Thursday, April 30, 2009

Adam & Eve I

This series will be printed to illustrate a delightful one-act play about Adam and Eve written by my own brother, the resplendent Davey Morrison. You can read his play here.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Monday, April 27, 2009

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Friday, April 24, 2009

NPR Final

Here's the final image for the NPR 2010 wall calendar. Be sure to order one when they're published later this year! This project was a lot of fun and a real honor to included.

Don Quixote: The Parliament of Death

Signor Quixote encounters a troupe of actors, set to stage a play called "The Parliament of Death." The actors portray Death, Love, a Demon, an Angel, and the Devil himself. When the figure of Death removes his skull-mask, a second skull is visible behind it. Don Quixote declares his passion for theater, "Since I was a boy I have loved mask-shows, and in my youth I have been ravished with stage-plays." All of Quixote is theater, a hall of mirrors where illusion and reality collide and often switch places.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Monday, April 20, 2009

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Friday, April 17, 2009

Hommage a Klee: I

Don Quixote: The Dubbing

“In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.” - Miguel de Cervantes

Thursday, April 16, 2009

POD Gallery

This has been in the works for several months, but now it's official: you can buy prints of some of my art online at the POD Gallery, based in Manhattan. Click here to check it out.

Nighttime

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Progress

I've made some progress on my NPR Calendar piece.

Run

Monday, April 13, 2009

Apuleius Drawings

I made these sketches as I reread one of my favorite books, The Golden Ass, by Apuleius. It's also called the Metamorphoses, and is from ancient Rome. It's a wild and hilarious fantasy that plumbs the depths and ascends the heights of humanity. The hero, Lucius, is transformed into a donkey and mingles with robbers, murderers, prostitutes, ghosts, witches, a guy with a nose made of gold, lovers, priests, and gods. He witnesses the whole mess of late-Roman life, from street violence and sexual degradation to the wistfulness of love and spiritual transcendence. It's a sort of ribald Romana Commedia. As Oscar Wilde put it, "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." And it's also the source of the profound and lovely tale of Cupid and Psyche. These sketches aren't in any particular order.