Saturday, June 04, 2011

When the Saints Go Marching In

Johnny St. Cyr


Kid Punch Miller


Papa Celestin


George Lewis


Kid Sheik


Dede Pierce


Big Jim Robinson

So my first show in Alexandria was heavy on the NOLA Soul and R&B folks. This time, by chance of stumbling across a Papa Celestin CD, I have been focusing on the NOLA jazz dudes...instruments for hire. All pieces are roughly 12" x 16" (give or take a few inches) and are done with pencil and ink on found wood. The initial found pieces were colored with this awesome faded lemon yellow color and again by per chance, I had a gallon of oops paint the same color. Big Jim was first, and rarely do I just stop with the line, color is normally my thing...but there is something powerful and basic to just line...

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