I have avoided this post for a while now. Initially it seemed too easy, but now I am no longer sure how I feel about the work.
I have mentioned before how I consider Jan Saudek an influence on my work. I am influenced by Saudek, Saudek is influenced by Goya, therefore am I influenced by Goya? Goya directly influences many artists’ work. His influence is one of the reasons he is in the history books. Can you take influences and subject matter, and interests and draw parallels? Does stating obvious parallels to great artists of the past make your work more significant, more artistic, more acceptable?
Goya painted La Maja desnuda
(More so than normal, the rest of this post is not safe for work.)
Continue reading ‘Porn Stars as Art’
Lots of em . . .
Edit: I have moved my St. Pat’s photos, here.
I guess this is as close to Chris LeDoux as I ever came, even though it’s actually Garth Brooks.
Continue reading ‘…the white line’s gettin’ longer…’
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I enjoy taking pictures of people, but I enjoy taking pictures that I like of people, not necessarily what they like. Continue reading ‘Southern Sensibility’
Jayrah and I were married on March 11th, 2001. Continue reading ‘anniversary’
This image is from the series Sand Shadows and Shifting Landscapes. It has what I think of as an everyman quality, because I look at it and it is immediately familiar and comfortable. It reminds me of other pieces I have seen before, but I can’t remember exactly which ones. Continue reading ‘Mississippi Invitational’
I am no huge fan of reality-tv. I have a lot of friends who love reality-tv (this sounds like something a racist says). Most of the time the subject matter is not interesting to me, or there is just too much effort required to get to know this massive cast simply to empathize as they are whittled down. I really don’t know why I don’t like it. But if there was ever one reality show (outside of the restaurant one) aimed at me as a demographic, it would be Artstar. Continue reading ‘Artstar’
