Tom Dougherty

Tom and I met through the Friends of the Nib meetings at the Cafe Racer. We've now become pretty close and plan to collaborate on some projects here in the future.

He's really encouraged me directly and indirectly by being so damn good.

With the Pencil..? I'm telling you!

Ben Lyon

I've known Ben otherwise known as ART FINK for years now and have always been a fan of his. He's an expert chameleon, able to adapt his style from Sailor Jerry tattoo art, to Big Daddy Roth hot rod monsters, to twisted outsider art collages.
I know he has passion and drive, he's no faker to me.

Matt Biolchini

Matt is another long time friend who I went to High School with in Michigan. He was inspirational then and while we lived in the same town years ago we drew together and it was a happy time.

Levi Bailey

Levi Bailey is a long time friend and collaborator on many drawings, musical experiments, videos, and the other 99% of a music distribution website that we have called Self Satisfied.

The art that Levi makes is darkly cartoonish and draws you into a sinister and brutal world. A world that you can understand whether you want to or not. Faces and objects might be iconic, but that just helps to ease your mind as you recognize the depressive and uncomfortable ideas he's casting out at you.

Simply...

I'm an artist and my biggest resource for inspiration is art.

The people I chose to post, will be artists who have inspired me in one way or another.

Most of these posts will be of current artists doing things I wish I could be doing. Or they're doing something I can't even imagine doing, but greatful that they're doing it.

All artists need some help getting exposure and word of mouth is the best.

I will appologize now, if I post an image that I didn't ask permission to post. Forgive me and know that I'm only doing it for the best possible reason, to show your work off.

Marc Palm
http://marcpalm.blogspot.com
http://swellzombie.blogspot.com