EARLY WORD: Requiem For Palookaville by: PhawkerPosted on: December 7, 2006November 12, 2022 PW: “His paintings are of bagmen and boxers, ninth street peddlers and mobsters, broken women, beautiful women, celebrities, historical figures, Philly icons, loan sharks, and so on. They are honest and raw and moving and tell a little bit about what its meant to be alive today."