Hey Alien Art Hivesters! This is my first post in this tribe/group/hive. I like to draw and paint, and I have embraced the "naive" art aesthetic. My overall goal with my work is to make people smile and laugh. It doesn't always work...
For example, I had two dozen pieces of artwork on the walls of a writing center, once---a little one man show---and a student came in to get a paper looked at, and he asked me, "Is this..." (he points at the art on the wall) "...from a grade-school class or something?" I laughed and said, "No, that's all my work." He apologized and said he felt bad, but I told him not to worry. I said it takes a lot of work to make something that FOOLS folks into thinking a little kid drew it! He seemed bewildered, but I was amused...
I also had a little kid look at a mural I'd painted on the ceiling of a music store, several decades ago, and he started crying... My artwork scared him! That was a good day! (Actual emotional contact with a toddler! Amazing stuff!)
(Sorry...that story makes me sound mean...)
Anyway, here are a few pieces for your consideration:
"Levitation"
"Maybe a Bird (Certainly a Star)"
"Maybe a Bird (Certainly a Star)" in blacklight
"Space Crab"
"A Bunch of Characters"
"No Hitchhikers"
"Horace Crumpeteater"
"Tourist"
All artwork by me, Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool). Some of these bits have previously been posted on HIVE, my Steem blog (that old thing), or on my REALLY old site, The Primitive Entertainment Workshop. "Horace Crumpeteater" is brand, spanking new and never seen by another humanoid (except my wife, who I inflict most of my art on at the end of the day... She sighs and says, "That's good, honey..." and I feel better...
If you're into silly, weird, humorous artwork, check out my HIVE blog (which is shiny and new) or, if you're a fan of CRYPTO ART, check out my MakersPlace store / slash / gallery, where I have more than 50 works of freakish agit-prop outsider artwork just waiting to make you laugh!
Later!
---Richard F. Yates
(Primitive Thoughtician and Holy Fool)
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