At Steve Otis’s last exhibition in a local venue in Quebec city , one of his pieces was vandalized by a customer as she felt it was “to aggressive” and felt “harassed and haunted ” by the subject  of Steve’s painting.

Here is the painting “ALL MY LOVERS, DREAMS AND DESIRES”

The suspect, a young woman in her early twenties defaced Steve’s artwork by repeatedly piercing the stretched canvas with a set of keys more directly on the masculine organ featured in the piece.

Luckily some vigilant staff members were at the scene and quickly subdued the perpetrator and contacted the local police.

Presently charges are pending against this person and we are awaiting a positive identification before we take legal action against her.

Art can sometimes push the boundaries and explore dark places. In those cases we can say that the piece has made it’s point and served it’s purpose, However ,to destroy a piece willingly is beyond comprehension.

We will keep you posted on further developments as the case progresses.