“The human figure is coming back into fashion in painting, and what are all those poor [expletives deleted] going to do now? They never learned how to draw.” –Thomas Hart Benton, referring to painters from the Abstract Expressionist movement, via Robert Wernick
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I shot this on the inside, exterior sill of the Western Auto building in downtown Kansas City. Cupric is available in 1600 x 1200. Just right click and Save As (Windows) or Option-Click (Mac).
Back when I was in art school, I served two semesters of hard time in Dr. McDermott’s ‘art in the dark’ (art history) class. I both loathed and loved that class; it was so amazingly hard and fascinating at the same time. McDermott was thoroughly convinced that you could not learn the history of art […]
I made my first plushie last week, Nightcrawler from the X-Men. I say ‘first,’ because I plan to make some more. It was quite a challenge, as I didn’t know how to sew (except for leather or book pages) or how to use a sewing machine, so I had to get quite a bit of help […]
In 1997 I went with my friends The Celt, his wife (Mrs. Celt), Tony, and Stickler to my first rasslin’ event: WWF Monday Night Raw is War on October 6 in Kansas City, Missouri. The previous day had been pretty eventful, with the Kane and the Hell in a Cell match making their first appearances in St. […]
One of my more comically miserable memories involves Star Wars nerds, and lots of ’em. The year is 1997. My friend Dave calls and says he knows this guy named Steve who was trying to put together a big fat Star Wars convention in Kansas City, and the guy needed artists to help. I had […]
My wife Heather has posted a funny and extensive story about her many jury duty experiences over the past few years over at her blog. I’ve never had to go to jury duty, but I was subpoenaed to appear as a special witness a few years ago because I had worked with the local police to draw […]
Little known fact: Theodore Roosevelt simultaneously invented pants and coined the term “teddy bear” by ripping a bear in two and jamming his feet through the bottom half.
A while back a guy emailed me because he was considering going to art school, and wanted my advice. Here would be my list of things I wish I had known when I went, that would have made my life a lot easier: The instructors don’t care who you are. Talent is cheap and common, […]