Enamel on board, 1966. Signed and dated lower right, framed. 24 x 30 inches. The Square Rainbow is widely considered to be one of the most pleasant pieces of original art that Dutch ever painted. Depicting an almost plaid background of red, blue, gold and white, it is uniquely colorful and endearing in an almost positive manner. From the plaid emerges a ghosted image of an eyeball along with a small conical shape, which occupies the lower left hand corner of the painting. Painted in the left side of the eye is an unmistakable dollar sign, the presence of which is by all accounts best described by Dutch himself in a conversation with Temma Kramer, a Professor in the Department of Cinema and Television Arts at California State University at Northridge. Dutch explained to Kramer that the painting meant, �Money is a square person�s idea of what is at the end of the rainbow.� It is widely thought the painting was done in his Reseda, California garage. There Dutch placed a piece of cardboard or wood on the wall and whenever he was using the last of the paint in his spray gun he would �tape off� parts of the painting and spray the piece with another color. The result is this truly fantastic, colorful, accidentally imaginative painting comprised of materials including a variety of automotive paints, including candies and �flakes. After many taped off painting sessions he added the remaining elements and named it the The Square Rainbow. An interesting point of interest in the painting is the inclusion of the dollar sign inside of the ghosted eyeball. Dutch despised money, but acknowledged its necessity in society. To earn just enough to get by, he painted and striped anything and everything that people brought his way. Jimmy Brucker did not pay Dutch a �salary� per say but instead Brucker gave him money when he needed it or offered to buy or commission creations from Dutch. This suited Dutch�s anti-mogul style, nevertheless many believe this is also why he included the money sign in this particular painting, as a way of reflecting on everyone�s need for cash. One of Dutch�s most unique and original pieces of artwork, The Square Rainbow shows an almost softer side of Dutch and his artwork. His talent is evident in everything that he created, but perhaps most eloquently in one of the simplest of the original paintings he created. Exhibition History: Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach (July 17 - Nov 7, 1993); Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore (Dec 3 - Jan 23, 1994); Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle (May 29 - July 17, 1994)