Flat Stanley
If God Gave Rock and Roll to You, he apparently also put a paintbrush in your hand.
You may not have known it, but longtime KISS singer Paul Stanley is an artist. And, to judge by his appearance at the Wentworth Gallery in Tyson’s Galleria Saturday, he’s a pretty popular one at that.
Fans of the facepainted frontman lined up as early as 8 a.m. for the event, which ran from 12-3 p.m. At one point, “the line out the door was so long that mall security called to complain,” said gallery director Anne Dorman.
In fact, the gallery had to place its own guard at the door so the fans wouldn’t bum-rush the room all at once.
As for face time with Stanley, that was restricted primarily to those who had pre-purchased one of the dozens of paintings that hung in the gallery, plus a couple other folks who had commissioned portraits from the artist.
And what does a Paul Stanley original go for these days? Anywhere from $1,500 for a portrait of he or one of his fellow bandmates to $67,000 for a large format, abstract piece.
