a few head quick sketches
These are all within 20 minutes each during class while I am waiting for the students to get their first round of lay-ins worked up...some great characters in LA...
Godzilla vs. Kincade
This was for a show we did at Studio2ndstreet called Changes. The Idea was to remove an idea from our culture that a commercial vehicle built; Thomas Kinkade's cottages do not represent quality fine art. First, that quality fine art is nothing more than a Print, or more eloquently put, a Giclee, that has a few factory placed(stamped) wax and varnish made raised brush strokes. Second, your print is number 47,043 of 50,000. Do you feel special with that fine uniue purchase that 50,000 others have? And not to mention the plates, mugs, cheap posters, t-shirts and g-strings that have the same image printed on them, but yes, it was a one of a kind...moment! What better way to remove this notion than to bring another pop idol in to do his thing? You can see the way he is charging up his fire pit deep within to exhale another poorly built psuedo-medieval cottage. You can also tell in his posture he is bored because there will be no one coming to fight against him with all th
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So much understanding goes into each piece.
Love the constructive sketches.
Thank you for sharing. Seeing your work confirms I'm on the right track.
Wish I could pull a rope and haul your school into West Los Angeles.
:)