I had the good fortune to meet artist Alan Brown (aka Medusawolf) during my second year of art school, and he's been a good buddy of mine and a serious source of inspiration ever since. Alan imbues his skillfully rendered illustrations of other worlds and other-worldy characters with a sense of magic, mystery and discovery that makes each new work he shares an exciting new experience. You can see his work on his blog, or his Etsy page, where you'll find paintings and prints, each accompanied by a clever caption suggestive of a larger narrative.
In addition to the abundance of drawings, paintings, etchings, and prints he turns out on a regular basis, I am never surprised to hear on any given day that he's busy carving action figures from wood, building a work table from scratch, making his own t-shirts, or fashioning masks and costumes resembling the creatures in his illustrations. Alan has a killer sense of humor, a cinematic imagination, and a seemingly endless desire to learn, try, and create new things. For all these reasons and more, Alan is one of my most favorite artists and grown up kids. He's currently finishing up a comic titled Ovoyyamar*, and I'm psyched to post a few excerpts from that here, along with his answers to a handful of questions that might be of interest to creative kids and grown up kids alike. Click the "read more" link below to see the full post. (*Parents: please note, some of the topics in this post and illustrations on the Ovoyyamar blog page may be slightly spooky to younger kiddos).
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| An excerpt from Alan's comic Ovoyyamar |
M/B: I've seen you note in several places that you "grew up near the woods and discovered the world was a weird mystery." Can you speak a little more to that, and/or any experiences you had as a kid that persist as influential forces in your work today?
