Oy Gevalt Blue, 2024, acrylic on canvas, 24 x 24 in. / 60.96 x 60.96 cm.

Oy Gevalt Blue, Steven Epstein, 2024, acrylic on canvas, 24 x 24 in. / 60.96 x 60.96 cm.

Part comic exasperation, part real grief. " Oy Gevalt" liberally translated is "Oh Violence." In retrospect, at best, It's t an attempt at a portrait with Picasso primal energy brought through Warhol and filtered with Chuck Close.