Prints of this stunning painting are available in 3 sizes. Archival paper prints have a print surface of 20" x 14" ($130). Standard format canvas prints are a limited edition, signed and numbered print series with a total production run of 500. Print surface is 24" tall by 18" wide ($450). The ultimate collector will need the Grand Format signed and numbered print! This room dominating canvas print measures 48" tall by 36" wide ($1200). Only 200 of these will ever be printed! The prints arrive in a standard USPS shipping tube. Please allow 10 business days from receipt of payment for shipping within the continental US. The purchaser is responsible for all matting and framing.
 
"Seeing all the faces emerge from the singular cannabis flower remind me that each of us are also connected and at the core of all things is a unity that we can only see when we step back and see the image from a greater context...the style is clearly that of an Earle Rock piece, his uniqueness shines through and this wonderful image is recognizable as being created by his hands. "The Devil, The Doctor, The Deliverer" is a top contender for my favorite piece, right next to, "Ancient & Always II". Christopher E, 
"This painting is a triumph of color and concept. The blend of the organic, botanical form of the plant with the subtle humanity of the faces creates a striking contrast that is both beautiful and powerful and imbues the painting with an otherworldly aesthetic. The artist has skillfully incorporated the intrinsic beauty of nature and human existence. It evokes both the avant-garde and the personal in an interplay of hues that enrapture the viewer."
Heather N,
"That painting just sucks you right in and does't let go, it's Fantastic!" Adam E,
 
Like many Americans, I was born to parents who believed the propaganda of the War on Drugs. Unlike many Americans, I was born with Cerebral Palsy. I believed the propaganda until I began to explore. There was nothing addictive here! I was never plagued by compulsions to consume more, driven to madness, or commit murder. This was no Devil!
 
As I aged, the invincibility of youth wore off and my condition caught up with me. Cannabis then took on the roll of physician. It became a balm to my increasing and chronic pain. It relaxed my body in a way nothing else had. When coupled with rigorous Yoga, my joints unlocked and my body began to realign. I began to move as I could only imagine an unaffected body does. Cannabis helped to deliver me from the grip of a spirit I thought impervious. What I was tapping into, not only physically but also metaphysically was a tradition that nearly every culture around the World has known since before recorded history, that there is a link between psychotropic substances like Cannabis and Spiritual rituals. 
 
The West has a complicated relationship with cannabis. Prior to 1937 cannabis was traded legally across federal boarders. The Social Purity Movement (a national organization of churches) funded a radical propaganda campaign that linked the perceived dangers of “marijuana” to minorities and immigrants. Their efforts included the 1936 film Refer Madness. The film warned white parents that their children were being lured into trying marijuana. These children would become addicted, suffer hallucinations, descend into madness, and commit crimes. One character even committed suicide. The film escaped the Motion Picture Association’s rating system under the “morality tale clause”. 
 
A public outcry arose. In 1937, the Marijuana Tax Act, led by Harry Anslinger (Commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics) made cannabis illegal across the U.S. In 1971 Nixon declared drug abuse “public enemy number one”. Top Nixon Aide John Ehrlichman later revealed that the War on Drugs targeted Black People and Hippies; demographics that posed political threats to Nixon. From 2001 to 2010 alone, 7.2 million Americans were incarcerated for cannabis possession. Over the last 50 years the U.S. has spent an estimated $1 TRILLION on The War on Drugs; statistics which disproportionately affect communities of color.
 
In 2012 Colorado passed amendment 64 which led to the legalization of recreational cannabis in 2014. To date, 37 states, D.C., and 4 territories have either decriminalized cannabis or legalized it for its’ medicinal purposes. Since 2012 medical research has shown that cannabis helps: regulate blood pressure, reduce inflammation, treat anxiety/depression, treat gastrointestinal disorders, prevent seizures, fight certain cancers, relieve chronic pain, treat Parkinson’s, treat glaucoma, slow Alzheimer’s, etc. 
 
The Cult of Personality series is meant to explore that which we think we know. This piece is intended to provoke. You are the mirror that this piece reflects. What is your personal experience? What beliefs do you bring that this piece reflects? Is cannabis; “The Devil”, is cannabis “The Doctor?”, or, is cannabis the spiritual “Deliverer”?
Or maybe this is just a painting of a bunch of Potheads.
 
Earle Rock
"I work to rid me of them
And them of me."