Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Mark Frauenfelkov: Interview with artist Chris Reccardi

Original: Link

200810081010 Hi-Fructose interviews artist Chris Reccardi, yet another Spumco alumnus who has gone on to greatness.
Matt Holdaway: Are there animation elements you like to work into your paintings?

Chris Reccardi: I suppose the composition, depth and design is unavoidably influenced by years of storyboarding, layout and character design in animation but most importantly, simplicity in design which is crucial in storyboarding---how well something reads from a distance, as if it were on a small scale, but other breeds are being artificially created to compete with it, including the Mini-Hereford and the Lowline Angus, which has been developed by the Australian government to stand no more than 39in high but produce 70% of the steak of a cow twice its size.

Just right for the garden: a mini-cow (via A Hole in the Head )

The judge has ordered JoAn Karkos of Lewiston, Maine to return two copies of It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex and Sexual Health , which she checked out the Lewiston and Auburn public libraries last year.

In 2007, NPR reported on the incident , providing several links, including a link to a letter Karkos wrote to the Sun Journa l.

Lewiston Woman Facing Jail Over Book