Minnesota Vikings Purple People Eaters on TV
Minnesota Vikings Painting
My niece was watching
a Minnesota Vikings verses the Dallas Cowboys Thursday night football game on
NBC the other night. After a after a
commercial, one of the paintings I did for the Minnesota Vikings, US Bank Stadium "The Purple
People Eaters" flashed on the screen.
I am not
sure in what context they showed my painting. or what kind of
reference they made about it. She had a
chance to photograph the television set with the painting featured on the
screen and then posted the image on her Facebook account.
It is always a surprise to me when I am watching either a
movie or television show and, all of a sudden, out of nowhere one of my
paintings shows up on the screen.
Generally I am supposed to be informed and sign a release for the use
the image with the purchase of a painting.
Then I am not informed. I have
had images pop up a couple of times when
something crops up completely out of context to the painting.
Paranormal Activity 2
The oddest experience was when I was watching a horror -
scary movie and in one of the opening scenes one of my paintings is in the
background. I am not sure which movie
but it was from the movie series. Paranormal Phenomenon I think it
was called Paranormal Activity 2.
What is so odd about the painting is that it's of a guy who
was walking past my studio with a parrot on his shoulder. I asked if I could photograph him with the
parrot and took a few shots One of the photos was of him holding the parrot on
his hand. I had sold the painting to an
interior decorator/designer for a client. I totally forgot that I had done the
painting then a couple of years later it appears in the movie.