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oil painting / acrylic paintings and airbrush. . .    Alan G. Brooks - Jimi Hendrix /  - Summer '68 - detail. Oil on canvas. Alan G. Brooks - Randy California - SPIRIT - Kaptain Kopter - [Kaptain Kopter 2] - pen, inks and airbrush on paper. The pic at top is a small section from an oil painting on canvas - "Summer '68" - Jimi Hendrix - George Harrison. I was interested in 1968 as it was then that I started to appreciate - deeply appreciate - the whole bourgeoning psychedelic "scene."  Magazines like "OZ" started to appear at the local newsagents. OZ, significantly an abundance of illustrations by Martin Sharp within it's pages. I had never seen anything like that before. My picture of Randy California above is influenced by much of what I saw in Sharps work. Desraeli Gears and Wheels of Fire by Cream are still some of my favorite pieces of art. The Randy California piece - above - is an ink drawing on photo...