Friends, acrylic on paper, 100 x 70 cm, 2011
These guys go everywhere together .. best friends. The astronaut has traveled to many places but he always comes back to his friends. The big guy in the middle has lots of skills like sharpening flint axe heads and naming all the herbs around that are good to smoke. The third guy is kind of thin but he has a constant smile and a morbid sense of humor. I made this painting in 2011 and it was used for the invitation of the group art show Global Locals held at the gallery in the Narodni technicke knihovna in Prague in 2013. My great hope for these characters is that one day I could expand the theme to make an animated short film or series for a major media outlet. Anybody have any friends you want to share this with?
Friends and Family Friends, acrylic on paper, 100 x 70 cm, 2011
Another portrait group .. I liked imagining a sort of family of misfit escapees on the moon, but you know, on the moon lots of people would die. So death is always present, especially when genocide is involved. Just saying. :)
Friends (The Dance), acrylic on paper, 100 x 70 cm, 2011
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