Paul Blaine Henrie (1932?1999) was an American painter and illustrator who was best known for seascapes and coastal scenes. Henrie was born Paul McKinley Henrie in Tampa, Florida.[1] He established himself in 1960 in the artist community of Laguna Beach, California, where he lived in a hillside home with his wife and child.[2] Henrie later moved to Carmel, California. Henrie became known for his watercolors and palette-knife oil paintings of California coastal scenes as well as exotic locales he had visited in Tahiti, Mexico and New Orleans. In works prior to 1961, his signature is "Paul Henrie" or "Blaine". Afterwards, he signed them "Paul Blaine Henrie".[3] Henrie was criticized for "prostituting his undeniable talent" because he readily admitted to sometimes pumping out dozens of paintings only to maintain an expensive lifestyle.[2] Henrie boasted he was the "fastest pallette in the west" and could produce several paintings in a day.[2] He said he only did it for sale in tourist trap-type art galleries "when I need a load of bricks." He said, "It may sound crass, but when I hear the bell and see the carrot, I'm gone."[2] Henrie reserved his best work for his collectors and several prestigious galleries like the Grand Central Art Galleries in New York. Notable celebrities who bought his work included Vincent Price, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra, and Princess Margaret SIZE:37 3/4 x 30 1/4" ART ON PAPER References ^ Muller, Jerome (May 1970). Orange County Illustrated. ^ a b c d e Berkman, Leslie (September 10, 1975). "Laguna Beach Art -- It Aims to Please". Los Angeles Times: p. C1. ^ McClelland; Last, Jay T. (April 2003). California Watercolors 1850-1970: An Illustrated History and Biographical Dictionary. Hillcrest Press. ISBN 978-0-914589-10-5. ^ "Author:Henrie, Paul Blaine". WorldCat. worldcat.org. http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AHenrie%2C+Paul+Blaine%2C qt=hot_author. Retrieved 2011-10-02. ^ O'Neill, Ann W. (April 6, 1988). "Carmel Politics: Fastest Mud in the West". San Jose Mercury News. p. 1A. ^ a b c Foley, Jack (October 16, 1992). "Artist Admits Forging Work, Claiming It Was By Surrealist Miro". San Jose Mercury News: p. 1B. ^ Boatman, Kim (May 27, 1992). "Artist Areested in Alleged Forgery of Paintings". San Jose Mercury News: p. Born 1932 Tampa, Florida Died 1999 Nationality American