Moebius

Moebius, Jean Giraud, dead at 73. A fantastic artist and storyteller.

Elucidating Inka / Doge

Copy II

This is a drawing I have been working on for some time. I have made a homage to Caravaggio, another favourite painter, using the composition and figures from his painting Supper at Emmaus from 1601.

I changed the perspective a bit because the point of view is higher in my drawing than it is in caravaggios painting.

Abraham Bloemaert did the same thing in 1622...

...and Rembrant in 1648.

Maybe Caravaggio had seen the Titzian painting from 1535.

Watercolor

I just recieved this beautiful painting, NYC Roof Tops, by watercolor artist Siv Spurgeon. Siv is a relative of mine and she and her husband Gene visited me at Juniper Hill earlier this summer.

You can see more of Sivs work at http://www.sivspurgeon.com/

Frazetta tribute and others

A frame from Dogs. One of the first pages penciled some years ago. Mårten is copying from Bridgemas Life Drawing (haven't we all?). He has a book with Frazettas Death Dealer, the painting from the previous post, just to his left on the table. It's not easy to see but there is a copy of Herge's Tintin in Tibet leaning in the bookshelf. Of course the Robert Crumb reference is more obvious.

Frazetta

On the 10th of May Frank Frazetta passed away aged 82. A great storyteller and artist.

I first saw Frazettas work in a "how to" airbrush book around 1978. Frazetta was a big influence for me in my early twenties. When I went to my first art school I soon realised that Frazettas art wasn't "real" art. But I'm over that now, 25 years later. Oops, getting a bit personal here.

Hockney

Still working preparing canvases. It's going well but not much to show. Found this great quote from great artist David Hockney.

“The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty– you know you’re an artist.”

Beautiful!

Painting.

I found som more inspiration from covers of old Hot Rod comics.

I have been working, stretching canvas, changing formats and sizes. At the same time the sketches, especially for the A-Bombs are developed. I'm pleased with how it turns out. New is the overturning '55 Chevy and the '40 Willys trying to avoid the crash. The Deuce Coupe has been there on and off from the start. It still needs a lot of details. The '31 should get an engine, the '55 and the Deuce are still rough sketches.

I hope to start painting on sunday when the gesso is dry.

I probably will work whith these paintings the rest of spring wich means i won't be posting a lot from Dogs for a while. You're of course welcome to follow the painting process.