L.A. EROTIC ARTIST LAUNCHES BANK PROTEST IN LATEST PAINTING; SOCIAL PROTEST MOVES ON

LOS ANGELES - Erotic artist Will Griffith, also known as 'Epicenia', has released a new painting, attacking the U.S. banking system and specifically attacking Chase Bank.

The painting, done in oil on canvas, is plated in gold. The gold is a symbol of greed and ambition, says Griffith.

The painting, called "TARP", is meant to be a protest painting against the system that granted a $700 billion dollar bailout to the banks under Bush and Obama. Griffith said he was put in jail in 2001 for writing several bad checks in an attempt to get off the streets and ended up serving an 18-month sentence. He said if justice in this country was truly just, "the politicians and the bankers should answer for the crime of taking the money of the American People under the condition of lending it out and then pocketing the proceeds and buying more congressional influence". Griffith plead guilty and launched a social protest under the argument that the banking system was out of control.

Griffith said this will be his last painting for the year. He is concentrating on promoting the erotic art of Nancy Peach and the upcoming book of poetry by his ex-lover, Alysyn Ayrica Bourque. Bourque is the author of 'BLACKLIGHT CHRONICLES'.

Griffith said he has learned much since being on the streets and being convicted of "that which I've done everyday in the name of capitalism".

Griffith argues that political influence has ruined the fabric of the country and while he believes in second chances, they need to be brought into our era.

"When the system chose to place me in prison for a financial infraction, and housed me with violent criminals, it changed my perspective. I am not angry. I am enlightened. This is why I am such a proponent against prison rape. I don't wish that on any banker or politician in the country. What I do wish is that this country could determine justice based upon a standard which fit the crime. I will always be reminded of that one night, simply because my check over extended my bank account. I was tired of selling myself and wanted out. Now, we have an entirely new generation to save. While children continue to die in Darfur, we are throwing children and our best generation in America into a system that they can not survive and that turns their heads at violence. I guess if you make a mistake, you pay the price".

Griffith also said he would be closing his Facebook account soon. He said he knows who his friends are and who the real ones will always continue to be.

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