Shabs Beigh: Salvador Dali

Shabs Beigh
1 min readJan 16, 2021

While we were in Santa Monica, myself and my art agent Leon Jeffrey were lucky enough to meet some amazing people from all walks of life. I was blown away by a story from one such gentleman, Luciano.

He used to live next door to Salvador Dali — the (now) well-known Spanish surrealist painter. However at that time, Dali wasn’t a famous painter, and would often bother Luciano for food etc. On one particular day, he took an expensive tie from Luciano and proudly signed his name across it — Salvador Dali. Although he meant it to be a thoughtful gesture and an investment, Luciano was not at all happy and when Dali left he binned the tie!

Decades later, we could laugh over coffee together at Luciano’s hasty mistake. The moral being: Never throw away something an artist has signed for you — It may just become worth something!

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Shabs Beigh
Shabs Beigh

Written by Shabs Beigh

I am an artist based in Cheshire (England) represented by Saatchi and Paul Smith Design. I have been painting for over 25 years. www.paintingsandprints.co.uk

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