I’m stoked to be part of Les Barany’s ambitious Carnivora book and traveling art show– The subject of this project is “the dark art of automobiles”– The Carnivora book will be published by Scapegoat Publishing and the art show will debut January 12, 2007 during the International Auto Show at the ©Pop Gallery in Detroit– The roster of 92 artists includes H.R. Giger, Anthony Ausgang, Robert Crumb, Frank Kozik, Coop, Glenn Barr, Mark Motherbaugh, Stanley Mouse, Zdzislaw Beksinski, and Trevor Brown– I’ll have 3 pieces in the book, and 2 pieces in the art show–

Bradford Bohonus takes richly detailed panoramic photographs of all sorts of things, including Northwest artists in their studios– The photos can be viewed with Quicktime or Flash on Bradford’s website, and you can navigate around the photo in any direction using your mouse and an on-screen cursor– It’s a total trip to play with and I must say a little terrifying to have such a precise 360 degree photo of my work space up on the web for all to see! Back off, man! This technology is very cool and so is Mr. Bohonus–

A pen & ink portrait of Bob Dylan I did for the 2007 Music Issue of Oxford American magazine— Get a poster print of this portrait here—

Commissioned graphite portrait of Billy Joe Shaver– Get a giclée print of this portrait here—

The “Filthy Beasts” show at the Fantagraphics Bookstore was a blast– A packed house heard a rockin’ set by The DT’s and checked out the art, books, and records for sale– A staggering-drunk indian named Chief Swimming Eagle bewildered everyone (see above photo)– Some hype for the show: Kelly-O’s blog write-up for The Stranger, Kelly O’s YouTube video interview, and a Flickr.com photo set by Fantagraphics staffer Mike Baehr—