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- Gary Brookins
- A cartoonist and painter living in Richmond, Virginia, Gary Brookins draws the cartoon panel "Pluggers" for Tribune Media Services. The feature appears in 75 newspapers nationwide, including the Boston Globe, Dallas Morning News, Denver Post, St. Paul Pioneer-Press, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, The Tennessean (Nashville) and Richmond Times-Dispatch. He also does the drawing for the comic strip "Shoe" which appears in 650 newspapers worldwide and is distributed by King Features Syndicate. After a long career as a syndicated political cartoonist based at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Gary has escaped the daily grind of nine-to-five office life, traded in his India ink for oil paints and is happily meandering back roads all over the South, searching for those great American icons, rusty old Fords and Chevys. He is represented by Brazier Studio and Gallery in Richmond. A native of Florida, he received a BA degree in Studio Art from the University of West Florida. Email: RUSTYBUMPERSART@GMAIL.COM
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Also very nice. Love the whole perspective of seeing of through the window frame there. That's perfect.
ReplyDeleteVery nice artwork! Question, do you paint from images in your head or from pictures on hand? I was just wondering because I am sure its tough to get a chicken to hold still for a painting!! Haha. I agree with Rev though, doing the painting as if seeing it through a window frame really makes the art take on its own story. Very cool.
ReplyDeleteThis little rooster, along with some hens, was in a very nice little coop by the road in an upscale neighborhood near where I live. I went by and took a bunch of pictures, which I used for the painting. Unfortunately, a couple of weeks after I was by there, I heard someone broke in and took them all. Last time I went by, they hadn't been replaced. Really a shame, as they were great looking little chickens.
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