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Date: 2004-07-16 22:43:15

Comment:

A year or so ago I bought a Ron Keas painting of Marilyn Monroe.  I consider myself to be very fortunate to have a Keas painting in my personal collection.  The work of Ron Keas is lovingly orchestrated, and I appreciate his passion for his work, especially his depictions of Marilyn Monroe.

CMG is doing their job to prevent Marilyn's image from being overly-exploited in the realm of commercial purposes, but I personally feel that they go too far when they take action to stop an artist from creating and showing his work to the public.  An artist should have the right to express himself freely in this country.  Censorship by CMG or any other organization is the problem; not Ron Keas and his beautiful artwork.

I will cherish my KEAS Marilyn painting ("Golden Goddess") for the rest of my life.  Knowing that this man has such passion for his work makes the painting all the more valuable to me, as does the fact that CMG has interfered in his ability to continue to display and sell his work, therefore making it unavailable to the masses.

CMG should reconsider their actions and rescind their threats against Keas.  

Marilyn Monroe represented a lot of things to a lot of people in her lifetime, and since she passed away.  CMG should not keep someone who feels so lovingly toward Marilyn from expressing his emotions through his beautiful works of art; nor should they be allowed to prevent someone from buying one of these works of art to appreciate in their own home.

Bless Marilyn Monroe, bless Ron Keas, ans bless everyone who lights a candle in the wind to guide our beloved Marilyn home to our hearts.