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Swimming in sketches

 

Hûh? Eh...

Into unknown territory.

 

Richard Gerstl

From my current sketchbook. Probing new ideas for a future story. Perhaps some of them will eventually hatch. Also, a caricature of Richard Gerstl appeared. A tragic Viennese painter who committed suicide after a failed affair with Mathilde Schoenberg, wife of the famous avantgarde composer Arnold Schoenberg (whom he has been giving painting lessons). Good painter, btw, and I feel a little bit guilty of making fun of him.  Interestingly, he had been taught by the very conservative Christian Griepenkerl (a delightful name) who had also been giving Egon Schiele a similarly hard time - and who rejected Adolf Hitler from entering art school. That is three strikes!

 

Sketchbook #90

Started a new sketchbook. Number 90. 'Argh! Just when we were winning!'

 

Hotel Blanc

From my sketchbook. When i was thinking about what to give this post as a title, I thought of the song 'Hotel Blanc' by Edward Ka-Spel, which is one of the most surreal pieces in my collection.
 

Everything Hangs Together - the cover design

The cover design for my upcoming book. Again, it will be in Dutch only (sob). It is sceduled for the spring of 2025. The title translates as Everything Hangs together. The story is quite complex and I won't go deep into that, but basicly it deals with the tension between random chance and interconnectedness. IRL you do not want to accept much of the latter, bc that's paranoid. On the other hand, in narratives, random chance is perceived as weak.

 

More sketches / Working on Book #what lives under the bed

 Some sketches. Was talking with a publisher about my book idea, “what lives under your bed”. It’s a series of monsters that come out when the kids are mis-behaving, did Timmy forget to floss? The Garglflank might come out and swallow you up. Don’t eat in bed, or Ugly Ted might get the idea your friends, and come out  and eat up what’s left. 

It’s fun making things to scare kids. I hope to inspire them to do the same to each other.