Will, Petrich

Uncle Hoodlum was my first art teacher. He started the first West Bank School of Art aka Uncle Hoodlum's School of Art for Wayward Youth in the backyard of the Hard Times after shortly after the last Cedarfest. I didn't want to paint. I just wanted to hang out, drink coffee, and smoke things like cigarettes and stuff. He kind of tricked me and sold my first painting at the Viking to Johno for 2 hundred bucks. After that, I figured it was time to be an artist.



Will, Jeff "Uncle Hoodlum" Petrich