Happy Halloween 2010!

It's the most wonderful time of the year, when bonfires blaze and illustrators far and wide dance naked in the woods to ensure another year of plentiful work. Well, maybe only I do that. Anyhow, I love Halloween and thought I'd post a few images from a group show I was part of a few years ago. While the title of the show was actually Cheap Date and had nothing to do with Halloween, my collages ended up being a variety of monsters, albeit of the high school variety. Happy Halloween everyone!

a reminder of the good this country is capable of...

Jamey Christoph reminds us all to try get past the political insanity that is gripping the country.

Canadian Controversy over Robert Rodriguez art

My art has inspired controversy! Wow.

Retro ad edition, seen on subway in Toronto
Guerrilla adbusting. Couldn't have said it better myself.

Description:

Woman in retro-sixties outfit, painted as if by Norman Rockwell, bending over, smiling, wearing very short skirt. Ad says “for legs that beckon”. She’s in front of a bunch of cakes. On her chest and waist someone has stuck a sticker saying Retro sexism. There’s another sticker on her butt. Transcript: “Hey Ladies! Don’t kids yourselves. Your gams are for glaring at – pure decoration. Your legs are NOT for kicking ass, standing tall or marching. Like a slab of meat or a tasty cake treat, you are an object to be consumed and don’t assume otherwise. If you are wise you will do everything you can to look pretty because that’s all that matters.”

Spotted at the St. Andrews subway station in Toronto, August 26, 2010.

I really didn't love this piece, but somehow, it looks better in this little print. A slight bit more contrast than I had made it, and now it really looks 50's. And they flopped it, I wonder why? My art creates a scandal on the Toronto subway system, I am so proud. Kind of like a playboy centerfold's parents must feel about their daughter.
-Robert

Kellie Strom art for Little Golden Books

Check out Kellie's terrific illustration featuring Little Golden Books characters for Dutch publisher Rubinstein.
read more on Kellie's blog http://airforceamazons.blogspot.com/2010/10/golden-time.html

Cool new book out....

Michael Robertson did a terrific job illustrating the cover of THE NEW YORK TIMES BIG,BAD BOOK OF CROSSWORDS - art director Rob Grom of St. Martin's Press