Lil Abner Daisy Mae BHS

Two large paintings: 

Daisy Mae and L’il Abner 210 × 170 cm, 

Her 200 × 150 cm.

Being an Artist is Easy

These posters from 1995. They went onto the streets of Barcelona back then. And now they are going to be put back up on the streets of Barcelona again after 30 years.  They are totally out of context, which makes them peculiar. It makes sense, and then it kind of doesn't. The address on the poster is for a building where I had my studio in the 90’s, but it was later torn down during the first property speculation bubble that burst in 2006. All the artists were thrown out, and the plan was to build a new apartment building, which never got built. It's now a community garden. If they had just left the building as it was, there’d one more place for artists to have studios. 

Anyway, I thought it would be funny to reintroduce them out of context. They maybe totally irrelevant. We’ll see.

Studio View

The Five Noble Bunnies, 235 × 180 cm, mixed media on linen metallic silver ground
Popeye is Johnny Quest, 210 × 170 cm, 78 × 67", mixed media on linen metallic silver ground.

Her

Her

200 × 150 cm mixed media on paper.

Dopey, L’il Abner and Daisy Mae

Wally Wood. Comic creator from the 50s. 

Untitled but self-explanatory: 200 × 150 cm, 79 × 59'', mixed media on Fabriano paper.  

Popeye Flies

200 × 150 cm on Fabriano paper. Popeye Flying 

Forest Gnome and Cupid

“Forest Gnome with Cupid”. The gnome is the blue/fuchsia raster dot figure that's smiling. 

Love's Not Love

‘‘Love's not Love’’ and ‘‘Love's Love”.

From Wally Wood’s, L'll Abner.

Galería Esther Montoriol, JU JA. Painting Show. Pere Llobera and Syd Mostow, June to September 2020.

JUJA Paintings Pere Llobera & Syd Mostow

Collaborative painting show. We decided to work in the same format and similar theme format 2 × 1.5 meter paper works. JUJA at Galería Esther Montoriol in Barcelona.

Happy Bunnies

‘‘4 Happy Bunnies”. The flames coming out of their butts isn't about eating beans. Or farting. They are jetting through the sky. They are frolicking and  free.     

“3 Happy Bunnies”

Hanging our show JUJA at Galería Esther Montoriol, 2020.

Leaders Aren't Made, They are Created

''Leaders Aren't Made, They’re Created''
The beaver is receiving special powers—superpowers, by the fairy.  A fearless leader, or just a beaver on a tree trunk. Can beavers grift?
200 × 150 cm, 79’’ x 59’’, painted drawing (is that even possible?) on Fabriano paper, 2018. 

Mickey Mouse and Pluto

“Love's not Love”. Galería Ester Montoriol, 2020. JUJA. Mickey Mouse doing it with Pluto. It’s Cupid’s fault. 

As vulgar as this seems, it's about the cupid.

Beavers R Cute

“Beavers “R” Cute”.   And furry too. 
200 × 150 cm, 79 × 59’’ painted drawing on Fabriano paper, 2018.

Installation View Expo at Atelier Cora Egger, Barcelona

"Love's Not Love” at Atelier Cora Egger, June 6, 2019, Barcelona.
The theme of the show deals loosely with the theme of love in: carnal love, lost love, promised love; and the related themes of gender, power, morbidity, sexism, and pornography. This was the first time I had shown my work in a solo show in a long time. The work was new, and the timing of the show couldn't have been better. Thanks, Cora!

This was one of the first raster gnomes I painted. They are all the same theme and subject. A landscape, central gnome in the foreground. A knife in one hand, a bleeding heart in the other.

I was invited to a small group show at Cora's space a few months earlier. She offered me the space to do a solo show. Lots of artists and friends that I hadn't seen for a long time came out to the opening. That felt good.

Wood Gnome

The first rastered gnome I did, based on an animated ONCE pixel board ad (ONCE is a Spanish foundation for the blind). The original image was taken from a pixel board animation for Xmas lottery tickets. It was a simple animation of Santa's elves running along. I’d see it every day in the tunnel leading to the Ferrocarriles (Catalan commuter train).  

200 × 150 cm, 79 × 59’’ mixed media on Fabriano paper, 2019.

Titian

Based on "Mars Venus and Cupid" by Titian. 

The original Titian is such a powerful painting. My dear friend Toni Serra, R.I.P. suggested the image. So I painted it. 

Oh my Ears, my Whiskers 1

First in a series, “Oh My Ears, My Whiskers”. 40 × 50 cm, mixed media on wood. A landscape. A house. An exuberant bunny. 

Oh my Ears, my Whiskers 5

‘‘Oh My Ears, My Whiskers 5’’. 40 × 50 cm, mixed media on wood. 

Oh my Ears, my Whiskers 2

“Oh my Ears, my Whiskers 2”. The title is from Alice in Wonderland. 40 × 50 cm, mixed media on wood. 

Oh my Ears, my Whiskers 4

This series of bunny paintings were a return to “narrative painting” and the seed for the painting I am doing now. 60 × 40 cm, mixed media on wood.