“Looking at a painting is just like seeing a person. There is the existence of life, vagary, spirit and thought. There you find his character, personality, educational background and ideals in life. There is his life experience as he sees in his countenance, speech and manners. Freely and independently, the wisdom of a person is revealed to us.” – Lui Shou-Kwan
LINE DRAWINGS + CARTOONS
I call these ink line drawings, my adaptation of selected tenants of philosophy and technique of the longest continuous artistic tradition in world civilization - Chinese Ink Painting.
The ticket is not to think at all when my hand moving ink markers on slick paper. This state which I experience with other mediums as well, is what I call being on automatic—what athletes often refer to as being in the zone.
On my Cartoons—keeping a sense of humor, is everything it is cracked up to be.
My Mr. Potato Head series stems from my enjoyment of this toy as child- back when M.P. H. used real potatoes. It was what I call my suburban voodoo doll, it was inspiration that turned weekly five-pound bag of potatoes into this mini Michelangelo shipment of Carrara Marbles. It is a great toy in it’s most recent evolution, produced by a great toy maker Hasbro.
