Check Please!

Man seated in front of a canvas filled with checks and the bold statement "IF YOU WANT A NORMAL LIFE GET A NORMAL JOB."

Ryan Serhant, of Million Dollar Listing fame, commissions Kristin Simmons to create customized artwork that merges his experience in the real estate world with his spirited personality. In what has become an almost yearly tradition, Serhant delivers to Simmons a manila envelope filled with his previous year’s commission checks.

Process

Artist Kristin Simmons working on an art piece made of checks.
A three-dimensional artwork filled with crumpled dollar bills.

Using these checks as a backdrop, Kristin implores her signature style – bold, graphic and colorful – to materialize pieces that provoke thought and elicit conversation.

Detail of a canvas covered in checks with black paint strokes spelling out “Get A Normal Job".
Close-up of a signed check for $108,000, displayed among a collage of various checks on a canvas.
Side view of a wall of checks with "IF YOU WANT A NORMAL LIFE GET A NORMAL JOB" painted across in black.
Perspective view of a canvas covered with checks.

The Collection

With audacious typography like “If You Want A Normal Life, Get A Normal Job”, or entertaining visuals like Ryan riding a rollercoaster blindfolded, Kristin’s pieces evoke the whimsy and impishness present in the very serious work of a high powered and highly successful professional.

2018

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2018 ☆

  • “If You Want a Normal Life, Get a Normal Job.”

  • 48(h) x 60(w)

2019

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2019 ☆

A man and Krisitn Simmons posing with a large artwork of a blindfolded rollercoaster ride, with a speech bubble saying "GET FKD!" against a backdrop of checks.

  • “Get FKD!” - see the inspiration behind the piece here

  • 60(h) x 48(w)

2020

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2020 ☆

Artwork featuring a wristwatch with the phrase "DON’T LIVE BY THE YEAR, LIVE BY THE HOUR" on its face, in front of a collage of checks.

  • “Don’t Live By The Year, Live By The Hour.”

  • 50(h) x 50(w)

Man smiling confidently while wearing a white T-shirt with a printed mock check.

T-Shirts

T-shirt design with a mock check stating "NOT A NORMAL LIFE, NOT A NORMAL JOB" from "The Serhant Team".

The series was so well received that Simmons and Serhant also created a limited run t-shirt with the text from the original piece on a graphic-inspired blank check.