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Sunday, March 26, 2017

Artomatic exhibits with cartoon overtones, part 1

Unsurprisingly, Artomatic, the DC area's unjuried and large artshow, attracts people influenced by or practicing cartooning. I stopped by this weekend for a first look. This post covers floors 6, 8 and 9.

Eric "E$" Dolgas' sign says he's the 'pioneer of abstract cartooning.' (He's not - read Andrei Molotiu about that field).

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Emily Villataro had a couple of Batman-derived images. This Joker is definitely based on comic book art.

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DC Conspiracy member Michael Auger paints black light florescent animals.

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Donna Lewis is expanding beyond her "Reply All" comic strip with Bella & Boo Design Studio.

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Sharing a room with Lewis is Dennis Goris, an artist who has done some cartoony work around the theme "She Persisted."

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Here's my selfie entitling me to a button though.

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Rambo! does caricature based on movies and television.

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Sina Ouerghi does anime-influenced drawings of women, both her own and DC characters.

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Annie Lunsford is an illustrator, but I think her work has a cartoony feel.

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Comic book influences are obvious in this work by David Barr.

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Brand Dave's Prints on Wood are gag cartoons at heart.

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Clay Harris has a graphic novel for sale, and pages from it on display.

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Mitchell MacNaughton's caricatures and political cartoons recall the 1970s as well as today.

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D.C. Creepers's Eric Gordon will be featured in an interview later this week. His work is usually based on live sketching of unaware subjects.

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Andrew Williams painting series is the religious themed The Goodnews, but he also did a school newspaper comic strip called Mike and Moop. We'll have an interview with him later in the week.

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Gordon Thomas Frank's art is influenced by cartoons including DC and Disney, but has satirical and scatalogical overtones. We'll have an interview him this week.

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In the same room as Frank is Ralph Baden who is NSFW. His website notes, "I paint humorous, vulgar oil paintings, that some might find in bad taste. The reason why I paint - I want my jokes and opinions to last as long as Rembrandt or Van Gogh."

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All my Artomatic photos are here, with more images from each of the artists.

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