MICHAEL JACKSON'S PRIVATE ART HANGER

Jackson's sketch of the White House doors, to which he

added the following quote from John Adams:



"I pray heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this house and all that shall inhabit it. May none but honest and wise men [MJ's addition:] or women rule under this roof."



Until now, Michael Jackson's art collection was shrouded in mystery. It was said to be stuck in a legal dispute over possession. Then, people speculated that buyers such as Cirque du Soleil's Guy Laliberté were interested.



One crucial fact: Jackson's art collection isn't

art by other people -- it's mainly drawings and paintings

that he created himself.



LA Weekly was the first to visit the (until now)

top-secret Santa Monica Airport hangar that Jackson

used as his studio and art storehouse. The collection is

currently owned by Brett-Livingstone Strong, the

Australian monument builder and Jackson's art mentor

through the years, in conjunction with the Jackson estate.

Though the entire art collection has been mired in

disputes and battles for rights, Strong claims that

he is working with everybody -- the family, the estate,

as well as others -- to exhibit and publish as much of Jackson's work as possible.



Strong's own description of Jackson at work, during

the time where they shared a studio in a house in

Pacific Palisades, Strong adds:



He was in a very light and happy mood most of the time.

He would have the oldies on, and sometimes he'd hear

some of his Jackson Five songs. He'd kind of move along

to that, but most of the time he would change it and

listen to a variety of songs. He liked classical music.



His inspiration to create was that he loved life, and

wanted to express his love of life in some of these simple

compositions.



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