The work of Ontario-based artist Sarah Joncas generates interesting visual narratives with a rich color palette.
Mike Worrall
Mike Worrall has been painting since the early 1960’s and claims he is almost entirely self taught. He concentrates his subject matter towards exploring the subconscious with an appreciation of Paul Delvaux and Max Ernst amongst others.
Don Kenn
Don Kenn’s work makes me imagine an alternate universe where Maurice Sendak’s “Where the Wild Things Are” is instead written by H.P. Lovecraft and illustrated by Edward Gorey. Don’s vision and execution is wonderfully creepy.
Happy Labor Day
Tire Sculptures
Recycled art in the form of used tire pieces.
Sketchy Duel
Some animated fun from the minds over at Bird Box Studio.
Monster Friends
A set of four posters by artists Alex Pearson, Jeff Kandefer, Andy Young, and Julian Baker comprise the fun Monster Friends set.
Fur Face Boy
Check out the express train goodness of Fur Face Boy. He offers up the triple threat of: creating cool design, exhibiting tremendous marketing skills with a huge following and lastly, being a genuinely great guy.
Monkey Monday-Big in Japan
Next month the International Primatological Society will convene in Kyoto, Japan for their 23rd Congress. ChetArt’s monkey business will be a part of the festivities, thanks to the efforts of Laura Marsh. I met Laura last month in San Diego during our Comic-Con event. She runs the comic shop and gallery True Believers in Santa Fe and is also a director of the Global Conservation Institute. As a participate in next month’s Primatological Congress, she will be a presenting a symposium and teaching a pre-congress course. Perhaps most importantly, she’ll be exposing her colleagues to a variety of my monkey personalities in the form of Sinister Simian and Steampunk Monkey buttons that she purchased to re-sell while she’s there. Perhaps this will spark the idea for a future lecture on the migratory habits of evil, death ray wielding, megalomaniac chimps. Stay tuned…
(Above portrait from the beautiful and fascinating photo series by James Mollison.)
Andy Helms
Visit Andy Helm’s various sites for more fun, including his Dude a Day project.
Aaron Horkey
Beautiful line work and a brilliant collection of surreal imagery make Aaron Horkey’s work very satisfying.
Tilt Shift
The Tilt Shift photography technique has the unique ability to fool the eye into seeing the real world as a dollhouse version of miniatures. See more examples and tutorial links here.
Here’s a tilt shift shot of this year’s San Diego Comic-Con small press area, taken by KimonoKitsy Studios. Look closely for our booth on the far right.
AJ Fosik
AJ Fosik’s wood sculptures and richly detailed and visually arresting. See more of his work and an interview here.
Monkey Monday-Rat Rodeo
Jason Tennant
I enjoyed recently discovering the work of Jason Tennant, an artist who recycles the old remains of American chestnut trees into animated animal sculptures.
Tom Gauld
Some of Tom Gauld’s illustration work has a nice twist of an updated Edward Gorey flavor to it.
Magnificent Specimens
Austin photographer Dave Mead presents an impressive collection of portraits from the 2009 World Beard and Mustache Championship. Think you know your famous facial hair? Take this Mustache Test.
Mad Men Illustrated
Check out Dyna Moe’s great collection of illustrations from each episode of the great show “Mad Men.” My favorite episode to date is from season one titled “The Wheel”:
“Nostalgia – it’s delicate, but potent. Teddy told me that in Greek, “nostalgia” literally means “the pain from an old wound.” It’s a twinge in your heart far more powerful than memory alone. This device isn’t a spaceship, it’s a time machine. It goes backwards, and forwards… it takes us to a place where we ache to go again. It’s not called the wheel, it’s called the carousel. It lets us travel the way a child travels – around and around, and back home again, to a place where we know are loved.” –Don Draper
Monkey Monday-Extinct Cereal Mascots
Literary Pets
Coming this fall from Half Price Books: a “Literary Pets” calendar. Twelve of my dog and cat as famous author portraits will adorn the interior, complete with the accompanying text I wrote for each. A calendar cover was commissioned however the above color cover will be relegated to a sepia version for their final product.