Category: art

Art? What is it? Like Garfunkle? Duchamp? You be the judge.

TMNT Comic Knockoffs

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Knockoffs

I shed a collection of comics before a cross-country move the better part of a decade ago. I kept one long box of some favorites. This is a short blog post about one subset of that box: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle (TMNT) comic book knockoffs. It's July in San Diego, and that's usually when we … Continue reading TMNT Comic Knockoffs →

Dan Dreifort Today: Reflections on Sketching 2.0

I used to love drawing. My parents stuck me in a couple art classes at the Cleveland Museum of Art when I was a wee one. I'm thankful for it. I drew semi-regularly for almost a decade, until I discovered playing the guitar, chicks, and bangs. After that, my scribbling diminished to almost nothing for … Continue reading Dan Dreifort Today: Reflections on Sketching 2.0 →

WWII, Australia, Paintings, Families, Rocks

I found this story under a rock a while ago. (figuratively speaking) ...Which is fitting, because it's a tale of things hidden under a rock. (figuratively speaking) It starts on a farm My Granddaddy John grew up on a farm in Virginia.  It was a big farm.  It is possible that his family owned slaves … Continue reading WWII, Australia, Paintings, Families, Rocks →

A Post About Droste

In which our amateur blogger plays the role of self-aggrandizing art critic. See Dan Dreifort's Droste collection here. Read on for pedantic Droste stuff. Always bad web-form to refer to a theme element which might later change, but see that banner up there? It's a Droste effect applied to a picture I took in NYC … Continue reading A Post About Droste →