3G+1G=4G

Feeling restricted by the limitations of ASOP's 3G Show, I was inspired by yet another mid-eighties hero, Nigel Tufnel, to go beyond the norm and break through into uncharted territory (G-wise). That's right- FOUR Gs! Ghostbusters, Gremlins, Goonies…..and Goya!

Each of the drawings are based on an etching by the super-great Spanish artist Francisco Goya (above). Well, the one is based on a painting, and it turns out that after much debate and x-ray diagnostics, he may not have even been the one that painted it, but hey.

My Gs go up to 4.

Title: Sta-Puftus (after Goya's "Colossus")
Medium: Pen, ink, toothbrush on Arches watercolor paper
Dimensions: 7.5" x 9.5" (frame is 12" x 16")
http://www.eeweems.com/goya/coloso.html

Title: The Sloth (after Goya's "The Simpleton")

Medium: Pen, ink, toothbrush on Arches watercolor paper
Dimensions: 7.5" x 9.5" (frame is 12" x 16")
colnav.csglasgow.org/starobject.html?oid=418314

Title: The Sleep of Reason Produces Gremlins (after Goya's "The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters")
Medium: Pen, ink, toothbrush on Arches watercolor paper
Dimensions: 7.5" x 9.5" (frame is 12" x 16")
www.museum.cornell.edu/hfj/handbook/hb128.html

The variety of great work and ideas I've seen on the blog ought to produce a pretty spectacular show. Thanks much to Joe for including the elderly in such an exuberant event. Buena suerte.

La Colaboraćion

"In Mexico the first and second of November belong to the dead. According to popular belief, the deceased have divine permission to visit friends and relatives on earth, and to share the pleasures of the living." - Chloe Sayer, Mexico: The Day of the Dead: An Anthology

"La Colaboraćion", Pen and Ink, Photoshop

This is my submission for the Dia de los Muertos Show. It's a self-portrait with my Uncle Mike, who was a great artist and art teacher, and who was probably the person most responsible for making wee little Jay B. think that an artist was a really cool thing to be. He loved Halloween and he used to make my brother and I Halloween cards decorated with Roger-Dean-meets-Tim-Burton pumpkin landscape type imagery (I know, right? Even on the envelopes! )
He was smart and brave and wickedly sarcastic.
He was thoughtful and generous to a fault.
He'd love this.

That's him there with my boy.