ALL OF CRISPY'S THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY
By Crispy
NORTH BY NORTHWEST
Big billowy clouds at noon
A slug upon the porch
A woman draws a gun
out of her purse
A man orders a gimlet
There is a fried aroma
in the lobby
OF MY MIND!
editor's note: we have received a number of complaints and comments regarding the uncanny similarity between the characters represented in Mr. Flotilla's acrylic trompe l'oeil "A Study in Green & Red: The Verisimilitude of Christmas Chop Sticks Upon a Field of Starbursts" and the beloved rubber character Gumby that was on television for a long time. When we spoke with his agent earlier this week, he said that Mr. Flotilla could not be reached for comment. He did note, however, that there was only one Gumby, and that Mr. Flotilla had clearly depicted, with breathtaking realism, two characters, not one. When several readers responded by noting that Gumby was often depicted with Pokey, another Gumby-like figure and perhaps Gumby's only real friend, Mr. Flotilla responded to the charge himself by email from his studio in San Marcos where he insisted that, unlike Pokey, his character had no legs rather than four, was red rather than orange, was designed in acrylic paint, a synthetic resin widely used as a latex to produce paints with good color and color retention, and most importantly, was a chopstick rather than a horsey.
Please address any additional comments regarding either Gumby or Trompe l'oeil to: rickygarni@earthlink.net
all artwork, except likenesses of Lyndon B. Johnson, by Crispy Flotilla ® 2006
NORTH BY NORTHWEST
Big billowy clouds at noon
A slug upon the porch
A woman draws a gun
out of her purse
A man orders a gimlet
There is a fried aroma
in the lobby
OF MY MIND!
editor's note: we have received a number of complaints and comments regarding the uncanny similarity between the characters represented in Mr. Flotilla's acrylic trompe l'oeil "A Study in Green & Red: The Verisimilitude of Christmas Chop Sticks Upon a Field of Starbursts" and the beloved rubber character Gumby that was on television for a long time. When we spoke with his agent earlier this week, he said that Mr. Flotilla could not be reached for comment. He did note, however, that there was only one Gumby, and that Mr. Flotilla had clearly depicted, with breathtaking realism, two characters, not one. When several readers responded by noting that Gumby was often depicted with Pokey, another Gumby-like figure and perhaps Gumby's only real friend, Mr. Flotilla responded to the charge himself by email from his studio in San Marcos where he insisted that, unlike Pokey, his character had no legs rather than four, was red rather than orange, was designed in acrylic paint, a synthetic resin widely used as a latex to produce paints with good color and color retention, and most importantly, was a chopstick rather than a horsey.
Please address any additional comments regarding either Gumby or Trompe l'oeil to: rickygarni@earthlink.net
all artwork, except likenesses of Lyndon B. Johnson, by Crispy Flotilla ® 2006
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