Steven MaierSteven Maier was born after Mickey Mouse became America's cultural mascot, under the morning shadow of the Hollywood sign. The Spring of 1947.Inspired by a comment his University English professor made: You could be the next Bret Harte... writing hasbeen an aspiration since childhood, (along with being the second baseman for the Giants; an Olympic diver and an overnight success). Life and reality led in other directions.A career spent mostly in the art business is the fodder for this book. From Selling Freddy the Freeloader clown reproductions by Red Skelton, with Red, for a few hundred dollars, to an original Matisse oil on canvas for millions of dollars, my half-century in the art business has been full of surprises and delicious stories.From being asked to be an advisor on a segment for the original Antiques Road Show in London to writing the definitive story: Hawaii's First Real Painter: Jules Tavernier for Honolulu Magazine. As well as Strokes of Genius for Island Home Magazine, Maier has shape-shift: Changing directions and roles to stay relevant in this feast and famine art business.The biggest role change was becoming Sonny Pops, Hawaii's Ambassador of Pop Art. The nom de brush encapsulates the idea of being the son of pop art and the father of Nu'u Hawaiian pop. An attempt to figure out how pop art would look re-contextualized. If Warhol was born in Waikiki Sonny thinks that pop art would look sunnier. Read More Read Less