BUSINESSMAN GONE MISSING
posted: October 26, 2007
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David Heatley October 26, 2007
Lovely image. I like the way you faded the tone to white throughout. on the stripes. Gives it a real airy, light feeling. I may have to steal that technique in the future...
Scott Bakal October 26, 2007
How excellent is this?!? I love seeng the close ups with your line and paint, and the story is fun. Truly nice work...
Rob Dunlavey October 26, 2007
John: keep doing these travel posters ok?! Beautiful!
This one reminds me of the French illustrator Alain Le Foll. (check out Creation Magazine #5 for a well illustrated feature on him. I have a copy.)
rag October 26, 2007
Reeaal nice. That's my take on it. If that business man is a banker, good riddance!
Richard Allen October 26, 2007
Beautiful. Melancholy yet strangely uplifting.
Reminds me a little of this...
John Dykes October 26, 2007
Thanks Drawgers..... But we have something here that is bigger than issues of pigment pushed around on cheap cardboard... coaxed and nuanced into blissful harmonious coexistence. We have... a businessman gone missing. And he's not Just missing. He's GONE missing.
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Adam McCauley October 26, 2007
I've heard of the Great Hole of China, but not this one at Wahlabafa. It appears to be a tar pit, so I fear for the worst for that gentleman!
Great image John, brings me into Folon-land a bit.
John Dykes October 26, 2007
Adam,
Ah! Folon! One of my early and major influences.... I shared a studio for a long time with Phillipe Lejeune, who worked with Folon for years. Philippe did wonderful aquatint etchings for him...
and Rob, Alain Le Foll's work looks beautiful... will search for my Creation Magazine #5...
David, actually... I think I stole that 'white tone' technique from you.... But you can have it back for a few days.
Thanks again folks - your thoughtful comments inspire me to keep paintin'!
Hal Mayforth October 26, 2007
I wonder if Jimmy Hoffa ever visited Wahlahbafa. This is a beautiful piece, John. With the leaves exiting branches here, your travel post make me yearn for adventure in places other than those advertised on your posters.
Alan Witschonke October 26, 2007
Wahlahbafa. Sounds like an animal you'd meet in Australia. But I'm gonna save up my frequent flier miles (I think I've got about 23), for a trip there soon. Which map should I use?
Zina Saunders October 26, 2007
That businessman's a real gone guy, John.
Great art and funny. Love your captions, too.
Robert Saunders October 26, 2007
Now I KNOW you've really flipped your lid, Dykes. I mean come ON!
You expect people here to believe that one can actually fly into a place like WAHLABAFA and see a great hole?
They have no airports; you can only get there by alpaca team! It's common knowledge.
Mark Fisher October 27, 2007
As the Firesign Theater said "Show people a big hole and inevitably they will jump in."
Nice one John.
Mike Moran October 27, 2007
Isn't that the place that Garrison Keeillor talks about?
Love the art.
Christoph Hitz October 27, 2007
John,
For many years rumors had it that the great hole was at the bottom of the sea, others said it was in Washington. It's possible for each great nation to have it's own great hole. Some nations have "greater holes" than others. Thank God ours is really big and we know it's getting bigger all the time. As a matter of fact it looks like it will encompass the nation as a hole. It's good to know there are daily flights to Wahlahbafa, one could get a fresh perspective.
Holesome poster.
Walter Vasconcelos October 27, 2007
John, I like this work. Great composition and colors.
Edel Rodriguez October 27, 2007
Nice job, John. I like the variations within each color, and the mist behind each shape. One of your best, I think.
