Post #348176 by hodadhank on Thu, Dec 6, 2007 8:21 PM

Yipe! Warts and all...

They look so sloppy now after twelve years. Thank goodness the black and whites were published at about 50% of this size.

As I recall, this image accompanied an article about native islanders vs US aided Japanese conglomerates, shitting on native kapu to build more fucking golf courses. A different version, long lost, wrapped the explosive tikis in an american flag touricate.(B&W acrylic on canvasboard)

...an editorial illustration that accompanied an interview with Joe Stephenson, a Jamaican tropical muralist living in the desert. I thought the publishers were insane for insisting upon my work instead of Joe's for a frickin' article about Joe, so i tried to allude to his method and influence without imitating his style.
Joe dug it. (B&W acrylic on canvasboard)

Natives in prison face caucasion indifferance to all they hold sacred. Often discouraged from non christian communal worship and denied traditional religious sacraments, Cochiti, Zuni, Navajo and Mescalero Apache faced further humiliation from white guards cutting their hair — a symbol of native pride. (B&W acrylic on canvasboard)

The cover of a desert music mag: when mopey grunge was king and every two horse town was convinced they were gonna be the next Seattle! LOL! Imagine a masthead above and tons of stupid band names on the left and right of the dead pinon tree. (B&W acrylic on canvasboard)

"One does want a hint of color."

Anybody remember Lyle Alzado? It's hard to remember a time when steroids were regarded as harmless, but when one of the NFL's biggest badasses shriveled down to a drooling skeleton in just a few months, every juicing jock took notice. (color acrylic on canvasboard)

Some other sports thing... God it's ugly, but I still like the rhino's right glove. (color acrylic on canvasboard)

Plenty more of this stuff but none of it even remotely tiki...