2015
The Floatmaker God:
Jack Pendarvis and the Death of Root Beer Guy
An oil paint collaboration with Anna Hisrich
March 2015
eBay purchase, Gifted to the artists
"I did urge Jesse Moynihan to kill off Root Beer Guy in the recent episode 'Something Big,' and Pen said it was because I had a fantasy of witnessing my own death. Fans were upset when Root Beer Guy died, which surprised me because he had a speaking part on only one previous episode. I can’t recall whether it was Pen or Adam Muto, the supervising producer, who said, in the aftermath, 'Killing off a character can be fun for the writers but not fun for the fans.' So I think I did learn something from that." - Jack Pendarvis
Jack Pendarvis and the Death of Root Beer Guy
An oil paint collaboration with Anna Hisrich
March 2015
eBay purchase, Gifted to the artists
"I did urge Jesse Moynihan to kill off Root Beer Guy in the recent episode 'Something Big,' and Pen said it was because I had a fantasy of witnessing my own death. Fans were upset when Root Beer Guy died, which surprised me because he had a speaking part on only one previous episode. I can’t recall whether it was Pen or Adam Muto, the supervising producer, who said, in the aftermath, 'Killing off a character can be fun for the writers but not fun for the fans.' So I think I did learn something from that." - Jack Pendarvis
The Sum of His Parts:
Nicholson Baker as a gathering of nail clippings
Pen on wood
March 2015
"When I want a really authentic experience, I sometimes use a toenail clipper on my fingernails, shuddering with the thrill of fulcrumed power; and then, for my toes, I step up to Revlon’s veterinary-gauge Nipper, a parrot-beaked personal-pruning weapon that, despite its chrome plate, looks as if it should be stored in the toolshed. A dense, semiopaque shard cut by this nineteen-dollar piece of spring-loaded Brazilian craftsmanship recently rose from what was left of my ravished toenail and traveled across the room, landing in a box of tax records, where it remains." - Nicholson Baker, The Size of Thoughts
"It's just fucking toe-nail clippings." - Stephen King on Nicholson Baker
Nicholson Baker as a gathering of nail clippings
Pen on wood
March 2015
"When I want a really authentic experience, I sometimes use a toenail clipper on my fingernails, shuddering with the thrill of fulcrumed power; and then, for my toes, I step up to Revlon’s veterinary-gauge Nipper, a parrot-beaked personal-pruning weapon that, despite its chrome plate, looks as if it should be stored in the toolshed. A dense, semiopaque shard cut by this nineteen-dollar piece of spring-loaded Brazilian craftsmanship recently rose from what was left of my ravished toenail and traveled across the room, landing in a box of tax records, where it remains." - Nicholson Baker, The Size of Thoughts
"It's just fucking toe-nail clippings." - Stephen King on Nicholson Baker
The Stormare Exclusion Principle:
Uli Kunkel meets Gaear Grimsrud
Acrylic on color-by-number
June 2015
Goodwill purchase, Richmond, IN
Time Travel Rules
2. If You Meet Your Future Self And Touch, *BOOM!*
"Writers got this idea from the Pauli exclusion principle which, really simply put, said no two particles can occupy the same time and space. Fortunately, this does not mean if you met yourself that the Universe would spontaneously implode, explode, or you’d explode, or God would come down from Heaven and slap you silly. If you shook hands with your future self, probably the only thing that would happen is you’d notice how clammy your own palms are."
Uli Kunkel meets Gaear Grimsrud
Acrylic on color-by-number
June 2015
Goodwill purchase, Richmond, IN
Time Travel Rules
2. If You Meet Your Future Self And Touch, *BOOM!*
"Writers got this idea from the Pauli exclusion principle which, really simply put, said no two particles can occupy the same time and space. Fortunately, this does not mean if you met yourself that the Universe would spontaneously implode, explode, or you’d explode, or God would come down from Heaven and slap you silly. If you shook hands with your future self, probably the only thing that would happen is you’d notice how clammy your own palms are."
Let's Visit a Body Farm!
Cover for a proposed coloring book for adults
July 2015
Cover for a proposed coloring book for adults
July 2015
The Beatification of Captain Kangaroo
(with apologies to Francis Bacon)
Acrylic and pen on canvas
August 2015
Gift to artist
(with apologies to Francis Bacon)
Acrylic and pen on canvas
August 2015
Gift to artist
Big Self Portrait (With Nostrils)
(apologies to Chuck Close)
Stamp ink fingerprints on cardboard
August 2015
(apologies to Chuck Close)
Stamp ink fingerprints on cardboard
August 2015
How the West Was Won
Salvation Army purchase, Richmond, IN
Acrylic, ink, and stain on landscape
October 2015
Inspired by Stephen Corry
Salvation Army purchase, Richmond, IN
Acrylic, ink, and stain on landscape
October 2015
Inspired by Stephen Corry
Jesus and the Samara Woman by the Well
Canton, OH, Gifted to the artist
Paint and ink on an original oil painting
November 2015
Canton, OH, Gifted to the artist
Paint and ink on an original oil painting
November 2015
Prometheus
A collaboration between 1995 Matt Hisrich and 2015 Matt Hisrich
Plaster cast of hand and Femo
November 2015
A collaboration between 1995 Matt Hisrich and 2015 Matt Hisrich
Plaster cast of hand and Femo
November 2015