Daniel Damascus Kimery
Have you really been sober over 20 years?
Mat Gleason
December was 20 years
Daniel Damascus Kimery
I have been sober for 3 days and it's already getting on my nerves
Holy Shit.
Mat Gleason
find a hobby and eat a lot of candy
Daniel Damascus Kimery
Even if it is just alcohol that you qit for that long I am still very impressed
no
Mat Gleason
Everything.
Daniel Damascus Kimery
sugar is the number one killer
Mat Gleason
quit caffeine in 2012
Daniel Damascus Kimery
Wow
You are on a higher level
Mat Gleason
alcohol is metabolized in your system as sugar -a beer has more metabolized sugar than a snickers bar
Daniel Damascus Kimery
I am a Mutuel at The Race Track. I make about 20 an hour when you addtips in
good point
How do you deal with the art industry being sober seeing as how it is rife with drunks and drug heads?
Mat Gleason
i just smile
they are their trip and i am on mine
Daniel Damascus Kimery
Do you like Horse Races?
There is a huge Market for Horse Racing Art where do you stand on this trend?
Mat Gleason
I lose my asswhen I play the ponies.
In art i do not follow the market I follow the artists
Daniel Damascus Kimery
One of My Mentors Gary Simons got countless multithousand dollar commissions through that genre
cool
so you mean that you have bet at the tracks before
Mat Gleason
oh yeah
Santa Anita
Daniel Damascus Kimery
and you never seem to have any luck there at least with betting on horses?
Mat Gleason
They just closed Hollywood PArk here, beautiful track
I tried to get Bukowski to tell me his system but he wouldn't
Daniel Damascus Kimery
So you are into Horse Racing then?
If not what draws you to it?
Mat Gleason
I used to gamble on anything
Now I jsut gamble on art
Daniel Damascus Kimery
Holy shit that is deep
Do you mind if I post that?
Mat Gleason
I don't mind
Daniel Damascus Kimery
That is what I love about you Mat even though I have never met you in person I can tell that you live your life like an open book.
What sort of Art is Coagula taking a gamble on right now?
Mat Gleason
The only way I know how
Coagula is taking a gamble on a variety of art
eggs are in many baskets
Daniel Damascus Kimery
I hear you. Owning a Commercial art Gallery can be a lot like owning a Race Horse huh? It's all a game of skill and risk.
Daniel Damascus Kimery
I'm sorry for stearing the conversation like I always do, but after talking with you about Vanity Galleries and what is wrong with the Art World and how they mostly tend to plague small towns I thought it would be good to talk about what is good in the Art Industry and from what I am seeing people( even people who aren't in to Art) are having an overwhelming reaction to Sports Art especially as it purtains to equine and canine racing art
Daniel Damascus Kimery
this is high stakes big money
and some of these owners are so rich that they are commissioning world class artist to portray their animals
Mat Gleason
He I would love a portrait of my dog
Mat Gleason
HEY I WOULD LOVE A PORTRAIT FO MY DOG
Daniel Damascus Kimery
exactly
there are people in this world that would pay a million dollars for a painting of their dog
straight commission
I'm sure that I could google references
Speaking of Arkansas will you ever come Visit Alice Walton's Crystal Bridges Museum?
It is supposed to be one of the best in The Continent.
If not as a businessman then at least as a patron?
Mat Gleason
Probably one day
Daniel Damascus Kimery
I hope so
I would love to see an article about it in Coagula Art Journal
You can always stay at my place if you ever come to Arkansas.
She also owns Walmart btw.
Mat Gleason
I know a little about Alice, yeah
Daniel Damascus Kimery
lol
I'm just fucking with you.
You showed be on the phone who the alpha male is.
At least Intellectually.
Thank you for talking with me Mat.
Consider my offer. I have a Cabin on Lake Hamilton.
You can check out Hot Springs and Little Rock too while you're here.
Mat Gleason
maybe one day - good night DDK
Daniel Damascus Kimery
Gnite. Thanks again for wasting your time on me. lmao
