My grandfather passed away last month. I love this picture of him because I’ve never seen him smoke or anywhere near a cigarette in my entire life. I think this was taken in Korea? He wore size 5 1/2 shoes, width quadruple E. The last thing my brother heard him say was “sonofabitch” which I thought was a funny testament to life.

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About a week ago I was asked to go down and speak to a comics class at UCSC. I’m not sure how much the students got out of the experience but I had fun. I think the main thing I tried to highlight was just.. the importance of ‘creating in the void’. Maybe. Left feeling like my life has been too internal. In good and bad ways.

The school seriously remodeled the library since I left. I liked the bathroom art.

cavetocanvas:

Maurice Denis, Springtime, c. 1897

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art:

With Pierre Bonnard and Édouard Vuillard, Denis was a founding member of the Nabis group in France, active from 1888 to 1899. Denis, the group’s spiritual leader and chief theoretician, called for a new pictorial language in response to the rhythms of nature. In date and sensibility, his work bridges the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and as shown here, he had a firm grasp on modernist thought. He once said, “Remember that a picture, before being a war horse, a female nude, or some anecdote, is essentially a flat surface covered with colors assembled in a certain order.”

cavetocanvas:

Maurice Denis, Figures in a Spring Landscape (Sacred Grove), 1897

Thanks again to Juryrig for the CRIME WORLD giveaway. All I did was like a post. Gotta respect that. Fun comics. There’s a part where a character says s’long’s. It’s almost me. Forgive the trio. It’s that kind of day. :)

David King’s tumblr.

conscientious:

A Brief History of John Baldessari

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artistandstudio:

Henri Matisse in his studio working with a sketch of “The Virgin and Child”for his chapel at Vence. France, 1950.  Photo by Dmitri Kessel  © Time Inc.