Oil on Panel, 24" x 18", 2013 Sold

Twain

During the early 1900’s there lived a great engineer/physicist named Nikola Tesla. Tesla was world renowned as the engineer that brought Alternating Current to the masses. Tesla never acquired a great deal of financial stability but because of his intelligence, charm, and reputation he made the acquaintance of many important individuals. Writer Samuel Clemens was such an acquaintance. Tesla enjoyed inviting visitors to his labs and giving demonstration of his understanding of engineering and physicist. It was during one of these demonstrations that Tesla invited Clemens to assist him with an experiment. But during the experiment something unexpected happened and Samuel Clemens was split in twain and became two people instead of one. They decided to call themselves Albert Einstein (because they like the ring of it) and Mark Twain (“Twain” to mark the strange circumstances of his coming into being).