Obscure artist, Tom Hicks, has recently sold two paintings rumored to be in the millions!

Businesses in downtown Waukesha were buzzing last week as Tom Hicks walked from tavern to bar in his newly purchased tuxedo with checkbook in hand. Stunned proprietors and bartenders up and down Main Street commented on the artist’s recent sales of his latest works.

“He had that new suit on and really looked nice. Smelled good, too. Usually he smells like cigar smoke, bourbon and, well, like wet carpeting. I was set to throw him out of the bar again until he got out that checkbook and paid off his tab from the last couple of months.” Said James (Toots) Riley at the Peoples Park Restaurant.

Betty Laconovich, owner of Skully’s Tavern, commented: “I seen him comin’ and I yelled to Cecil, ‘Close the door. Hicks is on his way in here!’, but Hicks got in before Cecil moved his fat behind. Anyway, He paid his tab, paid for all the graffiti he painted in the bathrooms, paid for the broken bar stools, and that big mirror he smashed last week, too. I called the bank and nearly fainted when they said his check was good!”

Our reporter caught up with Hicks at the Downtown Bar & Grill where he was paying-off another large bar bill. Hicks claimed that his new “Dinner Series” of paintings were sold for, what he claimed, millions.

“My first was Another Dinner at the Neanderthals and I followed up that one with Hurrying Home After Dinner. This creepy guy comes into the Almont Gallery and writes a check on the spot. Didn’t even ask the price! Said Hicks. “So, I threw in a big one that I just finished called Hidden Birds because of all the money he was spending. They’re gone now. Some guy that works for the buyer picked them all up last night. Hey. Can I buy ya’ a drink or some Slim Jims, or something?”

Below are photos Hicks gave to our reporter of the works:

Another Dinner At The Neanderthals – 30″ x 40”

Hurrying Home After Dinner – 48″ x 24”

Hidden Birds – 48″ x 60″