Both ends burnin'

      Lately enjoying Sum'a spicy Indian dishes, breakin' a sweat n' illustrating some Children's Books which I hope to share unsinged.

Trompe l'Oeil

French for 'Trick the eye'


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CSU  Chico, CA 

 

Los Gatos, CA

Twenty Nine Palms, CA

Santa Cruz, CA

The mural works of John Pugh

                                                                                           

Thanks Stephen Ferry for sharing. 

                                  

The Street Anamorphosist

 Webster's defined 'Anamorphosis' as a deformed image that appears in its true shape when viewed in some "unconventional" way...

                            The pavement chalk works of Julian Beever

                                         Thanks Laura Spingler for the pics.

A documentary on anamorphosis by the Brothers Quay :

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xd8d9_anamorphosis_shortfilms

Frank's Place

I followed the promoter's car up winding canyon roads to the Zappa residence. I was goin' to do a portrait logo for his 'Off Broadway' tour... maybe his last.
On the roof above the front door was a white faced lawn jockey.
"Frank will be with ya in a moment", his wife said leading us to a downstair living space. My eyes took in a hanging yellow shark sculpture, a burnt stratocaster (one of Jimi's) and an array of personalized license plates from every state of the union on the walls, 'Uncle Meat' Missouri, 'Suzy Cream' Connecticut...
I made myself comfortable in a high back, purple velvet chair with a built-in ashtray and lit a cig...
"Hey man, that's Frank's chair!"