April 2nd I'll be in a show at Gallery 1988 here in LA called "Idiot Box" which is themed on old television shows. I chose ALF.
I was struggling to get this piece together for the past few weeks because I've been juggling other projects but I managed to come up with a really strong idea.
I originally wanted to paint the A Team washing their van at a car wash, but then I was too busy to get a solid likeness of all the characters
Then I thought, maybe I'll do 'Small Wonder' until I saw Adam Rex bust this out for the same show and I thought, "Eh, I want to do something different"
So I started an under-painting for the show "The Greatest American Hero"
and then I realized, I couldn't decide which view I thought was better....
Then a friend of mine asked me what show it was from.... WHAT SHOW?! Do you not know "The Greatest American Hero"?!
which was also spoofed on Seinfeld!....
Naturally, out of frustration of painting an obscure show, I scrapped the piece entirely.
Then randomly I thought about the Looney Tunes character Sylvester the cat who always had a quote "Sufferin' Succotash!"
I Googled 'succotash'. Turns out it's lima beans and corn!
Then I remembered that old show ALF, the alien from Melmac who crash lands in the home of a family and lives with them in all his puppetry glory.
and who didn't like ALF? I also recalled that he liked to eat cats. and thus spawned the idea for this piece... "Sylvester in Succotash" I know... Cheesy. I'll see you all at the show April 2nd. Thanks for letting me rant about my thought process.
I was struggling to get this piece together for the past few weeks because I've been juggling other projects but I managed to come up with a really strong idea.
I originally wanted to paint the A Team washing their van at a car wash, but then I was too busy to get a solid likeness of all the characters
Then I thought, maybe I'll do 'Small Wonder' until I saw Adam Rex bust this out for the same show and I thought, "Eh, I want to do something different"
So I started an under-painting for the show "The Greatest American Hero"
and then I realized, I couldn't decide which view I thought was better....
Then a friend of mine asked me what show it was from.... WHAT SHOW?! Do you not know "The Greatest American Hero"?!
which was also spoofed on Seinfeld!....
Naturally, out of frustration of painting an obscure show, I scrapped the piece entirely.
Then randomly I thought about the Looney Tunes character Sylvester the cat who always had a quote "Sufferin' Succotash!"
I Googled 'succotash'. Turns out it's lima beans and corn!
Then I remembered that old show ALF, the alien from Melmac who crash lands in the home of a family and lives with them in all his puppetry glory.
and who didn't like ALF? I also recalled that he liked to eat cats. and thus spawned the idea for this piece... "Sylvester in Succotash" I know... Cheesy. I'll see you all at the show April 2nd. Thanks for letting me rant about my thought process.
You did ALF a great service!....now I am stuck to only dream of your A-Team piece.
Posted by: Blake Himsl Hunter | March 25, 2009 at 02:30 PM
Hey! I remember 'Greatest American Hero'!
Damn! I'm old.
Great work on ALF!
Posted by: daryl | March 26, 2009 at 08:35 AM
So great! ALF turned out great, and thanks for that trip down memory lane. We used to watch The Greatest American Hero all the time (it was my Mom's favorite show)!
Posted by: Nina | March 26, 2009 at 01:14 PM