Monthly Archives: December 2009

Kris Lewis

Great realism and emotion. The hardest part about figure painting in my mind is making the subject seem like an actual person you would pass on the street, not just a painting-person.

Paul McCarthy

Dirty Disney. The sketch quality of these is great. It really reflects the in-and-out messiness of our imaginary, tainted with bombarded images ranging from oversexed advertising, to (my beloved) disney.

Solange Knowles covering Stillness is the Move

This Dirty Projectors cover hits it right on the nail for me. My love of collage extends to the audio realm, and that means remixes and covers. Sampling Dr.Dre with indie melodies? It’s heaven. Listen here.

Sebastian Schrader

Odd content at times, but interesting in its 1) HUGE attention to space. Total working of a scene from floor to ceiling 2) shifting between photorealism and more painterly strokes within the same piece. I could use that talent.