One legend is on the left in that photo.  Artem Nadirashvili has done some of the most outlandishly innovative screenprints on t-shirts that I have ever seen.  His shop midigroup is in Moscow in Russian. He is also a jazz fan and all around totally interesting dude.

Next to him is French screenprinter Michel Caza who has been screenprinting literally since I was born! He is one of the world’s best art screenprinters and he has worked with Salvador Dali, Matisse, Miro and I need not go on, that should impress you enough. He started the FESPA with other folks back in the 60’s and has been around the world making folks into better printers ever since. What is also impressive is that he simultaneously ran both a fine art studio and a regular commercial printing shop at the same time. Not just a fancy ass artiste, he knows the business inside and out.

Then there is Tom and there is Rick. We are Know-It-Alls. We have some irony going for us.  And what do we know? We know that we always have a whole lot to learn, particularly from guys like Michel and Artem.