"THAR SHE BLOWS!"

I was just playing with a vintage book with this piece.

New Yorker....

This is a real great vid I lifted from Juxtapoz.com

So well I'm on the subject of Juxtapoz...Check out this great tee by "SKINNER"

Bob Dylan Rocks

Sometimes I flip through a magazine or a newspaper and clearly see that the writer does not know their story. They might google it or have a basic under-standing of the subject matter, but does not have a common connection with the subject matter. Yes there are deadlines and the editor might hand something over to the writer that is alien to them. But after than it is the writer's responsibility to do the research and get to know the culture and environment that he/she is writing about. It is not going above and beyond, it is just being a good writer.

I'm not a big fan of music reviews and I rarely listen to Bob Dylan, but I have to agree with Dylan on this. The interview speaks for itself.

-AR3

David Ellis

Hopewell (2008) from David Ellis on Vimeo.


Never throw out your old VINYL......

-AR3

Sussie the little blue car---THE ORIGINAL 'CARS'

So this is not my artwork....BUT I might pay homage to this cartoon soon and replace this video with the sketch. This was by far one of my favorite cartoons as a kid. Maybe the reason I still enjoy a cartoon every now and than.

**UPDATE** I just did a real quick sketch.

-AR3

Carnivor

2HEADED PIG- Refers to the many times
I saw the pig head being used as an logo or icon.















HANGING PIG- This refers to the constant
push to sell pork for way less than beef.


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I sketched these two after a three year period of working at a meat market. I would constantly see the faces of people when I was cutting meat. Especially with children. There was always a shock value behind animal flesh being cut or sawed. I guess it was a surreal sound, almost like the animal was being slaughtered on-the-spot. Almost everyday in the winter and fall people would come in wanting pig feet cut into small 1 inch square pieces.

There was also a fascination with ham, so much that the meat market would go through 10 pounds a day sometimes. Countless hours of cutting pork and the constant usage of a pig as a icon or logo for meat manufactures inspired these drawings. Hope not to offend any vegetarians or vegans out there. As for the "Live Free" and "Eat Pork" lettering on the first sketch, "Live Free" refers to a gallery I had plans in opening one day. Well the "Eat Pork" refers to how brainwash people were by the lower prices of pork meat and the constant image of the pig being feed to them. That is just my opinion from working behind the counter for more than two years.

-AR3

El Pato - Tomato Sauce

This sketch was from the series of my previous entry. It is a close up of the duck on the can of El Pato tomato sauce. As a kid and even as an adult I sometimes put Mexican style tomato sauce on my food. The taste is better than any Taco Bell hot sauce packet could ever give you. I learned this year that the tomato vegetable is from Mesoamerica. Mesoamerica was the native ground of great civilizations like the Maya, Olmec and Aztecs. Today the tomato is rich in Latin culture and is used in everything from rice to baked dises like enchiladas. Just thought I share that with everyone.

-AR3