Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Now, What do you call THIS?


After all that about cuteness, what happens if you take all that cute stuff, and distort it, till it becomes on the verge of dark. I just ran across this artists, through one of my many link searches. Artist Marion Peck takes it a little father than is, perhaps, comfortable for most. Here I go, exposing my darker side. However, I must qualify this last statement, this entire post for that matter, with explaining that... although this may not be for the faint of heart (or the extreme left-wingers), this stuff must be viewed with a sense of humor. A friend of mine once said, if he had a band he was going to name it "Nervous Laughter." This definitely comes to mind when viewing these strange and dark, yet delicate and deliberate portraits of Marion Peck. The animals are especially pathetic, in that nervous, lovely, funny sort of way. Enjoy.

3 comments:

boltandfrolic said...

Peck's work reminds me of this artist— http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Keane

Also, another sourcebook of wonderfully warped cuteness, check out this book— Happy Kitty Bunny Pony: A Saccharine Mouthful of Super Cute
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0810992000

Knit in the Northwest said...

That is awesome! Now on my wish list!

Livinia Redlips said...

I love me some Marion Peck.

I have a postcard called 'date night' that I got from a Pioneer square gallery on art night walk night about 15 years ago! I still love it. I like her naughty stuff too...something about a cowboy and a hay pile if I remmeber correctly.

I found you/r blog today by searching flickr for "chain link fence bamboo reed" and have been going through your posts...