AUTOBIOGRAPHY UF LAWRENCE "TURK" LE CLAIR Page 6.

Return to California in early 1964. Live in
Mill Valley. Hamilton Camp is my neighbor. I meet the Committee.
Birth of
Pleasence LeClair my 2nd daughter. Read "Man and his Symbols"
by Jung. Painting all the time . Paint "Mushroom City."
Sausalito, 1965. Work with Cliff Roberts, Gate 5 artist. Live with ALE.
In a group show_in SF at the
Vorpal Gallery.
Sculpture class College of Marin. Do some silkscreening and cut some
woodblocks.

Ernest Rabkoff Gallary in Los An ales - Show of my work-

Emporium gives me a job In the Display Dept. I build the sets for
Toyland and Santa. move to Larkspur. move to a big studio
in San Rafael. It's the Former clubhouse of the Marin
Hells Angels. I met alot of the Angels.

The birth of my 3rd daughter Olivera LeClair.
1966 - We all go to N.Y. Separate from w1Fe and two daughters.
Eldest daughter Laura and I go to L.A.

Acid Test - I live at Hugh Romney's house on Lemon Grove St. in
Hollywood (See: Tom Wolfe's book. The Electric Kool Aid
Acid Test.") Start doing body painting. face painting.
Eiving at the Lemon Grove house is Romney. Doc Stanley.
Neal Cassady (see: Jack Kerouac's book, "On The Road"),
Tiny Tim and most of the Merry Pranksters.

Mural in Day-Glow under the blacklights at the Sunset Strip Acid
Test: music by "The Grateful Dead." I see the Acid Test
movies. I know now after so much cross-country travelling
that the message is done, the word is out. At that time
Ken Kesey is in Mexico.

Sunset Beach South of L.A. I live at Taragoo studio. I'm given
free plane tickets.  We fly to N.Y.  Laura goes to live with 
her mother and sisters.

"Summer of Love" is starting in America.

1st Easter BE-IN Central Park. I start to paint with acrylics.

"The Underground." I paint day-glow murals for a blacklight
night club below the Cafe Wha? on MacDougal St.
Kentt Featheringill also painting murals there.
Village Voice gives the murals in "The Underground" a good review.
"The Gas Heart"  by Tristan Tzara is produced by R. Cordier and
T. Baum. Two performances on Saturday night at the
Gallery Dacha are filmed by "Visions, Now" Film Co,
CAST
Andy Warhol
Gerald Malanga
Robert Cordier
Tim Baum
Turk
Plus other N.Y. painters and poets

Geller Dache - I have a show of drawings.
"The 4 Winds" - A mural by Ksntt and myself in a club on 4th St. of
the same name.


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