Born in 1924, Ellis Eringer was a jazz drummer, acted on Broadway, and drew animation for Walt Disney. In 1969 Papa Duke moved to London to focus on fine art. He discovered Padre Pio, the intercessionist. It is believed portraits Papa Duke painted of Padre Pio helped heal the illnesses of those to whom he gifted those icons. One of his large portraits of Padre Pio graces a wall inside St. Nicholas Cathedral in Monaco. Papa Duke died in 2008. This blog reveres his memory.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
PIG-OUT
PAPA DUKE had a weakness for ice cream sundaes. The diet always started "tomorrow."
In this cartoonish painting, he pokes fun of his proclivity to binge on dessert, to the detriment of his wife and three sons.
