Money never changed hands, so the need wasn’t financial. And he’s never considered himself to be a great artist, so it wasn’t ego. So what could inspire a gifted artist to create copies of famous masterpieces and then donate them to unsuspecting museums?

Words by Paige Townley
Read by Matt Godfrey
Original Music by Kyle Carpenter & Wilder Adkins
Cover Photo by Stephanie Davis & Austin Richardson

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