Sunday, August 26, 2007

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

The Inspector Calls the Strikes and Balls





One of the few times you'll catch Inspector Fitzgerald, proud member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, out of uniform is when he serves as umpire for the Regimental Baseball Tournament. The Inspector is in great demand as an umpire. It's not because he's especially fair or well versed in the rules of the game but because his calls are consistently bad, leaving neither team the advantage. The Inspector calls them as he "sees" them.

Claus 2007 II




Mick Reasor
Gouache on Rives BFK
3.5 x 2.5 inches



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Mick Reasor
Gouache on Rives BFK
3.5 x 2.5 inches



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Claus 2007

We begin the 2007 Claus portrait season with a line-up of cantankerous Clauses.



Mick Reasor
Gouache on Rives BFK
3.5 x 2.5 Inches



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Mick Reasor
Gouache on Rives BFK
3.5 x 2.5 Inches



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Noah and the Bear



Noah and the Bear
Mick Reasor
Gouache on Rives BFK
3.5 x 3.5 inches

Noah doesn't mind the requests for honey and berries. It's the frequent requests
for dancing partners that makes the bears a bit bothersome.



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Saturday, August 18, 2007

Elvis and the Badger

Great Moments in Rock & Roll History:

You Ain't Nothin' But a Badger?


Concept art for the ill-fated You Ain't Nothin' But a Badger record sleeve is the only remaining evidence of a narrowly averted Rock & Roll disaster. On the eve of the release, after 27 takes, songsters Lieber and Stoler rewrote the original lyrics substituting a hound dog for the badger and making the lyrics a little less encyclopedic. The reworked single was released with Don't be Cruel and the record stayed at #1 for eleven weeks.

The original lyrics?

You ain't nothin' but a badger

Tunneling after ground dwelling rodents all the time.

You ain't nothin' but a badger

Your name possibly derived from the badge like marks on your head.

You're the state animal of Wisconsin

And the namesake of Pittsburgh Penguins hockey coach "Badger Bob" Johnson



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Gordon's Marshmallow Technique




Gordon, proud member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police knows that nothing impresses the local lasses like a scarlet serge tunic and a perfectly toasted marshmallow.


John Wayne 2

"Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid."



Marion Michael Morrison aka John Wayne, May 26, 1907 - June 11, 1979.

Mick Reasor, Gouache on Paper, 2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Rex Goes for the Full Monty



Rex, proud member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, even when on patrol in the Canadian bush likes to start every day with a "full monty" English breakfast like his mother used to make. Here, Rex fries up a brace of bangers.