While Ringelstetter was in Tarpon Springs, Florida on his super tour, he met an eccentric, fun individual named Jay Kafcus. Kafcus loved Ringelstetter’s work and commissioned him to paint a mural at his house because he loved the Forbidden Zone painting. Ringelstetter was booked solid with his upcoming tours, so it was a year later before he was able to make it over to Kafcus’s residence to begin the mural. It would seem that the elements were not on Ringelstetter’s side. It rained for five straight days while he was there and it was the worst weather this section of the country had seen in years, but Ringelstetter pulled through and created a large mural including UFO’s, the Tree of Life, wormholes, portals, Jimmy Hendricks, and Kurt Cobain, just as Cafcus had requested.
Darienne Keniece