Diablo Toro
by Bencasso Barnesquiat
Title
Diablo Toro
Artist
Bencasso Barnesquiat
Medium
Mixed Media - Acrylic On Canvas
Description
This is the seventh piece in the misfortune series, and it has an inscription on the lower left hand side. The whole Misfortune Collection was painted in 2020 when I was having a real hard time keeping positive. I had not had a girlfriend in 4 years, and was feeling angry at times at myself for having left Karen to pursue my career in music and art. It was before the Pandemic, and my brother had just been arrested and was looking at doing some really hard time in San Quentin. All my life I had done my best to keep track of him. He has had long periods of homelessness, and some really significant substance abuse issues. I had saved his Section 8 housing 2 times when he was about to be evicted, I went and negotiated with the property management companies and their lawyers to not give him an eviction on record if he just moved out. He would have lost his housing voucher if a legal eviction were on his record, but I wasn't able to prevent his eviction the third time. He had gotten arrested for photocopying 100 dollar bills, which he was passing to his heroine dealers because he and his girl needed fixes. Well, he was remanded to rehab by the C.A.P.P. program for non-violent offenders, and has been clean since 2020, and has been really careful not to violate his parole. He's paid to help me with things around the house, and drives for door dash. We also busk together. He stays in my studio a few nights every week, and tries to help his homeless girlfriend Janee. He's a real sweet guy with a real sweet soul, and she struggles with mental illness, as Josh also if afflicted with what my mother and I are afflicted with. I don't mind any more, M.I. leads to living a life of excitement. Excitement when you don't want it. That's why Josh and I play music and do art. To keep us out of trouble. We have a YouTube channel called "The Brothers Barnes". Check it out.
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January 31st, 2022
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