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I bought two paintings from a guy claiming to be an Israeli art student maybe a year ago. Surely no connections to the DEA or any government agency do I have. The guy was going door to door at small businesses, was super polite, believable, and happened to have a couple of paintings I liked. I bought 'em.Hey, you should take a picture & post it here! (Don't forget the extreme closeup of the frame... :-)
It would be pretty easy to verify if these were truly art students selling artwork. Find out what company they're working for and contact that company. Since no one seems to know who these students worked for, I have to assume they were here for nefarious purposes.
Over the years, we've had people going door-to-door in our neighborhood. Many of them use bogus "college student" claims. One said he was a scholarship soccer player at UGA when, in fact, UGA doesn't have a soccer team.
Anyway the artist said he was Israeli, but I kinda wonder if maybe he wasn't albanian or something.
Not that I'm any expert; I'm Presbyterian. Come to think of it, maybe that explains the black velvet thing too.