rediscovering painting
mugshots
Mugshot #3
098 days
I’ve wanted to do a series of portraits for a long time. I thought about mugshots but couldn’t find any good ones. Then I found The Smoking Gun and Mugshots.com, and then I saw Karin Jurick’s series of 100 portraits, 4″x4″ in oil, all of mugshots. Sorta burst my bubble. But I had the idea a long time ago, just didn’t have the gumption to get up and fucking do it. I’m a total lazy ass. I inherited it. That’s my story and I’m sticking with it.
I have been having fun looking at all the mugshots and sketching them. I haven’t posted all of them, but not knowing who they are takes a lot of pressure off the likeness. And nobody really cares but me. Yes, these last couple are in regular ball point pen on regular steno notebook, spiral-bound paper. No, I don’t draw underneath, I just start. I almost always start at the brow/hairline area. I don’t know why, so don’t ask. Well, you can ask but I’ll just shove something rude in your ask-hole.
What's my name?
Mugshot sketch #2
0100 days
That’s the way it is, and that’s the way it’s going to be. The smooth, plastic roll of the drawer and the pen on the pad… they pleaded, they begged, they demanded. I acquiesced. Intention and desire sometimes, for me less often than I’d like to admit, lead to action. Glances askew and raised awareness, I pressed ballpoint to ruled steno.
Indifference and repentence