Hey there Hooper friends! Here is some more love from
the good people at Megadeluxe Sports. They featured my beautiful painting of Andre the Giant. Check it out: http://megadeluxe.com/art/the-giant-in-the-swamp-by-tim-hooper
Hey folks, I have recently been working on some beer labels for a friend’s brewery down in Georgia. Trust me, I plan on sharing the design with you all once they are approved and ready to fly. In the process I stumbled across this link:
http://www.unnecessaryumlaut.com/?p=5633
I like beer and I have facial hair. Seems pretty awesome to me.
A few weeks back I painted a tribute to the late Joe Frazier. Shortly after I finished that piece it was featured in this very cool blog dedicated to the “sweet science.”
Visit: http://megadeluxe.com/art/smokin-joe-frazier-original-art-by-mr-hooper
"Smokin' Joe Frazier" by Mr. Hooper 2011
"The Dog Trainer"
I have several paintings on sale on my Etsy shop. Many of these pieces are more than 50% off the original price. This is a great opportunity to get yourself a nice Mr. Hooper painting at a great price. Please visit my on sale section of my Etsy shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/mrhooper?section_id=7612306
I have been painting 6 and 8 inch square paintings for many years now. Last year I came across these 4 inch wooden squares and I hatched an idea for a bunch of new small paintings. These 4 inch paintings would give people who enjoy my work an opportunity to purchase an original painting without breaking the bank. I plan on only painting about 100 of these, so that will give people something that a lot of other collectors do not have.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/86791214/original-pop-surrealist-painting-gray
Where do you think the expression Great Googly Moogly comes from? I am somewhat enamored with that expression and assume that the first time I ever heard it was on a Muddy Waters record. I suppose it is simply one of those colloquialisms where to point of origin is lost to history. To me it is just a silly thing to say without any real meaning. Most people I meet remember Googly Moogly from a Frank Zappa recording, but I must admit that I am not familiar with that particular song.
"Great Googly Moogly"
"I Gave You Hush-Puppies," black ink on paper, by Mr. Hooper
This is one of my drawings from out on the road. I can’t remember exactly what year this was done. I do remember that I was in a little spot in Florida’s panhandle called Cape San Blas when I created this. I recall that my wife and I ate at some near-by seafood restaurant and the idea of “I Gave You Hush-puppies” was hatched. Now, how I connected this gritty, comic-style street scene with hush-puppies?…I have no idea. Cape San Blas is an absolutely beautiful spot on the Gulf of Mexico, yet I was inspired to create a street scene with drunken street folks. Go figure.
This is a piece I did a few months back. It combines one of my ink drawings with random pieces of a map and illustrations from a book about wild plants. It is a lot different than my painting style, but somewhat reminiscent of my old comic drawing style. This piece is available on my Etsy page: http://www.etsy.com/listing/82833213/original-mixed-media-collage-art-by-mr
I wouldn’t call these collage pieces a new direction by any means, but they are sort of an alternative to my small paintings. They also give me an opportunity to think of composition differently.
"Auburn Old Guy"
"Bluejay" Mixed Media on wood, 6" X 6", by Mr. Hooper 2011
I painted this one this past summer. We started getting more bluejays at my backyard bird-feeder. A family of jays are now residents in the backyard. In the last year or so, I have become more interested in birds. The fact is, I once had an unnatural fear of birds. I think it was because I saw the Hitchcock movie the Birds when I was really young.
Anyway, I was pretty happy with the way this one turned out. I like the semi-checkerboard pattern in the background. I enjoy using maps in these mixed media paintings because suggests a setting for the the subject. Also I love the graphic quality of maps.