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Groundhog Day

2011-01-25T09:45:00.000-06:00

Groundhog Salami Day!

Holiday stress? Get your priorities straight.
Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Depressed Dachshund!

2011-01-07T13:34:00.000-06:00

Depressed Dachshund is Disturbed to Discover he is both a geek and a wiener.
Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Kings Playing Poker

2011-01-07T13:33:00.000-06:00

Edward II (25 April 1284 – 21 September 1327), called Edward of Caernarfon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed by his wife Isabella in January 1327. He was the seventh Plantagenet king.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Dogupations XIX Doggerel!

2010-12-20T16:09:00.000-06:00

Cattle Dog pencils the occasional verse. His favored forms are the double dactyl and the clerihew. The clerihew is a whimsical, four-line biographical poem invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley.

Popgun,
Inclined to run.
O'er winter drifts and summer blooms.
He hates those sissy costumes.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Dogupations XVIII: Junkyard Dog

2010-11-03T20:05:00.000-05:00

You don't have to be mean, but it doesn't hurt.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Trick or Dog Treat!

2010-10-14T17:30:00.001-05:00

Begging skills finally pay off.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Rat Witch!

2010-10-14T17:29:00.000-05:00

RatWitch!

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Dogupations XVII: Dogfight II

2010-10-14T17:28:00.000-05:00

Pugilistic pooch tires of explaining the difference between a boxer dog and a boxing dog.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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GeeKoon

2010-09-25T17:34:00.001-05:00

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Dogupations XVI: Dog Pound II

2010-09-25T17:32:00.000-05:00

Not since Dogupations X: Dog Pound I has a painting captured the drama and romance of an Australian Cattle Dog pounding on something. In this case the target of the pounding is left to the imagination. The conventional answer is a nail, but maybe this time it's a nasty little striped beetle with only two sets of legs.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Raven! Raccoon?

2010-08-04T19:28:00.001-05:00

There used to be a raccoon in this painting. I painted it out at the last minute--too late to change the title.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Raccoon!

2010-07-23T16:06:00.001-05:00

Don't be deceived by the festive stripey tail, the cute mask or the especially dexterous front paws. This little monster would just as soon rip your face off as look at it--and then spread your garbage all over the yard. Raccoons are omnivorous and nocturnal. That means they'll eat anything and they'll do it under the cover of darkness. Twenty seven percent of the raccoon's diet is made up of vertebrates. You're a vertebrate, right?

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Cruising Cattle Dog

2010-07-19T13:34:00.000-05:00

Cattle Dog cruises for some female companionship in his vintage Jeep. (Jeep sold separately)

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Star Trek: The Trouble With Toupées

2010-05-11T12:04:00.003-05:00

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

Episode Title: "The Trouble With Toupées"
Production Number: 42
Original Air Date: 12-29-67
Stardates: 4523.3, 4524.2

Synopsis: While responding to an emergency call from Deep Space Station K-7 to guard a shipment of quadrotriticale, the Enterprise crew acquires some small alien animals from trader Cyrano Jones. The living hairballs multiply faster than Kirk's chins and soon the Enterprise and K-7 are infested with the beasts.

A Klingon battle cruiser requests shore leave for its crew at the station. Under the terms of the Organian peace treaty, Kirk allows Captain Koloth and his crew to visit the station in limited numbers for tanning sessions and eyebrow maintenance. Klingons and Toupées share a mutual dislike for each other due to olfactory incompatability.

Arne Darvin, a surgically altered Klingon admits to having poisoned the grain and the Klingons are ordered from Federation space. Cyrano Jones is given the 17.9 year task of removing the hyper-fertile Toupées from the space station. Jones later founds the Intergalactic Hair Club for Men.

Lt. Commander Scott transports all the hair pieces from the Enterprise into the engine room of the Klingon battle cruiser before it goes into warp.

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Dogupations XV: Wiener Dog

2010-05-11T05:45:00.000-05:00

Wiener Dog reminds you that 17% of all food-related asphyxiations are caused by hot dogs. A wedged hot dog is almost impossible to dislodge from a child's windpipe. To serve hot dogs safely, one should slice the wiener into bite-size pieces. or slice hot dogs down the middle length-wise to prevent the contents from ejecting from the hot dog skin. Wiener Dog is kind of a wiener.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Jabba the Cat

2010-04-16T10:28:00.000-05:00

Blah, blah blah, overweight feline/Star Wars based punchline.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Queen Anne of Great Britain

2010-04-16T10:26:00.000-05:00

Anne of Great Britain, Queen regnant of England, Scotland and Ireland. Born 6 February 1665 at St. James's Palace, London, the second daughter of James, Duke of York (afterwards James II), and his first wife, Lady Anne Hyde. Her paternal uncle was King Charles II and her older sister was the future Queen Mary II. Anne and Mary were the only children of the Duke and Duchess of York to survive into adulthood.
Anne died of suppressed gout, ending in erysipelason 1 August 1714. Her body was so swollen and large that it had to be buried in Westminster Abbey in a vast almost-square coffin
The erythematous skin lesion enlarges rapidly and has a sharply demarcated raised edge. It appears as a red, swollen, warm, hardened and painful rash, similar in consistency to an orange peel. More severe infections can result in vesicles, bullae, and petechiae, with possible skin necrosis. Lymph nodes may be swollen, and lymphedema may occur.
Fun Facts: the American state Anneland was named for her.
The Queen was originally shown holding the leg from a Queen Anne table in this portrait, but she objected thinking it looked too much like a leg of mutton. Radiographs reveal the table leg painted over with the sprig of queen anne's lace.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Haunted Art: Liz Taylor

2010-04-05T17:55:00.002-05:00

Watercolor, gouache, graphite, grime and ink on matboard
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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I bought my antique cast-iron drafting table at a police auction in Duluth, Minnesota. I don't know it's criminal past but it has always been a little spooky. As I struggled to load the table into my Plymouth Voyager it smashed the tail light, which cost more than the table. That was the beginning of an uneasy relationship with a piece of furniture. Some have even blamed the ups and downs of my artistic career on the brooding presence of the table in my studio. When in the presence of the table I often lose focus and initiative and am overcome by the overwhelming urge to either snack or nap.

When painting I cover the top of the table with a scrap of matboard. The matboard catches stray strokes of paint. I use the surface to "unload" a brush, shape its bristles or test a color mixture (yes, gray is a color). I also record phone numbers and solve simple math problems on the board.

Here's a shot of the well used scrap of board.

On a recent morning I entered my studio and immediately noticed the lingering smell of fried chicken. As I made my way to the drawing board an image in the random strokes came into focus. I eventually recognized the face from, various childhood fantasies (I saw Cleopatra at the Taj Mahal in San Antonia, Texas), as Elizabeth Taylor. Along with the smell of cooked poultry there was a definite whiff of the supernatural. My first question: dead or not dead? I quickly Googled Miss Taylor and was surprised to find her still among the living. Then the questions really started. How did the image get there? What did it mean? Why me? How much could I get for it?

In an effort to answer some of these questions I did a little paranormal investigating. My first step was to set up a motion activated night vision camera because nothing says supernatural like night vision. The very next night something activated the camera. The image was inconclusive but further examination offered some tempting clues. The circled portion of the image, when enlarged and optimized, looks a little like Richard Burton...

...who is dead.

Since the image appeared strange occurrences have continued. I have suffered nausea, headache, dry mouth, strange tastes and driving, eating or engaging in other activities while asleep with out memory of the event. I've decided either the table or the image has to go. Since the table is really heavy, and on on the second floor, I've decided to release the ghost painting.

Please be sure you REALLY want to own a possibly haunted portrait of Elizabeth Taylor before you bid.

Reptile Dysfunction: Thuguana

2010-03-29T12:51:00.000-05:00

Sure, Thuguana has issues. Abandoned by his mother at birth and nearly eaten by his father, is it any wonder he exhibits maladaptive behaviors?

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Great Moments in Advertising: Smokey Bear

2010-03-15T11:48:00.001-05:00

Research into the shady annals of advertising reveals the original Smokey Bear was an edgy, leather clad tobacco product user with an attitude. Early market research indicated a less than successful campaign. The ursine spokesman traded in his leather jacket and ubiquitous pack of smokes for a ranger hat and shovel and a Twentieth Century advertising icon was born.

Cue Jingle: "Smokey the Bear!
Smokey the Bear!
Growlin' and a Prowlin' and a sniffin' the air."

This item comes from a smoke-free studio. Smoking is very bad for you.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Animal Anomalies: PufferCat

2010-03-12T16:29:00.000-06:00

Biologists believe the puffercat, also known as the blowcat, developed their famous “inflatability” because their laziness makes them vulnerable to predators. In lieu of escape, puffercats use their highly elastic stomachs and the ability to quickly ingest huge amounts of food to turn themselves into a virtually inedible ball several times their normal size.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Big Bad Wolf!

2010-03-06T14:36:00.000-06:00

The better to etc. etc. etc.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Dogupations XIV: Dog Paddle!

2010-02-24T16:36:00.001-06:00

It's not easy to make it as a ping pong hustling pooch. Even if you've got the skills, the nerve and a custom made paddle you might end up on easy street or in the pound. Have a care confident young canine. Have a care.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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ZamBear, Master of the Pan Flute!

2010-02-12T10:45:00.001-06:00

As seen on TV!

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Dogupations XII: Guard Dog

2010-01-18T15:49:00.000-06:00

Twelfth in the groundbreaking series of dogupation paintings. Dogs doing the kind of jobs cats just won't do. In his tunic and bearskin the stoic and loyal Queen's Guard Dog protects the dim and flighty Royal Family. Nothing distracts the Grenadier from his duties (save the occasional squirrel).

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Zasu Pitts with Zhu Zhu Pet!

2010-01-14T12:35:00.000-06:00

An unsettling glimpse into the workings of my brain.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Dogupations XI: Chili Dog

2010-01-14T12:33:00.000-06:00

Eleventh in the groundbreaking series of dogupation paintings: dogs providing vital services--the kinds of jobs cats just won't do. Using his superior olfactory abilities the Chili Dog produces a rich, hearty, palate searing chili with subtle Alpo undertones

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Dogupations X: Dog Pound

2010-01-05T20:58:00.000-06:00

Babalu Aye!

Tenth in the groundbreaking new series of dogupation paintings: dogs providing vital services--the kinds of jobs cats just won't do. Where do you turn when you need some heavily orchestrated Afro-Cuban music for your nightclub? To a conga pounding dog, that's where.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Playing Possum!

2010-01-05T20:57:00.001-06:00

Don't be deceived by their unimpressive facade. Opossums are quietly implementing their top secret plans to take over the WORLD! Through their unspecialized biology, flexible diet and reproductive strategy the OMNIVEROUS marsupials have steadily increased their habitat into diverse locations and conditions. Lulled into a false sense of superiority and security humans have allowed the Didelphimophia to move North and West. Possums possess a robust immune system and are immune to the venom of snakes! Opossums have a short gestation period of 14 days and produce large litters. How can they be stopped?

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Dogupations IX: Dog Catcher

2009-12-31T16:26:00.000-06:00

Ninth in the groundbreaking new series of dogupation paintings: dogs providing vital services--the kinds of jobs cats just won't do. A cat in chest protector chasing down a foul ball? Don't make me laugh.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Dogupations VIII: WatchDog

2009-12-14T09:44:00.000-06:00

Eighth in the groundbreaking new series of dogupation paintings: dogs providing vital services--the kinds of jobs cats just won't do. Ever faithful, the watchdog watches. He watches professional wrestling, Oprah, Dancing With the Stars, all twelve productions in the Law & Order franchise, stupid cat food commercials, Star Trek...even the test pattern. The watchdog watches.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Dogupations VII: Sled Dog

2009-12-09T14:08:00.000-06:00

Seventh in the groundbreaking new series of dogupation paintings: dogs providing vital services--the kinds of jobs cats just won't do. Can you imagine a cat driving a sleigh and delivering toys to all good little girls and boys? Neither can I.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Dogupations VI: Butt Sniffing Dog

2009-12-05T14:46:00.000-06:00

Sixth in the groundbreaking new series of dogupation paintings: dogs providing vital services--the kinds of jobs cats just won't do. Without a thought for personal safety or the hazards of secondhand smoke the butt sniffing dog heroically performs his assigned duties. That big bear with the shovel and mountie hat? Highly overrated.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Dogupations V: Corn Dog

2009-12-03T10:39:00.000-06:00

Fifth (pretty sure that's what V means in Roman numerals) in the groundbreaking new series of dogupation paintings: dogs providing vital services, the kinds of jobs cats just won't do. What exactly does a corn dog do? Tastes pretty good for food on a stick.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Dogupations IV: Hun Sniffing Dog

2009-11-27T15:29:00.000-06:00

Fourth in the groundbreaking new series of dogupation paintings: dogs providing vital services, the kinds of jobs cats just won't do. Who do you send to a dogfight? Certainly not cat, you'd just end up with a catfight.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Dogupations III: Tractor Sniffing Dog

2009-11-26T09:04:00.001-06:00

Third in a groundbreaking new series of dogupation paintings: dogs providing vital services, the kind of jobs cats just won't do. If you need a tractor sniffed, don't bother calling a cat.
Why would one need a tractor sniffed? What do I look like, a tractor sniffing expert?

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Dogupations II: Drug Sniffing Dog

2009-11-26T09:02:00.001-06:00

Second in a groundbreaking new series of dogupation paintings: dogs providing vital services, the kind of jobs cats just won't do. If you need some drugs sniffed, don't bother calling a cat. They're just not interested and they have those little pink noses--who could smell with something like that?

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Dogupations I: Bomb Sniffing Dog

2009-11-26T08:59:00.000-06:00

First in a groundbreaking new series of dogupation paintings: dogs providing vital services. The kind of jobs cats just won't do. If you need a bomb sniffed, don't bother calling a cat. They're just not interested.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Weasel Witch

2009-11-10T14:05:00.000-06:00

The witch and her weasel spend a little quality time watching Dancing With the Stars. Weasel is secretly rooting for Donny Osmond.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

Detail

Cattle Dog and the Sugar Beet

2009-11-10T14:04:00.000-06:00

While giant sacred yams are revered in parts of Africa, Australia and Oceania, Cattle Dog kind of likes this smallish sugar beet.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Witch #4

2009-11-05T20:16:00.000-06:00

False Teeth. False Eyelashes. Real Attitude.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Santa Caws

2009-11-05T20:14:00.000-06:00

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Ursa Mummy

2009-10-23T14:39:00.001-05:00

When it comes time to remove his costume, Bear is going to wish he'd wrapped himself in something besides duct tape.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Old School All Stars

2009-10-23T14:37:00.001-05:00

Eugene "Bearfoot" LaCroix. Over shadowed for most of his career by that other Native American player, Bearfoot held the single quarter rushing record in the old Rust Belt Division. While there have been many barefoot kickers in the league LaCroix was the only barefoot full back. While some say he was unable to find cleats wide enough to fit, Eugene claimed to like the feel of the sod beneath his feet.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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RavenMummy

2009-10-19T17:41:00.001-05:00

By the light of the full moon MummyRaven walks the desert sands...or prowls the neighborhood... in search of candy corn.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Recycled Goat III

2009-10-01T20:19:00.000-05:00

Billie Goat Geek

Billie Goat Geek thought that growing a little beard my make him more cool. Billie Goat Geek was wrong.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Nevermore III: The Raven, Well Done

2009-10-01T20:17:00.000-05:00

Edgar Allan Poe with Avian Companion

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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IF: Magnify

2009-08-26T10:43:00.001-05:00

Iggy GeekGuana

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Corvid Clock

2009-08-24T09:51:00.001-05:00

Raven finds the gutteral buzz of the Bakelite alarm clock soothing and delightful.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Hypno-Art: HamBone

2009-08-11T19:43:00.000-05:00

Hammie is mesmerized by the Man in the X-ray specs.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Raven Considers Mortality: Dental Hijinks II

2009-08-03T21:32:00.000-05:00

As Raven considers mortality it becomes clear that good dental hygiene in this life is very important for the next.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Avian Aromatics

2009-07-21T13:27:00.001-05:00

As with all medications, read and follow directions carefully and keep out of the reach of children.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Dental Hijinks

2009-07-21T11:53:00.001-05:00

Raven endeavours to impress upon Bear the importance of dental hygiene, especially for omnivores.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Facultative Symbiosis

2009-06-29T09:57:00.000-05:00

Squatch and Raven have what is called a "symbiotic relationship." Squatch never complains about Raven's singing voice and Raven never mentions Squatch's feet.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Custer Revised

2009-06-06T07:28:00.000-05:00

Great Moments in Product Endorsement History!

In the Spring of 1876, riding a wave of national notoriety Geroge Armstrong Custer pens a lucrative endorsement deal with Richardson-Vicks Incorporated. Unfortunate incidents later that summer brought the affiliation to an untimely demise. All that remains is this image. It is believed Custer had promotional materials at the Little Bighorn, where in his tent he made editorial changes to the proposed script. Archival evidence suggests the proposed ad copy had Custer claiming that the comforting aromatic vapors of the patent medicine kept his sinus passages clear allowing him to "smell a hostile a mile away."

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Nevermore Again

2009-06-02T22:17:00.000-05:00

Nothing further then he uttered - just that single word he muttered-
Till the repetition of it left me wishing day to day,
That the bird - its "Nevermore-ing" - growing tedious and boring,
Would spread its inky wings and fly away.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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It's Colonel Custer, Generally Speaking

2009-05-28T20:54:00.000-05:00

George Armstrong Custer. December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Nevermore!

2009-05-25T21:22:00.001-05:00

But the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only,
That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour.
Nothing further then he uttered - not a feather then he fluttered -
Till I scarcely more than muttered `Other friends have flown before -
On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before.'
Then the bird said, `Nevermore.'

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Raven Tractor

2009-05-22T17:40:00.000-05:00

Surveyor

"Surveyor"

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Star Gazing!

2009-05-18T21:55:00.002-05:00

Bear points out the constellation Ursa Major to his friend Raven. Raven can only see the Big Dipper.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Diet Buddies

2009-05-14T17:18:00.000-05:00

Results!

Raven and Bear are diet buddies. The results have been dramatic.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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HypnoArt! II

2009-05-11T08:19:00.002-05:00

Behold the Power of HypnoArt!

"I'm just a sittin' on my porch admirin' this new bit of art from that Mick feller when this here squirrel saunters up and makes like he'd like a peek too. Bein' a friend to all animals and of a generous disposition I place the little painting in the beast's tiny paws. He takes a gander and before you know it his eyes is rollin' back in his head and he goes all slack-jawed and starts to drool just a little bit and swoons dead away."

"Mick's HypnoArt, mighty powerful stuff!"

~WD El Neato, California

HypnoArt!

2009-05-11T08:17:00.000-05:00

Instant Neuroaesthetic Programming!

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

Because they contain no glitter or metallic paints, these things usually look way BETTER in the scan than they do in person. Just try to hide your disappointment to spare my feelings.

Hey Kids!

The traditional goal of art is creating the AESTHETIC experience in viewers. The opposite of aesthetic is anesthetic and visual anesthesia has the potential of inducing the TRANCE STATE!

Imagine having the power to induce INSTANT AESTHETIC TRANCE!

“Own this art and put anyone into trance easily and quickly.”

I tried for years to learn the Aesthetic Induction, and I was COMPLETELY frustrated. I got to the point where I thought it was all hooey. It wasn’t until I got some 100%REALART MickPainting ACEOs by Mick that it all began to work. I got these little paintings and was totally confused when I first started looking at them. Hamsters and Queens driving tractors with glitter pens and Mounties…I didn’t have a clue what it was about until I started realizing that I was SUPPOSED to be confused.

After looking at the paintings for a while I realized there was a method to his madness. There WAS madness anyway. And I began to see the potential of little paintings on ~~unsuspecting victims~~ subjects

I HAD THE KEYS TO THE RESTROOM AND THEY WERE ATTACHED TO A 16 INCH LENGTH OF GALVANIZED PIPE!

“Without these paintings I couldn’t get results. Buying these paintings was the best thing I could have done.”

I want you to know the absolute truth. Mick is not a miracle worker. Don’t expect his art to give you everything you need to put people into trance instantly - or to levitate for that matter - or to make people cluck like chickens.

They work like magic, but it may take more than one or even six small paintings to achieve the total effect.

“I ordered some ACEOs by Mick. When they arrived in the mail it was like Kwanzaa or maybe St. Swithin‘s Day. I ripped open the envelope and threw aside the surplus protective sheep card and there glistening in its polypropylene penny sleeve was the ACEO. I called a distant estranged cousin and told him to sell his trailer and book it on over here. We started looking at the art and couldn’t wait to get started. After washing some Cheetos down with Root Beer we looked at the art and we both started ZONING out (yes it was THAT good) so we washed our orange fingers and went to the mall.”

“I wish I could tell you that the little painting put the most beautiful girl I had ever seen into a TRANCE so deep that she couldn’t see what a pathetic GEEK I was and agreed to do my bidding (and my laundry). I wish I could tell you that but I’m trying to keep ALL of my claims ambiguous and confusing - like when I use quotation marks, who am I quoting? Is it me talking or an endorsement or what - , but we had a blast. And we could tell that people were really responding differently to us.”

Buy this painting today and you will receive:

An envelope with YOUR address mysteriously inscribed on the front!
DNA sample from where I licked the envelope.
Cancelled US Postage sufficient to cover a 1 ounce rigid letter!
A lovely scrap of teal colored matt board!
One 81/2 by 11 inch piece of folded office paper.
A surplus Ovine note card. (mute testimony to a past bad business decision)
The actual painting, executed in monochromatic gray gouache. Recent studies indicate that ALL forms of color may be cancer causing. These black and white paintings are the ONLY truly safe paintings on eBay!
In lieu of a Certificate of Authenticity (which Mick thinks are for suckers), a piece of card stock containing all information necessary for initiating a lawsuit against Mick!

“I have a load of MickPaintings on my china hutch and most people find them pretty annoying.”

-WD, California State

“I have this sister with a china hutch and most people find her pretty annoying.”

-BS, California State

“I bought some MickHamsters thinking they were like McNuggets or something, but they are paintings.”

-KV, Arizona State

“Wanna see some pictures of my favourite kitty?

-KV, NOT the same KV as the one from Arizona

"I've been in a trance ever since receiving that Clint Howard portrait in the mail."

-KV, Hooterville

Results are atypical. Your results may vary. Batteries not included. Void where prohibited. NO shipping to Alabama, don't even ask. These claims have not been evaluated by anyone with a lick of sense. Serious bidders should look elsewhere for seirous listings. Side effects may include nausea, vomiting, dry mouth, wet mouth, wet nose, dizzyness, difficulty swallowing, diarhea, blurred vision, indiscriminate use of puntucation, expecially commas, troubling dreams, itching, foul odors, hair loss and in rare cases death. Do not drive or operate machinery until you know how MickArt will effect you. If swelling and redness persist call ~~someone who cares~~ your care provider.

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Raven

2009-05-07T21:58:00.000-05:00

Raven

Some kind of noisy bird in my driveway.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Triptych

2009-04-29T21:50:00.003-05:00

Diana, Charles and Camilla
Mick Reasor
Gouache on Paper

HedgeFrog!

2009-04-29T21:41:00.000-05:00

Amphibious Musical Romance

Frog pledges his undying love with dulcet pear-shaped croaks. Hedgehog remains dubious.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Vicks VapoRub

2009-04-09T20:06:00.000-05:00

Rodents With Patent Medicines

Hammie has a lifetime supply of Vicks VapoRub.

Big jar. Small chest.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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IF: Talisman

2009-04-03T16:09:00.003-05:00

Rex Menaced by the Rhinovirus!

Rex, proud member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, has been feeling under the weather and has found Western medicine unable to provide relief.
The local tribal shaman has given Rex a mysterious Talisman and instructed him to wear it on his chest.

Gigantopithecine Geeksquatch!

2009-04-01T21:54:00.000-05:00

While rummaging through the dump on the outskirts of Kettle Falls, Washington the hairy hominid scores the complete third season of X-Files on VHS.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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IF: Poise

2009-03-27T12:06:00.001-05:00

Prince Albert (Sans Can)

When concerned with royal demeanor it's important to maintain one's poise even when hedgehogs are bursting into flames.

Mick Reasor

Gouache on Paper, 3.5 x 2.5 inches

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Unlikely Children's Books:

2009-03-25T22:13:00.000-05:00

The Monochrome Goat With The Calabash Pipe

In a ~~shameless rip-off of~~ loving homage to Dr. Seuss and Arthur Conan Doyle, Mick presents The Monochrome Goat With The Calabash Pipe. A tale, told in verse, of a goat who fancies himself a sleuth. No barnyard mystery goes unsolved once the Monochrome Goat is on the case.

Here, here, I say, what's all this tripe?
Asked the Monochrome Goat with the Calabash pipe.
I'll search for clues, and I'll deduce
And then we'll find who cooked the goose.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Dog Meets Frog

2009-03-19T21:40:00.000-05:00

Finally, after years of receiving eachother's misdirected mail, Australian Cattle Dog and Austrian Battle Frog meet

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Australian Cattle Dog (revised)

2009-03-12T18:10:00.000-05:00

(Silhouetted crows flying in the sky above the tractor available on request.)

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Legendary: The REALLY Ugly Duckling

2009-03-12T18:09:00.002-05:00

The REALLY Ugly Duckling is the inspiring tale of a plucky bird who, having been abandoned by friend and family alike, overcomes his personal imperfections and limitations and becomes a clerk at a convenience store.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Australian Cattle Trek Geek Dog

2009-02-28T21:18:00.001-06:00

I'm pretty sure this Trek Geek Cattle Dog is driving a tractor. It must have been cropped out of the painting somehow.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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geek DOGs PLAYING internet POKER

2009-02-25T08:25:00.001-06:00

An updated version of the classic. What kind of poker would you expect geek dogs to play?

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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GeekCrow's Senior Picture

2009-02-17T22:46:00.000-06:00

GeekCrow strikes an Obamaesque pose for his senior picture. It would probably work better if he had a chin....and ears.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Cattle Dog's New Geek Specs

2009-02-17T22:45:00.000-06:00

Australian Cattle Dog thinks his new glasses make him look like a geek, but he needs them to read (Superman comic books).

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Auburn Rubber Motorcycle Cop Bear

2009-01-27T13:06:00.000-06:00

Hey Kids! Be the first on your block to own the Auburn Rubber Motorcycle Cop Bear.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Goat Eats Tractor!

2009-01-18T18:12:00.002-06:00

Goat Drives Eats Tractor!

Sure, a goat driving a tractor would have been pretty impressive, but a goat eating an entire tractor--that's no small feat.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Armadillo Farmadillo

2009-01-07T21:41:00.001-06:00

Tractor Drivin'Armadillo.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on Paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Geekster Takes The Bait!

2009-01-07T21:40:00.000-06:00

Believing the sign offering free pocket protectors to be legitimate, Geekster finds himself victim of a clever geek trap.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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IF: Voices

2008-12-19T18:58:00.001-06:00

Toad and Crow meet Wednesday evenings for choir practice.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Queen Victoria and the Royal Toad

2008-12-17T11:15:00.000-06:00

"Are We amused? Indeed. We can hardly maintain Our Royal demeanor when exposed to the hysterical antics of the Royal Toad. What a clever amphibian!"

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Geek Trap!

2008-12-13T21:46:00.000-06:00

He resisted the gratuitous Monty Python reference.
The "misplaced" packet of Lord of the Rings trading cards failed to ensnare him.
Has Geek Bear been lured to his doom by an exacting scale model of the Enterprise?

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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IF: Rambunctious

2008-12-12T10:22:00.000-06:00

Hamster Banishes Rambunctious Bear

Rambunctious Bear is no longer welcome in the Hamster home. He's such a big ol' thing, when he gets carried away, he plays too rough and hurts the other children.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Capybara Magi with Alabaster Box

2008-12-10T20:49:00.001-06:00

Wise and Inscrutable Capybara From the East, Bearing Gifts.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on Paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Balthasar III

2008-12-10T20:36:00.002-06:00

Balthasar the Ethiopian

Balthasar, giver of frankincense, patron saint of epileptics and playing card makers.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on Paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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The Toad in the Cat Hat

2008-12-10T20:36:00.001-06:00

The Toad in the Cat Hat

By Professor Snoose

In the shade of a tractor
Cat cap on his head
The toad took a break
With Baloney on Bread.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on Paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Wise Crow

2008-12-06T22:20:00.001-06:00

No rubber cigars for this Wise Crow.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Angel 3

2008-12-04T22:26:00.000-06:00

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

Gabriel with Lily

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Village Idiot with Kitty

2008-12-04T22:24:00.000-06:00

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Heavenly Hamster

2008-12-03T17:56:00.000-06:00

Hark! The Herald Hamster Blows!

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Wise Toad With Golden Chalice

2008-12-03T17:55:00.000-06:00

Behold! Wise Toad from the East bearing gifts!

Mick Reasor
Gouache on Paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Tractor Bear!

2008-11-25T21:52:00.000-06:00

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

Green Acres is the place to be.
Farm livin' is the life for me!

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Santa Specs (X-Ray)

2008-11-25T21:50:00.000-06:00

Sure, he's always been able to see you when you're sleeping, but now he can see your pelvis and your clavicles!

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Raven Joins the Heavenly Chorus!

2008-11-20T09:02:00.002-06:00

Heavenly Chorus? Raven sounds more like a rusty weed whacker.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Geekster's Gift

2008-11-20T09:02:00.001-06:00

After carefully calculating the volume, mass and density of the package and considering all available auditory clues, Geekster believes he has successfully deduced the contents of his gift. Socks.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Christmas Customs Around the World

2008-11-13T21:21:00.000-06:00

The Christmas Vulture

On the small desert island of El Nido, Christmas gifts are delivered to the natives by a large festive vulture. Eager children hang small bits of road kill on broomsticks as a gift for the Buitre de la Navidad.

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Bear Angel

2008-11-11T19:58:00.001-06:00

Mick Reasor
Gouache on paper
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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