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Black Velvet at the Velveteria
Admit it. When you were about 16, you longed for one of those fuzzy black velvet hangings. Was it those big-eyed puppies or Elvis or waves crashing on the shore. Maybe it was naked ladies or John F. Kennedy or Michael Jackson. Have no fear, they’re still around!
The Velveteria in Portland, Oregon started as a past time for Caren Anderson and Carl Baldwin. They found the velvet paintings at garage sales, estate sales, on eBay, in antique stores, thrift shops and in gas station parking lots. They began buying up paintings of kittens, clowns, devils, politicians, cartoon characters, movie stars, and presidents. When their little past time grew to over a thousand paintings, they opened Velveteria, the museum of velvet art.
Step inside (no pictures allowed) and cast your eyes and on these classics. But keep your hands to yourself. The museum holds 170 paintings that have been separated into sections including one section designed to be looked at under the famous black light. Don’t miss “Botox to Detox”, velvet pictures depicting the surgical evolution of Michael Jackson.
So don your bell bottom pants and check out the Velveteria.
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