Collection: Beer Bandit

The Beer Bandit is one of my favorite paintings and, without question, one of the most iconic images in the FLYN catalog. It's a mischievous raccoon caught in the act after getting into a case of Pabst Blue Ribbon, painted on a piece of shipping board that my mother saved from a furniture delivery. On the painting the words Assam Green are printed across the top from the original packaging adding to the wonderfully strange story of the piece.

I painted the Beer Bandit quite a while ago but it has become one of the most recognizable and beloved images in the entire FLYN catalog. There's something about that raccoon - his expression, his joy and the ridiculousness of the whole situation that people just connect with.