to one and all

...man of the year

...Draughtsman, wit, tapster and blogiste extraordinaire. The incomparable Mr. Elliot Cowan.

asterion

I have recently tried my hand at a little sculpture.
Regular visitors will not be surprised at the subject matter.

limboloism 2

As you can see, I have pasted Humbaba's pattern onto the musician/magician.


I love to draw musicians playing and the phallic guitar transfers from the snake...

Then... The desert of blues.

Suddenly, I began to think about a very tasty project I have been asked to work on.
So I drew a magician with a snake... Who is also Humbaba.

limboloism 1

I am sometimes asked about my working 'methods'.
You should read this from the bottom - up.
(Humans evolved from their feet upwards and the blogger creature seems to be schemed the same way, so:)


and Humbaba, monster of the labyrinth.

These tiles are supposed to be in the kitchen so, of course, I decided to illustrate the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Here you can see Gilgamesh,


I made plaster casts of a ceramic tile.
Then I drilled holes in 2 of them.
(As you can see, the rain dripped on one.)

stir-fry

Best with "Dance of the Gremlins" by Count Basie.

the navaraise bull (2)

the navaraise bull

This is a detail of a larger illustration.

noir 2

"please mr. johnson...

I will post the finished pictures later.

noir for Oscar and Ruben

If anybody wants to take it on, let me know.
And if anyone knows anything about the Pope movie...Do tell.

off with his head...

vincent van gogh...

...Courtier to Henry VIIIth.