Travis Louie, Mr. S Frog, 2014, acrylic on board, 14 x 11" Sold
Sam "Froggy" Jones worked as a trainer at a race track and if he was given a certain amount of money, he would advise which horses appeared to run particularly well just before post time. Sam didn't speak English particularly well. He usually made burping and croaking noises while moving his eyes back and forth really fast. Strangely, it was a rather easy language to pick up and it became easy to spot his racetrack "clients" in the stands as they too, burped, croaked, and moved their eyes wildly as the horses sped around the track. "Froggy was so well-liked and his language was so infectious someone even claimed to see a horse burp, croak and move its eyes wildly in one of the stalls. When he was arrested for his "insider tips" and brought before a judge, the judge burped, croaked, moved his eyes wildly and dropped all charges. |