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Zallinger-inspired self-portrait. Now if I can just paint the damn thing. . .

detail of the Age of Reptiles Mural by Rudolph Zallinger

Reflective n' @#$%

I worked on the web site today putting together the Legends From Camp storyboards and pre-production images. Tedious. A successful artist's blog might read like this: "I worked on my latest commission today. My assistant is putting together the Legends From Camp storyboards and preproduction images." One potential benefit of doing my own dirty work is that I started some honest to god writing about Legends From Camp. Hopefully, I'll come up with something better than these blog blasts.

Goddamnit, that Rudolph Zallinger dinosaur muralat the Yale Peabody Museum is awesome. I'd like to do something a fraction as cool before I keel. Alexis Rockman probably feels the same way. His stuff is good, but there's not a single piece of "fine" art in the past 30 years that holds a candle to Zallinger. The man came, laid down his fierce majesty, and died. You who rocked, we salute you.

Memorial Day Black-out

Steel yourselves. I'm goin' away for the weekend. I leave you with this portion of Rudolph Zallinger's absolutely dominating dinosaur mural. Fast, smart dinosaurs, my ass--this is how you do it. Back on Monday.