Original Artwork by Craig Peihopa

Well after a rather interesting period of time, the artwork I have completed this afternoon for Jeans for Genes to be auctioned off in August are the jeans worn and hand signed by none other than Hugh M Hefner. Synonymous with Playboy and associated paraphernalia. He is now 88 years old I believe, and is an icon of the 20th century.

A hand signed photo of him has sold recently for a rather large sum, so I wonder how much his jeans will fetch! With all the proceeds raised going to the Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI) I am happy to continue with my art in anyway I can to help this great cause into early childhood disease understanding and prevention. I say this in no way to boast, but that I am so happy to have helped raise almost $60k for the CMRI with the several paintings I have done for them.

I also feel to say that whilst I love art, and the process of being creative, I look like I am painting by numbers compared to soooo many artists I know and have been honoured in a small way to work with, whose work is breathtaking.  I am neither a subscriber too, nor a reader or viewer of Hugh's PLAYBOY or any other associated magazines, but I have loved the process of creating this one off art piece.