A VIEW FROM THE SIDE TO ANDREJS GRANTS STUDIO PLEIN AIR IN MAZIRBE LATVIA. SUMMER 2006.
STORY BEHIND THE TITLE ‘WELCOME TO MY COUNTRY’:
WE WERE WALKING TO THE BEACH AND I WAS WEARING MY AMERICAN FLAG BOXERS. ON THE WAY WE MET TWO LOCAL GUYS DRIVING FROM A SHOP. THEY WERE DRUNK. THEY STOPPED, THEIR GLASSY DRUNKEN EYES SCANNED US AND CAME TO REST ON MY "FLAG". THEN ONE SAID: “WELCOME TO MY COUNTRY!” AND THEY WENT AWAY.