A World AIDS Day Portrait of an Artist
Known for his signature performance painting, Lou Rudolph is not forgotten
Artist Lou Rudolph’s life was as colorful, vibrant and bold as his paintings. His dark, untimely death to AIDS two decades ago, when it was a scourge and nothing more than a death sentence, was equally as somber. The former guest lecturer at Brookdale Community College, Long Branch resident and friend to many in Monmouth County was nationally renowned for his giant avant-garde acrylic paintings in which he captured the energy of countless performers from the east to west coast, many of whom were, yes, famous. Sporting a sly, toothy grin, twinkle in his sky blue eyes, Lou Rudolph harbored a true love of seeing to it that talented people leave their mark somewhere in this world. So, he’d show up at show after show, uncontracted, unpaid, to …
Lisa Rudolph-Watson
12:17 am on Sunday, December 2, 2012
What can I say, but that you captured his spirit and his larger than life heart with wings! more ›