TSA
Joined: Aug 31, 2006
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TSA
Aloha Tiki Tribe!
Oh Mondays....ergh....
I have the bane of all artists, lower back pain. Meaning sitting or standing in the same position for a long time is extremely difficult.
And, some mornings, it seems are worse than others. I slowly crawl outa' bed and stretch these aging bones, get em ready to be propped up in front of a canvas to try to block out the pain and slap on some paint.
Today it seems to take few hours before my lower back muscles would un clench, and relax, and the pain ease off so I could think and start my day.
Oh well...
BOOK REPORT time!
Like most the artists I know I have a few Art Books that inspire me. I have Robert Williams books. Toddd Schorr's books. Mark Rydens' books. And, the many others, but I think the 4th horseman in "most books owned" would be "Ragnar".
I love his seemingly endless ability to crank out beautiful graphic design. Things like Space Ships. Rock And Roll Posters. Sexy girls. Monkeys. Tikis. Monsters. Robots. And His special obsession with Halloween; all this seems to really groove with my vibe as well. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE SHAG. But, somehow Ragnar speaks to my inner "graphic designer part of the Artist's soul even more.
See, my Achilles Heal is I'm an OK artist, but I'm a terrible "Graphic Designer". Fonts. Color choices. All that stuff, freaks me out.
Ragnar makes it all look so easy!
This new book is a massive hard cover, slip case, tomb, of ten years of his very productive post y2k years. IT's called " called "Eponymonstrous!" If you have his slimmer books, you have much of this, but there are many other things in here too, like sketches, and a rambling interview. And the Book is self is a piece of art. Beautiful.
I be digging it so far.
However, if you want to see his best, most halloween-y work , in a slightly larger page size, but smaller thinner, less expensive books, I still love his "Verndculin" and "Chromophile".
Yes, this also makes Ragnar the guy with most unpronounceable art books ever as well as being darned good! (Exccept for "Big City" an art book for a mysterious project that I still am not sure if it's a comic book series, an animated series, a film or what? But, wow, all these d=character designs are so sweet!)
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Brad (Tiki Shark) Parker
"Brad Parker creates lurid paintings that pull in influences from tiki, comics, and rock."
[ Edited by: Tiki Shark Art 2014-03-10 13:05 ]
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