Gollum, perhaps the most alarming of the post 9/11 pulp paintings, was almost a failure because the head did not bind to the background during pressing, so I had to take scissors to it. Although he is not as pretty as the rest of the series, he evokes that event, for me, more than the others do. It was gorgeous morning, it had rained the night before so the sky was intensely blue. And then there was the sulfur grey, not quite yellow, thundercloud of smoke shot with red from the raging fire. His face, agape and googly eyed, much like my face was that morning, says it all.