extreme pmt turned me to cocaine

periods and cocaine
trash mags on health concerns

copying the past to be original in the present

so i saw this picture of a new yorker cover from 1930

it reminded me very much of that painting of dogs that ping zhu did



i wonder if it was intentional

if so it opens up a potential to take ideas from the past that most have long since forgotten and use their framework to quickly make work thats impressive to a current audience because its different to other work being made. because its from the past. but developed and finely tuned to be suitable in the current market, which the old image probably wouldnt be.

somat to ponder.



all hail ping zhu.

im in love im in love

with maria kalman

our values are in sync
i want to live her life

ive said about 8 times this week
all i want to do is walk around and look at stuff
and collect it mentally
well she does that but paints the things she loves and its nice

and i read these books

and they read like her mind seems to work
her paintings look theraputic
theyre playful and they arent attempting to prove anything to anyone, about her skill or creativity or talent
theyre very ernest and intelligently naive and playful in a logical and well read way
and its images with words, put together to acheieve what neither could alone, but not in a stilted structured way like comics. theyre like a livestream of thoughts. enlighteningly so. i want to sit and paint with her and discuss the shoes people wear and the cheerful colours of the buildings we see.

bulldog man

more in a series of drawings from trash mags

this hideous man
he looks like a bulldog
in a different magazine there was a picture of amy childs bulldog
thats what im going with here
sexually depraved bulldog man
his interview was hurrendous it really was
im going to try and find it
i cant find it online but ill scan it in later

colours got more garish in this one.
i think its cos i was at home in wath and had to use by backup pens
i left them at home for a reason