This commission was requested via etsy by Helene V. of France, who asked me to draw something inspired by the phrase, “Enough to melt all the tigers in the world to butter,” from the H. Murakami novel, Norwegian Wood. I’ve never read the book, so I don’t know what it means, but I think the bewildering fog of “no context” is nice.
And in a classic “parading-laziness-as-resourcefulness” move, a Giclée print of this watercolor will be part of the “Year of the Tiger” show at GR2 in LA next month.
P.S.: pssssst hey rich people! Playful Extremities, the GRNY show I’m in, closes on Wednesday, and if yer at all inclined to own a “Hellen Jo” (it’s almost as prestigious as owning a black velvet clown painting), all of these watercolor drawings are available for sale here. TOSS YOUR MONEY MY WAY!
Here are the watercolors I did for the Playful Extremities show at GRNY, which opened over the weekend. They were somewhat rushed (so what’s new) but I think they came out alright. COULDA BEEN BETTER THOUGH
I also included the After Dark drawing I did back in November as part of the show.
All of these drawings are 9×12″.
I have nine paintings in a group show called Playful Extremities at GRNY in Manhattan, which opens in … three hours!
Please go buy these nine paintings, and fund my quest to buy a fake diploma online and fucking move on with my life already
Eric K. commissioned this painting as a Christmas gift for Claire D., whose favorite film is “A Nightmare on Elm Street”. He asked me to “re-interpret” the movie poster, but I didn’t stray very far from the original, which rules so hard:
I drew this fan art of Lamar Abrams‘ rad character, Max Guy, with diner waitress, Sybil, for the second round of I DRAW YOUR SHIT a couple weeks ago over at Electric Ant:
Lamar’s comics are really really funny. READ THEM!
