All night googling!

Last week drummer Jason MacKenzie asked if I'd create a deadhead flyer for his world electronic collaborative gigs, and as usual, I go, " Yeah, great!  I'll have it in two days!"

A very, possibly clinically, retarded way to go about deadlining work.  So I stayed up drinking coffee all night and mostly surfing Goggle Image looking for inspiration, cause I'm feeling a bit blocked - it was like being in college again!   I rediscovered I have an affinity for Mayan art though!

I wanted to capture the idea that J Sunray , who plays western kit, tabla, dumbek, sequences and does dishes simultaneously.

So I kinda got two ideas for that...

Below makes me think of these guys , the Burnups, whom I talked to about playing bass for - they dressed up in whiteface with x's over their eyes [because they were supposed to be dead!]

I imagine mayan stationary looked a bit like this...

--wonder why i'm over here?

All this mayan stuff makes me think of Robert Hardgra...er, Farmer Bob's fantastic gouache paintings.  Check him out at http://www.farmerbobsfarm.com - you won't be disappointed.

I also began some work on some shirt designs for OHN and Atash, but haven't scanned that yet. One thing ata time, huh?  What I wouldn't kill for extra arms!

Gerald Scarfe!

Gerald Scarfe [the master behind the art for Pink Floyd's The Wall, and the Rolling Stone's lips n' tongue logo, amoung other things] will be publishing another book of his fantastic stuff.  If you've never seen it, you're missing out!  My first introduction to him was through the satirical cartoons he did for the BBC show 'Yes, Minister"  HE had a field day with Margaret Thatcher and Ronnie, for he is also a great political satirist and cartoonist, unafraid and unapologetic.

The similarities of style to Ralph Steadman and Francis Bacon are great.  They all like meat, just like I do!

Scarfe

BaconSteadman

I'm obviously on a different tack.

Lenahan

BTW, this drawing was made five years ago, but I really love something about it.

I haven't drawn this week.  Too many gigs downtown, and four irritating chairs to upholster.