Category: Art

Why is the cat so happy? Whence his pleasing grin? This un-knock-down-able cat is composed of un-duplicate-able forms which only a five year old could assemble with such confidence and verve. No two legs alike! No two ears alike! A hint of symmetry about the ears and mouth, but no true symmetry! And a big…

Transcription from the artist’s impromptu remarks about his own work: They are enemies because they have different armor. Actually, look: that plate metal guy doesn’t have anything on his shield, and that mail armor guy has a lion rampant on his shield. That’s how they’re enemies. Plate metal knight: “Hey knight, would you like to…

Variation in mark-making: A minus. The passage where the slotted visor gives way to the billowing crest is especially strong. Could have used some punctiliar elements. There is only one dot in the whole composition. And the rectilinear elements are curvilinears in disguise. Contrast: A. Good decision to go with the blue marker and leave…

Hold up your shield, brother Knight, and ward off that stiff wind that threatens to push us over. This rugged terrain beneath our feet makes for tough going, but we must stay at our post with our weapons at the ready and our unfashionable noseguards in place. Whatever happens, don’t let the enemy see you…

A high-flying knight superimposed on a high-stepping horse. The horse’s battle dress features the patented angry eyebrows which strike fear into the hearts of any tiny little archers that dare to raise a longbow against him.

Stick figures can no longer hold the sheer expressive force of the knights. Behold! The advent of the solid form, on which the St. George shield and crusader helmet can be displayed. On the left of the image is the shield, while the right side of the page (by the skinny leg) is a fat…

Another G. K. Chesterton poem, and another Freddy illustration. When we went hunting the Dragon In the days when we were young, We tossed the bright world over our shoulder As bugle and baldrick slung; Never was world so wild and fair As what went by on the wind, Never such fields of paradise As…

Variations on a theme: Eine Kleine Knecht Musik # 3,226.

St. George: Distract him, li’l Bullet Head! Li’l Bullet Head: Booga booga! Booga booga! Looky here! Dragon: Check out all of my majesty! St. George: Ha! Smiting shall I smite thee, and smitten shalt thou be! Dragon: rrrrRRRAWRrr! Li’l Bullet Head: Your consummate Vs can’t save you now! St. George: Where are all the dragons?…

Title: Untitled (#2,621 in a series) Artist: Freddy Size: 11″ x 17″ Medium: Marker on high-acid paper Provenance: Southern California, early 21st century Now in the collection of: Private owner The paintings of the artist known only as Freddy reflect, especially during his ongoing “knights” period, reflect the influence of the 11th century Bayeux tapestry…

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lean to me, Teddy, As brown as the line of earth, As I lean to you. The marker runs out Burnt umber, then sepia, At last, sienna. The negative space Into…