[Joe 6-pack]

My primary mentor in college was an ethnically Greek art professor who dabbled in illumination, but whose primary passion was religious icons. He would crank out pieces of art that look like they were looted from Balkan monastaries...

One of the poplar panels he was aging warped and rather than discard it, he went ahead and did an Elvis icon...complete with gold leaf background. It was so technically perfect and yet so anomalous that the overall effect was hilarious.

I've always been fond of the dog paintings...but then I've always been a dog guy.

[Conspiracy Guy]

I love dogs too !

[Liz]

Greek art professor .....would crank out pieces of art that look like they were looted from Balkan monastaries...

I am very much in awe of art forgers and their ability to duplicate virtually any work of art---the Old Masters----even down to the unique brush strokes of say, a Seurat.

There's several books written about forgers......one of the most famous is David Stein.