According to local faerie folklore a Dillwyn is the distant cousin of an Irish Goblin. The Dillwyns immigrated to North America from the Celtic Otherworld after the Roman invasion of ancient Ireland. Most settled in the great oak forests that once covered what would one day be known as The State of Michigan.
Dillwyns avoided all contact with humans until they discovered the existence of Red Licorice, a confectionery treat that has an intoxicating effect upon the central nervous system of any Dillwyn. It is believed that the first Red Licorice raid on a candy store by the Dillwyns took place in Wyandotte about 1890.
These strange little creatures are powerful spell-weavers. By merely raising it’s arms and wiggling it’s fingers in certain mystical patterns a Dillwyn can change colors like a chameleon, summon lightning, make snails sing, bring great luck or misfortune to humans, and more than a thousand other magical diversions.
After months of midnight negotiations and the exchange of over 100 lbs. of Red Licorice, Biddle Gallery can now offer a limited edition of the first genuine portraits created by Rick McQuaid of a Dillwyn known to exist anywhere in the modern world.
For a long time Rick McQuaid's interest in creating art was secondary to his desire to write and become a published poet. Rick's abstract art has been a way to move beyond the words and rhythmic structure of a poem into a deeper subconscious realm of expression based on color and random form.
Rick experiments with different forms of expression to keep himself interested and motivated. Many of his pieces are comical Dada influenced anti-art that tries to deflate the whole pretentious intellectual image the world of art represents to most people.
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