Art INSIGHT
her son from touching a painting in a tent]
So what’s going on here?
This is cool. I do a few festivals a year. This is
taken from a picture I took in my tent, this
girl and this was actually a real boy. She’s
there with these two huge drinks and her
boy is just wanting to touch everything,
and I don’t care. Most artists would grumble
but I don’t care, he’s having fun. She’s trying
to keep him from doing it, so I snapped a
picture and thought it would make a great
painting.
I like that you’ve got the figure in the
painting actually reaching back out to
the kid. What kind of statement do you
try to make with the stuff you make?
No statements, really. I like for people to look
at it and be able to come up with a story for
what’s going on.
You’re not trying to say anything?
Just exorcising my personal demons, really.
Like what?
Quickly. [laughs]
You get that a lot?
I do, especially locally. Birmingham’s fine,
Huntsville’s fine, but do a show in Gadsden…
Drugs, alcohol, sex and violence.
I don’t see a lot of objectionable content
here.
All the good stuff.
It’s the girls.
[laughs]
Really? But they’re cartoony.
What stands out as the favorite thing
you’ve had someone say about your art?
That and skulls and flames. All that stuff together.
Nothing really stands out.
The same stuff that’s been pissing parents off for decades.
What about the worst thing?
The worst thing is like, when the kids are in
there and really digging it and their mom
and dad walk in and usher them away.
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Nothing new there! ✤
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April 2014
INSIGHT