Apr
16
A number of friends of mine are currently battling Breast Cancer. Many more have battled it in the past. I will address the cancer side of breasts in my artwork soon but in the meanwhile it got me thinking not just about cancer but about breasts in general. I thought I would do a series investigating how we use the idea and the reality of breasts in our lives; corporate, individual, commercial, political, literary and emotional.
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BREASTS IN POLITICS
I thought this quote was pretty funny. Good wordplay combined with a strong political statement. And it’s an understandably alluring idea; that the key to success in a political endeavor is to bring in people who have not been properly represented and who offer a different way of viewing issues than the powers who have been in control.
But the truth is having breasts isn’t a good reason to vote for someone because having breasts doesn’t stop people from being boobs. In my home state of Oklahoma we have a number of women in power, and, in my opinion, many of them are damaging women’s progress in the world, not furthering it. Fair representation matters, yes. But having breasts isn’t the deciding factor in good governance. What matters is ideas and execution of those ideas, whether one has breasts or not.
But I do agree the boobs have got to go!
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Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman
Quote by Claire Sargent, former candidate for US Senate from Arizona, 1992.
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Dec
19
>Sketchbook History Tour, 1996 – Three Interesting Portraits
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| Woman with Rain on Her Shoulder |
A portrait of my first wife, K. We were married for 20+ years (1979-2000). She had her moments of being bummed about things and I was visualizing one of those little moments in this drawing.
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| Made In America |
This was in my very small sketchbook I carried with me at the time. 2″ x 3″ Probably I started to draw this woman and she moved after I had just done her profile. So instead of figuring out the back of her head I just made her into a giant sculpture in a parking lot watching a rocket take off. Made sense at the time!
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| Wife and Husband with A Block Between Them |
I met them woman at church and drew her from behind. I heard her talking about marital issues and I imagined an actual block between her and her husband.
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Drawings by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Nov
06
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A vintage napkin drawn for my daughters and put in the school lunches. Drawn sometime in 1998 or 99 most likely.
Would you cuddle flowers or would flowers cuddle you?
Drawing by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Aug
22
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Today we travel to 1980
In 1980 we move to Bloomfield Hills, Michigan so I could attend graduate school at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. I started thinking about narrative ideas and images for our initial assignment in the printmaking department. We had to do a suite of 10 prints in an edition of 10. We had to use all four printmaking processes (intaglio, lithography, serigraph, and woodcut). We also had to create a collophon title page using a typesetting press and a portfolio for the prints to be kept in. We had 2 weeks to complete the assignment.
This was in my sketchbook as one possible direction to go. I eventually chose to do a series of images surrounding my having been burned over 70% of my body 7 years earlier instead.
Drawing by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Jul
25
Sketchbook History Tour – 1973.
I have sketchbooks dating back to 1971. Each Sunday I will post a drawing, going through the years.
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| Sunbather at a Country Club, 1973 |
During the summer after I graduated from High School I got blown up in a boat explosion. My recuperation took place at my parent’s home in Virginia. I got a job life guarding at a local pool inside a country club. I used my off time to continue drawing. A frequent visitor to the pool allowed me to draw her sunbathing. Sunbathers are great models for artists of course since they sit still for long periods of time. She was no exception.
Drawing by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
