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| One of the pieces from SPACES Monster Draw Rally April 12, 2014 |
Last weekend all six of the Rust Belt Monsters descended upon Spaces Gallery for their annual Monster Draw Rally fundraiser. We painted two 4'x6' murals in 5 hours (More photos on www.rustbeltmonster.com soon!), and I had a chance to share someone from my sketchbook who'd been tooling around for three years.
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| Original concept sketch, with added paint splatters from the mural. |
I keep every sketchbook, even if they only have one drawing in them. They serve as a way for me to communicate with my past, and now as a father, to communicate to the future. Without a doubt they are my most valuable possession.
I hadn't been to SPACES gallery in three years, and it seemed like a perfect opportunity to look through those sketchbooks and see where my head was at the last time I was there.
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| Early sketchbook piece circa 2011 |
Three years ago was when I started drawing in earnest, and when I started putting double page stream of consciousness spreads in my sketchbooks. The fella in the left corner popped up a lot in those pages usually rampaging a city. Having three years between the pages, it felt appropriate to give him a paintbrush, since that's how I've been rampaging the city since then.
I still say he needs to pop up again! Love this sketchbook piece, I think we need to talk about doing some intaglio prints. You Sir are built for them!
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