The man who claimed to be artist Luc Sonnet, also known as Richard Carl Grossman, convicted on federal fraud charges.
- Luc Sonnet on digital art
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Grossman downplayed any harm done by his bogus resume - after all, a Sonnet print is a Sonnet print, international repute or not.
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"They still have the same value," he said. "They still are fine art that I created and that I spent endless, endless hours and endless, endless days working on."
As for the signed prints bearing dates within his prison stay, Grossman said he hand-drew the images behind bars. "If it wasn't for drawing and painting, I don't think I could have survived," he said.
When he got out, he "refined them" by computer, he explained, and signed them with the dates they were conceived.
Asked about his well-traveled, unfinished canvases, Grossman fell silent.
"Why are you asking?" he said. "They are in progress."
Not that it, or anything he does, is anyone's business, he added.
"People make mistakes, and they're allowed to have a second chance. . . .
"I made another mistake. Big deal."
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