…from an ongoing, yearly series I started for my girl. She likes stars and kitty cats. I like her. A lot.

The House Cat Loves You

“YOU WILL BE DRIVEN TO A POINT MIDWAY BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH! SHOCK-FULL OF THRILLS!” That sort of B-movie hype, in stand-up red letters, is just one of the elements you’ll find in the collages of Chris Lawson and Jared Ragland. But it also might be an apt description of the viewer’s response to the unique world these artists create. It’s a realm where movie still photos meet holy relics, where pulp illustration intersects with the poignant found object, where exploitation meets the ineffable. Their collaborative show, Cut Slash Paste: Collage Work By Chris Lawson and Jared Ragland, opens Friday, February 5, with an Artists Talk and Reception at 7:00 PM at Photoworks Gallery. Curated by Photoworks’ instructor William Knipscher, the exhibition runs through March 14.

The above collage was commissioned by the Honfleur Gallery in Anacostia, D.C. It was created from the results of a google image search for “auld lang syne” and issued as a limited edition print to Honfleur’s fine patrons.
Happy New Year!

February brings a big show for Uncle Marv – a two-man exhibit with pal Chris Lawson at an old amusement park turned art colony outside of DC.  We’ll get to turn out all our monster-mashes and gruesome-twosomes, and today I clamped down and added 5 pieces to the list of gory tales that shall be told: