A forty-seven year old failed musician. Destined to die at the bottom of the bottle.
After ten years and two bands, a rotation of musicians, it all came to a screeching halt. His passion squashed.
But little did he know the best was yet to come. . .
While visiting a former co-worker at her new job, he eyed a nineteen year old blonde. So cute he had to talk to her.
They became friends. And one thing led to another.
She learned he’s a former cartoonist.
“Draw me.”
“Ok.”
She loved it. In fact, she loved it so much that she convinced him to take Art seriously.
And once she took her clothes off for him, everything changed. He took it seriously. First drawing then colored pencils then watercolors.
And soon, he met another nineteen year old cutie at the local coffee shop. A shapely Latina with long black hair.
She saw his work. And also wanted to be painted.
The rest is history.
Roman Freely
Seven years, dozens of gorgeous models, and hundreds of paintings later, Opium Tales released an anthology of his artwork. Available now on Amazon.
Includes 124 pages full color of Roman’s paintings, sketches, and even photography. Uncensored and gorgeous, using the best quality color paper that Amazon provides us.
This will not only be your favorite coffee table book, all your friends will want to borrow it.
Most “artists” today are dorks with separation anxiety and pronouns in their profiles. Roman Riva lives how an Artist used to live. America’s last Bad Boy Artist.
So click the image below and buy yourself the hardcover plus a pair of softcovers for your best pals.
Opium Tales is Roman Riva, Anna Riva, Allie, and Roxy. Roman is the artist and photographer. Anna runs the business and the website. Allie is a model/photographer. And Roxy is a model.
The other girls you see are all either friends of ours or professional models, like Katie, Diana, Sophia, and Celeste.
Katie is the former North Texas Bikini Champion and now lives full time in Bali. She got signed to a major model agency.
Diana is a Romanian model who has an extensive career, including being in the print edition of Vogue Italy.
Sophia appears in a lot of B movies and has an extensive IMDB page.
Celeste recently got married to a wonderful man and we wish them the best and many, many years together.