Archive for May, 2009
Normal, OK book now available from Amazon
It’s easier than ever to get a copy of my book. Normal, OK, is now available on Amazon! Click here to order. Read more about the book here.
You can also get Normal, OK from Lulu.com, or, for a limited time, from the Gaylord-Pickens Museum Store (at a discount, while supplies last!).
Many of the characters from Normal (plus some new ones!) will be on display at the Gaylord-Pickens Museum in Oklahoma City this summer. Details here.
Leigh, by Paho, by Sarah
Leigh, by Paho, by Sarah. Acrylic on found fabric, 6.5 x 7 inches, 2009.05.14
Click the image to visit it on Flickr.
Being a gallery artist means scheduling shows months or even years ahead of time, which means I am more or less under deadline all the time (even if that deadline is a long way off). That’s good for me, I work well with a fixed timeline. But sometimes I get bogged down in the middle of a series and need to change gears.
That’s where Leigh came from. In a fit of frustration the other day, I pulled out some small canvases and went to work getting wet paint all over them. This painting is from a photo of Leigh Merrill taken by Paho Mann (two friends of mine from college).
Dr. Sketchy’s OKC: Lucky DeLuxe 05.03.2009
Lucky DeLuxe: Red Scare. Ink and wash on paper, 2009. Click image to view larger.
Drawn in honor of the recent controversy surrounding Oklahoma’s adoption of the Flaming Lips’ “Do You Realize?” as our official state rock ‘n’ roll song.
Thanks to Miss Lucky DeLuxe for travelling from Kansas City to Dr. Sketchy’s OKC!
Click here to see my other Dr. Sketchy’s drawings.
Click here to see the Dr. Sketchy’s OKC pool on Flickr.
Click here to learn more about Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School.
Steve Brodner Interviewed by Steve Heller
Steve Brodner has posted an interview (by Steve Heller) on Drawger. Anyone curious about why artists do what they do should read his point of view.
Brodner speaks with remarkable clarity about visual communication:
SH: Many of your caricatures
are politically motivated. Do you believe that
your art will have some impact on politics?
SB: Nope. I learned a long time ago that the point
of it has got to be the love of communication in
pictures with strangers about important things
in a way that has a chance to be meaningful
and compelling. How people react is up to them.
Some engage, some don’t. My job is to light the
lamp as best I can.