I wanted to be a painter. I wanted to be a rock star. I ended up being neither – and both.

I was raised in New Jersey, came of age in San Diego, gained notoriety in Los Angeles, now calls the world my home and Nashville my return address.

Eyes Wide Open is my first book of a storied career.

“After all, my work has been based on a vast coterie of influences: 24 hour diners, erotic photographers, epic history, punk rock, art books carried across Europe in a backpack, [Bob Carlos Clarkes “Dark Summer” & Cheyco Leidmann's “Foxy Lady”] faeries, cheap booze, tall tales, lost nights, major statements, the challenge of “can it be done”, religious and sexual landmines, reasonable doubt, heavy metal and… did I mention those girls with their eyes lined with kohl? You get the idea.”

Scarpati, Eyes Wide Open
2010
ISBN - 978-0-9839393-0-6
12 x 12 hardcover
84 pgs