Every Whiskey Tells A Story, Don’t It?

Most people used to have whiskey for drinking, but if you lived in Akron, Ohio a hundred years ago [or whatever measurement of time the millennials and sub-millenials and uber-millennials use to describe the 1950s] then you came to a realization that whiskey could only carry you a certain distance and at that distance, something else had to be done. What had to be done turned out to be painting. Thus was born the Whiskey Painters of America.

The idea is simple – go to your favorite local bar or tavern, order some whiskey from your local bartender, bring a paintbrush and watercolor kit with you, drink some of your whiskey, drink some more whiskey then dip said paintbrush in the whiskey and begin painting whatever images or hallucinations begin appearing in your head and keep it on a canvas no larger than 4×5 inches. Obviously, the cheaper whiskey might tend to produce more hallucinations than images but you never know what will appear. All we know is that we like some of the organization’s bylaws, which include – promoting the good fellowship of imbibing artists and to permit an artist to enjoy two out of the three greatest pleasures of life while sitting on a bar stool – but the most challenging part requires artists to produce their whiskey Picasso by candlelight after 10pm.

The permanent collection of past and present whiskey painters can be located at the Whiskey Painters of America site.