HOUSTON -- Mark Todd - Oh Man. -- June 13

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HOUSTON -- Mark Todd - Oh, Man. -- June 13

Domy Books is pleased to present

Oh, Man.
new paintings and works on paper
by Mark Todd

Saturday, June 13, 2009 at Domy Books, Houston
1709 Westheimer, Houston, TX 77098
7-9pm, FREE ADMISSION

Exhibition runs June 13–July 23

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Painter, illustrator and author Mark Todd took his first creative cues from comic books and Star Wars: worlds of inventive fantasy that still inform his art. His latest work involves intense scrutiny and alteration of classic comic covers from “Fantastic Four,” “X-Men,” “Iron Man,” “Spiderman” and other series, including the work of legendary illustrators like Jack Kirby.

“I love the type, the heavy shadows, the colors and the way they seemed to use very inch of the page,” says Todd. “I sit and study them, and my brush reconstructs them.” Todd is referencing the past, waxing nostalgic about it and simultaneously lending his own post-modern sensibility to it, employing a limited palette, repetition, distortion and mixed media materials including spray paint, cel-vinyl, glossy varnishes and dusty stains. The pieces are often rounded at the edges, appearing as prized objects; tablets encoded with civilization’s most iconic collective wisdom.

LINKS
http://www.marktoddillustration.com/home.htm
http://funchicken.com/