The Last Hollow Men: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and write the next chapter… Back in the 80s, following the release of Pink Floyd the Wall, I started seeing these images repeating in literature, film, and painting... oddly I found these nihilistic sentiments repeated in earlier works … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #99: The Last Hollow Men
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #98: The Hollow Men: Family
The Hollow Men: Family: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and write the next chapter… This is a revisiting of my nihilistic hollow men... an exploration and attempts to portray them with positive emotions. Inspired by the silly and ridiculous attempts to take a full family picture with … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #98: The Hollow Men: Family
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #97: Naive #12
Naive #12: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and write the next chapter… I was studying folk art and batiks and found great pleasure from drawing the components for these, before painting them... there are many other drawings and a few paintings... all quickly sold and spread around … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #97: Naive #12
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #96: Mystic Serengeti
Mystic Serengeti: The History: Here’s my story on this… I was studying African masks and wall art at the same time as I was immersing myself in science fiction books and films... this odd image stayed on my easel for a long time... until I found the silhouettes of theses tribal masks... the description of … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #96: Mystic Serengeti
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #95: Walking on Mars #1
Walking on Mars #1: The History: Here’s my story on this… One of Four: The red planet has a strange fascination for us and short series came after seeing a few movies on the Red planet... come walk with me. For some reason, they really challenge those who look into them...no two reactions are quite … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #95: Walking on Mars #1
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #94: Walking on Mars #2
Walking on Mars #2: The History: Here’s my story on this… Two of Four: The red planet has a strange fascination for us and short series came after seeing a few movies on the Red planet... come walk with me. For some reason, they really challenge those who look into them...no two reactions are quite … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #94: Walking on Mars #2
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #93: Walking on Mars #3
Walking on Mars #3: The History: Here’s my story on this… Three of Four: The red planet has a strange fascination for us and short series came after seeing a few movies on the Red planet... come walk with me. For some reason, they really challenge those who look into them...no two reactions are quite … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #93: Walking on Mars #3
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #92: Walking on Mars #4
Walking on Mars #4: The History: Here’s my story on this… Four of Four: The red planet has a strange fascination for us and short series came after seeing a few movies on the Red planet... come walk with me. For some reason, they really challenge those who look into them...no two reactions are quite … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #92: Walking on Mars #4
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #91: The Cactus
The Cactus: The History: Here’s my story on this… Influenced by Oaxacan art and illustrations I was studying... I believe that even the prickly cactus needs company… I was also loving a book of illustrations by Richard Stine and spending time in the local libraries going over several illustration books… considering this as a possible … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #91: The Cactus
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #90: The Hollow Men 88 – Bird
The Hollow Men 88 - Bird: The History: Here’s my story on this… I have to blame this one on Monty Python’s Parrot Skit. There goes my absurdist imagination again. The Hollow Men were inspired from a poem of the same name by T.S. Elliot There are perhaps other influences that rattled my subconscious when … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #90: The Hollow Men 88 – Bird
