My favorite living painter was just sentenced to two years in prison..He is a saint not a criminal…we should throw the modern trash heap in jail and not the only living thing next to Rembrandt!!!
http://mobil.aftenposten.no/a.mob?i=4201363&p=aftenposten
rough translation
Ok… They claim that in the period from 1998 to 2002, he has sold paintings for 14 million NoK (approx 3 million $) that He has not reported as income. This has been an ongoing case for a while, and now it ended in court. He had a bank box in austria where he deposited a lot of cash (about 900.000 $). They claim that He has done a lot to hide his income that he got from selling paintings. He – on the other hand says that He kept the money there as a security to pay collectors that had complained about paintings They had bought and the paint melted when it became warm and the painings were ruined (He had a problem with his paint mix for a while and many og his works Are ruined). He also claims that he has no idea about numbers, and He couldnt be an artist if He had to know all about numbers and taxes 
He says that He has paid taxes to iceland, which were supposed to paid to norway. So He claims to be not guilty. Today He was convicted to two years of prison! And probably about 2 mill $ in tax fines.
I have started a petition to protest this…PLEASE SIGN
About Me
Alex Gardega is a NYC based artist with an international following. His media of choice: oil painting, watercolors and glass.