Marshall Arisman at “The Box of Books”

Marshall Arisman is a painter that I discovered two years ago clearing out the house of a hoarder on my old job as a general laborer. The image that I found was a portrait of Hitler on the cover of a magazine, I snagged the issue and it sat in my room for several weeks, before I looked into the artist.

I was reminded today of him when I found a book cover in the free book stand, I immediately recognized the style. The book is called Doll’s Eyes, and is described as “as stomach turning thriller” by Publisher’s Weekly. Apparently they changed the cover art on the paperback edition, which is a shame, but you can see the original on the amazon page here: http://www.amazon.com/Dolls-Eyes-Bari-Wood/dp/0688124402/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0

Arisman’s work is influenced by that of Francis Bacon, but it is much deeper dimensionally. He apparently does (or did) a lot of commercial illustration (which is how I initially discovered him).

Here are some examples of his work all images from his website ( http://www.marshallarisman.com/ ) :

There are also some interesting videos on his page:

Without a pancreas what would happen to humans?

With out an excretory system, what would go wrong?

Hell, it’s like jumping into boiling water,

you sink, or you swim, either way its agony.

Learning the necessity of momentum

“We must find the chord to strike, something that will shake the world and wake us up we’ve slept too long and now its time to rise once again and take back the day, for we only dwell in the night alone and depressed truly awake when all that matters is gone. momentum is key, find it and keep it. Dont let yourself coast, we must accelerate they told us the stars were the limit, lets reach that limit, it is time. Don’t back down, stand your ground until there is nothing left life is too short to just go with the flow resist a little find what you want and take it seize the day, grab it by the neck and hold on tight. Learn to be a free agent.”

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“The Junction”
Edwyn O. Lands
2008
Kalitype photographic print

“The Distance of Time” (Watchtower Series)
Edwyn O. Lands
2008
Zinc plate etching.

Thanks to Dali; “The Last Temptation of St. Anthony”

“In Accordance to the distance of Time, or: This Blizzard that Tears Through the Desert at Night” (Watchtower Series)
Edwyn O. Lands
2008
Zinc Plate Etching

Sketch for “Presence” (Watchtower Series)
Edwyn O. Lands
2008
Pen Drawing