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Move over Burt Reynolds, there's a new centerfold in town!
Never did my parents dream that one day that their son would be the buck nekid centerspread of Tabu Tattoo. Never did any unsuspecting Joe plopping down $7.99 expect my luscious lily whites either (Don't worry, there are plenty of proper female nudes, well, improper is more like it)!
Thanks to Jean Chris Miller and everyone at Tabu Tattoo for the 8 page write-up in the newest issue (#42)! Did you know that, "The unleashing of angry and unruly Mr. Mitch on the technically flawless and archly ironic Dr. O'Connell has resulted in much deeper work, in a much freer style"?
Boy, I could read about myself all day long!
What they're writin' about is all the art that's on display NOW at Nashville's famous Twist Gallery. Also, make sure to be there Saturday August 7th for the SECOND opening night celebration as the show has been held over!
P.S. Being that pic of mine is about 5 years old (I just get better), I think it's time to retire it and take some new pin-ups!
"Mitch, that sounds great!" my 7 blog readers quickly respond, "Go ahead and retire that photo, but really, please don't trouble yourself taking any more!"
Hey, don't worry! It's NO PROBLEM!
Because I love… ANOTHER Tattoo of the Day!
Wha?! I swear I'm gonna find out who keeps yawning!
After a long break, the Tattoo of the Day is BACK!
OK, who just yawned?!!
Here's a 'lil sumpthin' sumpthin' for an arm or leg...
Years ago while jogging around Lawrence Ave by dozens of "Import-Export"outlets I stopped mid stride (there isn't that much difference between running and stopping when I jog), to stare in the window at the "Moving Light Pictures" for sale. You know them, they have a semi transparent photo on glass, usually of a waterfall or some such, and when you flick the switch, it lights up and gives the effect of moving water! PLUS- another switch activates the SOUND of rushing water AND bird calls!! AND- it's already in a big gaudy gold frame!!! I was excited because I was thinking, all I have to do is slap some paint on it and I've got something' goin' that no one else has done. And the work is 99% finished before I add anything to it! It was my Warhol moment! I was so excited I ran the mile back home in under an hour!Bought about a dozen at the main distributor and worked away. One thing I realized was that when the interior light was on, being behind the opaque painted areas, made it hard to see the applied art. So I purchased a batch of the fancy attached frame lamps so the front would also be illuminated.
When I unveiled them to the public, the crowd oddly wasn't driven to hoisting me on the shoulders and carrying me around town heralding my genius. A few sold, but I took the rest (I'm taking my ball and going home!) and stuck 'em in the basement. I had resigned myself to being discovered by wise and knowledgeable art historians long after my passing (Kids! Don't throw out that art you inherited!) but, with the extension of my show at Twist Art Gallery, I'm gonna break these bad boys out again!
I think those Tennesseans are WAY ahead of the curve on what's gonna be worth TONS in the future, and are so HIP and WITH IT and AWESOME, that they're SURE to snap 'em up (my face is getting sore from puckering)!
