"My political art, "New World Disorder" became too real. I lost the country I knew, then I lost my parents. It was almost too much. To survive during so much crying and lying, I did the only thing I knew how - I kept to a strict diet of daily writing and drawing. "Occupied by Trumpistan" chronicles my personal - and the nation's journey back to sanity - from Trump's escalator shocker to the nation's 18 cathartic election of hope. 

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cover image from

The 45th, Worst Ever, and His Neanderthalish Proverbs

acrylic on gessoed watercolor paper 24" x 30"

n the multifigured paintings with complicated compositions, the action takes place where food, drink, and social gala activities are likely to unfold with dance, music, movement and social drama. He frequently paints himself into the scene but as the distant viewer observing with anticipation and stoic empiricism, to create a bit of humor as the straight guy who doesn't fully engage in what is happening and/or even his disdain for it. Allen Schmertzler has a point of view and he isn't afraid to visually voice it.

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