles were indeed made by Alexander Calder. During a very brief period in the late 1950’s, inspired by Chagall’s work on the Metz Cathedral, Calder tried replacing his usual painted sheet metal with stained glass. While he enjoyed the experiment, he did not continue it for long. We are so thrilled to share these unique works of 20th Century Modern Art with our West Shore community.
Masterpiece Auction price: Est. $8-$12 Million at Auction
Artist statement: I have worked with Stained glass off and on for decades, often creating my own designs. I thought it would be a fun challenge to imitate Calder’s amazing Kinetic sculptures in glass. I thoroughly enjoyed the process, if frustrating at times! And the research provided a wonderful window into the lives of some of my favourite artists. While the story of my Mother and Aunt is fabricated, we are going to be embarking on a “Girls” trip to Nice, France this coming June. (3 generations, including my daughter!) I am even more excited now to visit this part of the world which has inspired so much influential art. Thank you for setting this theme/creative challenge! It’s been so much fun.
Medium: Copper Foil Stained Glass

Dimensions: 19 x 26 x 15
Supporting evidence Forgery is genuine/ how you came into ownership : Last summer during a trip to the South of France, my Mother and Aunt visited many galleries, historic sites and eclectic shops. In one such shop, they fell in love with a couple of colourful mobiles. The pieces seemed a blending of Alexander Calder’s bold shapes and Marc Chagall’s-stained glass works. They just had to have them! Upon arriving home, they decided to do a bit of research. They discovered that indeed both Chagall and Miro were close family friends of Calder’s. And he was a very generous friend. He gave one-of-a-kind pieces of jewelry to Teeny Duchamp, Bella Rosenfield (wife of Marc Chagall) and Georgia O’Keeffe. The latter’s becoming a staple part of her signature fashion. When Chagall’s wife died unexpectedly in 1944, Calder gifted him a mobile to “cheer him up in his solitude after Bella’s death.” It joins Calder’s own vocabulary of abstract forms with Chagall’s “phantasmagoria” all the flying figures that bubble up from the stories and legends of Chagall’s youth. My Mother and Aunt decided to submit the pieces to The Calder Foundation for registration in the Foundation's archive and for examination. The committee that performs examinations includes experts, scholars, museum curators, and members of the Calder family. What an amazing surprise to be informed by the Foundation that the mobiles were indeed made by Alexander Calder. During a very brief period in the late 1950’s, inspired by Chagall’s work on the Metz Cathedral, Calder tried replacing his usual painted sheet metal with stained glass. While he enjoyed the experiment, he did not continue it for long. We are so thrilled to share these unique works of 20th Century Modern Art with our West Shore community.
Masterpiece Auction price: Est. $8-$12 Million at Auction
Artist statement: I have worked with Stained glass off and on for decades, often creating my own designs. I thought it would be a fun challenge to imitate Calder’s amazing Kinetic sculptures in glass. I thoroughly enjoyed the process, if frustrating at times! And the research provided a wonderful window into the lives of some of my favourite artists. While the story of my Mother and Aunt is fabricated, we are going to be embarking on a “Girls” trip to Nice, France this coming June. (3 generations, including my daughter!) I am even more excited now to visit this part of the world which has inspired so much influential art. Thank you for setting this theme/creative challenge! It’s been so much fun.
Medium: Copper Foil Stained Glass

Juror's Choice Award

Dimensions: 24 x 36 x 6
Supporting evidence Forgery is genuine/ how you came into ownership : How did I come upon these works of art? When visiting my family in Northland, New Zealand several years ago, my brother (who owns extensive properties in the area) was excited to show me something he had just discovered on one of them. It was something that he had not known existed when he purchased the property. We drove out though the bushland for several miles and there, tucked away within the bush, was this old shed, the windows giving light from old different coloured glass bottles, stacked atop of each other. My brother knew about my lifelong love of ceramics and he was watching me as we approached the small building. For some reason, the goose bumps were rising and I was holding my breath. On entering the shed I honestly could not believe my eyes. It was a potter's workshop, but one that had not been worked in for many years. Cobwebs and dust everywhere. There were photos of works in progress and pots that had been decorated but not fired yet, handle examples etc. as well as a group of pots that looked as if they had just come from the kiln. And there, on the wall was a work that although I knew instantly who had created it, it just did not make sense at all. The work had to have been created by Hundertwasser. I had studied extensively Hundertwasser's work, after being introduced to this amazing artist during my studies with Dr. Stanford Perrott, Art Teacher extraordinaire, in Alberta during the 1980's. I had never read anything about Hundertwasser ever using clay to express his art. However, I did know that he had owned and lived on a large property in the area for many years. But what was this workshop doing on my brother's land? There was no fencing and all I could think of was that perhaps Hundertwasser's property was actually adjoined to my brother's and the shed had been built across the property line. This was actually confirmed later, after research. It was the clay aspect that intrigued me the most - he had obviously conquered the technical aspects and must have been excited with the results. Was he planning to present these extremely rare works, made in secret, at an upcoming show? His last creative venture! Was this his depiction of man's Paradise, living communally together, enjoying his neighbours company over coffee? Unfortunately we will never know. Friedensreich Hundertwasser died from a heart attack on the 19th February 2000 on board the Queen Elizabeth 11. As requested he was buried naked, in harmony with nature on his land in Northern New Zealand, in the Garden of the Happy Deads, under a tulip tree. He was 71years old 1928 - 2000.
Masterpiece Auction price: $350,000.00
Artist statement: Apropros to Appropriation - I acknowledge the gift of access to sources during my Art Education, that have given me insight and imagination. Hundertwasser had a huge impact on me during my studies, especially regarding the freedom of creation. Insidiously but beautifully I see his imprint in my work and life that unconsciously appears from nowhere. Each of us are a sum of who has gone before us. We stand upon the shoulders of our ancestors and teachers and all of those who have given us guidance on this creative journey. When I read the information about the upcoming "Forgery" show I was intrigued by so many factors. I felt like someone was pushing me to apply for entry. Perhaps my brilliant teacher Dr. Stanford Perrott?
Medium: Clay and Glazes

Dimensions: 16 x 12 x 1
Supporting evidence Forgery is genuine/ how you came into ownership : In 1888 Van Gogh visited Victoria & met my Great Grandmother. While he was in Victoria he had the opportunity to see the beautiful pink cherry blossoms that lined the streets. When he went back to France he replicated the beauty thru Almond blossoms & sent his beautiful painting to my great grandmother which was willed to me!
Masterpiece Auction price: 5 million
Artist statement: Janie resides in Brentwood Bay, BC. She enjoys both painting, sketching & Plein air around Vancouver Island. She takes particular interest in documenting her travels with her husband through painting & sketching subject matter they encounter during their explorations. As well as using her husband’s photography as reference material. She feels her art allows an outlet of creative expression while offering a connection with the fantastic world filled with wonder & beauty that surrounds us everyday.
Medium: Acrylic on canvas

Juror's Choice Award

Dimensions: 20 x 10
Supporting evidence Forgery is genuine/ how you came into ownership : Provenance of two paintings possibly by AMEDEO MODIGIANI I found these paintings in an out-of-the way second hand/junk store on the edge of Montmart in the mid-eighties. I was travelling on business from Washington to Africa, and took a weekend between flights to visit galleries, and perhaps buy something of interest. Imagine my surprise when I found a small box with what seems to have been studio detritus, including the small unsigned pictures and shown here. The owner was unsure of their provenance, but since the firm from which he had secured this box had been the repository of a miscellany of items which were not taken by galleries or friends following the 1920 deaths of Amedeo Modigiani and his wife Jeanne Heburterne (by suicide) a couple of days later, the possibility that they were by Amedeo could not be 100% discounted. While these pictures – sketches really – had some characteristics of Modigliani’s style, they were much smaller than most of Modigliani’s output, and were lacking the multiplicity of marks typical of the artist’s work. But the apparent clincher for their being fakes was that these paintings were not on canvas, but on mdf (medium density fiberboard) the first version of which was discovered in the USA by accident in 1925, but only became widely available in the 1970’s. How could an artist who died in 1920 make paintings on an uninvented ground? The notion of time travel was common in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. H.G. Well’s The Time Machine was published in 1895, and such was its popularity it is just possible that some real world inventor stumbled on a working machine. Could it be that Amedeo, perhaps in one of his drunken interludes, managed to visit our present day and then return to Paris? Tiny as that probability is, it could also help explain these paintings’ rough ressemblance to two well-known (at least to ArtPod members) Metchosinites.
Masterpiece Auction price: $50,000
Artist statement: Who is not attracted by attractive people? Each is
Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 17 x 11 x 1
Supporting evidence Forgery is genuine/ how you came into ownership : Ted Harrison painted Canadian landscapes from the 1970s - mostly of the Yukon where he lived until 1993. He then moved to Victoria, BC and lived there until his passing in 2015. He illustrated many books including O Canada which is an engaging pictorial tour from east to western sea. I was in touch with Ted Harrison to get permission to emulate his style as a textile artist. He encouraged me (and thousands of teachers and school children) to paint our landscape as he saw it - wild, exciting, and colorful. I started and finished this felted and stitched textile hanging just weeks after he passed away. It is a real treasure. I really wish I had met Ted Harrison in person like many privileged Victorian residents. Just in case the viewer thinks this is "the real thing", I feel confident to say that Mr Harrison did not work with wool felt very much, if at all.
Masterpiece Auction price: $38,000.00
Artist statement: When I am not physically in a remote outdoor setting, I transfer my wishes into fabric art that serve to transport me into a beautiful setting. Since most of my art reflects this practice I'm thrilled when the viewer shares that experience.
Medium: textile art, felting, free motion embroidery

Dimensions: 28 x 22 x 0.5
Supporting evidence Forgery is genuine/ how you came into ownership : I came across this painting when I moved to my new home. We discovered a fake floor underneath a carpet. There was a trap door with concrete steps leading down into a concrete cavernous space that we realized was a swimming pool. I guess the original owner had built this indoor pool but had then abandoned the project half way through. They had built a fake floor overtop the pool, and put a carpet on top of the floor. This painting was found wrapped up in newspaper at the far end of the abandoned pool. Many questions remain unanswered to this day. But we did discover that this was indeed a legitimate Hockney, painted during his famous swimming pool phase! On the market it would be worth approx $65 - 70 million dollars Priced at ArtPod for $650
Masterpiece Auction price: 65-70 million dollars
Artist statement: David Hockney is another one of my favourite artists. I love his colourful compositions, the way is plays with texture and form, his bold exploration into the world of art, always exploring and pushing boundaries.
Medium: Acylic and oil pastel on board