One man's valiant fight against boredom.
(From the sketchbooks of Antsy McClain)
Thursday, May 13, 2010
I have no idea what this is all about. It started out as a doodle while watching an episode of LOST with my kids, and grew into this full-blown, um, thing. I'm developing it as a silk screen poster. Let me know what you think.
The trees in the background remind me of Yellowstone after the fires (still standing but no needles; distant trees obscured by drifting smoke). Definitely don't mean to say that Yellowstone fires were as, er, disastrous and ominous as the gent in the foreground; it's just what the trees bring to mind. Then there's the one chopped-down tree. One stump. And a maliciously pleased-looking fella and his parrot looking the other way but with the lines of their faces arcing toward the top of the stump. You might not know what it's all about, but I have a feeling Mr. Malicious does. Really like the way you did the trees. Reminds me of classic poster art from the 1930s.
Song writer and performer with the band The Trailer Park Troubdaours (NPR, XM Radio, film, television), Antsy McClain writes, sings and paints from his home studio in Nashville, Tennessee and performs his music wherever he's invited – and then some.
"Recently inspired by the sketchbooks of some fellow artists, I wanted to create a blog where I could share my musings, which are mostly created while traveling; in airports, on planes, in hotels.
My sketchbooks are filled with poetry as well as pictures, depending on what projects I'm working on at the time.
I hope you enjoy what you see."
Very "Poe"-etic. I like it!
ReplyDeleteThe trees in the background remind me of Yellowstone after the fires (still standing but no needles; distant trees obscured by drifting smoke). Definitely don't mean to say that Yellowstone fires were as, er, disastrous and ominous as the gent in the foreground; it's just what the trees bring to mind.
ReplyDeleteThen there's the one chopped-down tree. One stump. And a maliciously pleased-looking fella and his parrot looking the other way but with the lines of their faces arcing toward the top of the stump. You might not know what it's all about, but I have a feeling Mr. Malicious does.
Really like the way you did the trees. Reminds me of classic poster art from the 1930s.