The Goon by Eric Powell

I can't get enough of this comic book...its a combination of gangsters,beautiful dames, noir, and zombies! Powell creates an amazing world with some memorable characters - this comic is regarded as one of the most original - a title rightfully earned!

Pop Surrealism: The Rise of Under Ground Art

Edited by Kristen Anderson
ISBN-13: 978-0867196184

Loads of gorgeous glossy pics from Robert Williams, Mark Ryden, Joe Coleman, to many to name here! Also some great essays regarding pop-surrealism and low brow art.

Rabbit & Chicken Sculptures

Images courtesy of Riptheskull and Mypurplecrayon on Flicker

Wasps

More reference for yet another piece I'm working on. This one is very close to completion :excited:

Pomegranates, Starlings, and Japanese Beetles

Popillia japonica (Japanese Beetle or Jitterbug)

Sturnus vulgaris (European Starling or Poor Man's Myna)

The name "pomegranate" derives from Latin pomum ("apple") and granatus ("seeded"). - Wikipedia Accessed 9/06/08
Reference for a new piece...

Jennifer Phillip Slack

Wonderful local artist...gorgeous colors. I finally found this artists website : http://www.jenniferphillipsart.com/>

Pigeon Post Part 2

More visual reference for an upcoming project.

A great website for looking at bird related postage stamps (including pigeons):
http://www.birdtheme.org/mainlyimages/index.php?comb=72001000&s=72

Amazing facts about pigeons website:
http://www.deterapigeon.com/21-amazing-facts-about-pigeons.htm

Pigeon Post

Some visual reference I've gathered from Google image searches. Its fascinating to think about the roles pigeons played carrying secret information during times past...

Chris Conn Askew

I found this artist through Corey Helford Gallery. Great stuff, wish I could get some more images to post.
http://www.sekretcity.com/

Ursula von Rydingsvard

Von Rydingsvard�s massive sculptures reveal the trace of the human hand and resemble wooden bowls, tools, and walls that seem to echo the artist's family heritage in pre-industrial Poland before World War II. Having spent her childhood in Nazi slave labor and post-war refugee camps, the artist�s earliest recollections of displacement and subsistence through humble means infuses her work with emotional potency. Von Rydingsvard builds towering cedar structures, creating an intricate network of individual beams, shaped by sharp and lyrical cuts and glued together to form sensuous, puzzle-like surfaces. While abstract at its core, Von Rydingsvard's work takes visual cues from the landscape, the human body, and utilitarian objects—such as the artist�s collection of household vessels—and demonstrates an interest in the point where the man-made meets nature.[my emphasis] - http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/vonrydingsvard/index.html]

http://www.barbarakrakowgallery.com/exhibition/exhibition_details.php/id/1009 ArtNews January 2007