
Tomorrow night, Friday Nov. 6th, is the opening for an
art show I put together here in St. Louis at the Mad Art Gallery.

It's another one of these "
Famous Fictional" shows in which local artists draw portraits of characters from popular fiction, in this case, books and movies.

These are some rough sketches for the posters I printed up advertising the show.
The rules for the show were:1) Each artist makes two pieces the same size and shape
2) One piece from features a
character from pre-20th century literature. This includes everything from ancient mythology and religious texts through 1899.
3) The second piece must features a
character from film.
4) Both characters must - to a reasonable degree - be recognizable to casual viewers
5) Both characters must be
VILLAINS! 
The characters I personally chose are
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (
from Chapter 6 of Revelations in the New Testament of the Bible) and
The Lone Biker of the Apocalypse (
from the 1987 film Raising Arizona). Some sketches:

My paintings are big sheets of Masonite covered in fluorescent orange spray paint, silver leaf pen, acrylic paint & india ink. Here's an early in progress shot of the Horsemen:

And here's a detail from further along:

And here's a sneak peek at the Lone Biker:

You should really see the whole paintings in person to get see how bright this construction orange spray paint is. It should be a fun time. It goes from 7 - 11, radical DJ Tone Wolf will be playing songs, etc. See y'all there!
2 Comments:
That biker looks amazing, can't wait to see them friday! Ok also, the entire C-Des studio might be showing up. So, I may have to apologize for that depending on how they behave.
Raising Arizona! Sweet!
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