Article: Artist Edits Bible With Black Marker and Scissors.

PALM SPRINGS, Calif., June 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Gay activist and iconoclast Charles Merrill, 73, a self-made millionaire, artist, fervent atheist and cousin of the co-founder of Merrill Lynch, is enjoying a prolific period of creativity by addressing his social concerns in his art. A move last year to Palm Springs, California, with its brilliant sunlight inspired Merrill to integrate aspects of Cubism into his latest work, particularly the use of form and bright color. Like Picasso and the passion of his mural, Guernica, Merrill is working with a profound sense of artistic purpose. He states, "The role of the artist is to fix unjust laws in the fabric of society that need ...

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