What my story is…
I’m an artist, and also a shit shoveler. Most people shovel it figuratively in one way or another, but I mean it literally… I work with horses. Background story is that I worked as an fashion illustrator and then for the real life Mad Men in NYC for about 15 years. Until my soul got sucked dry and I moved to the country. Like Green Acres, but with horses instead of Arnold. Thus began the long chapter in my life I’ll call “Saddle Tramps: aka Bitches in Britches”… more about that later. One day, chewing on a piece of hay like the hick I’ve become, I realized that after all these years of hanging out with pooping beasts and the dressage divas, I seriously needed some art back in my life.
So I learned how to make up this stuff on computers. And people, it is not easy to figure out technology when you are already a grown up and anything you read about it is in Esperanto or something. Also, while I was gone, illustration as a career had become obsolete! WTF?
Look around at the pictures on Freakoutville Xpress, they’re here to entertain you. Write your comments or lurk, whatever makes you happy…
Great artwork, love the cat face, awesome. I’ve liked you on facebook :-)
Thanks! I noticed a new “liker” on FB and I appreciate your interest. Hope you’ll keep checking in, I change it up often.
I definitely will keep checking in, in case you’re curious, I was scanning wordpress for music related posts, and your Annie Lennox came up and it was your cool cat avatar that was too good to pass up, so I had to click on your post.
Ah, I was wondering how you stumbled upon Freakoutville, thanks for letting me know… and the kittycat avatar thanks you. I post a little more on FB than here, mainly because I don’t get a lot of feedback on WordPress. Hope that changes eventually.
Btw, since you’re a true vamp fan I’m assuming you like the scary stuff. Did you see the F-ville kitty in Halloween drag? You have to go back a page or two, to my previous entries… okay, maybe SCARY is the wrong word. Hah!
Yes! I saw that on facebook, it was brilliant, loved kitty’s fangs :-) You have some awesome artwork, so I do hope you get more hits on WordPress but glad you’re also on facebook.
Looks like fun, I’ll be back. I love horses, too. Their poop doesn’t stink.
As someone who mucks horse stalls every day, and I can tell you… sometimes their poop stinks.
May I ask if your logo there was inspired by Louis Wain at all?
I was unfamiliar with Louis Wain until you asked this question, and had to look him up on the interweeb-o. So the answer is nope.
Very interesting ‘about me’ article. My own story followed a similar tangent, just back into artwork after some years of hiatus. I like your ‘Graffik ‘Scapes’ category, especially!
Thanks ! Getting back into the art world can be a tough road, because… well, it’s a different world than when you left it. No matter when you left, it changes. Art isn’t the easiest choice of professions, and definitely not the most practical if you want to make money at it. Hopefully, no matter what happens on your journey, it feeds your soul to create. Good luck.
people must have asked, but…do you ever have digital prints made and offer them for sale? Too much of a hassle, perhaps?
Hi Dan!
You’re right, I have been asked about selling prints (usually on my page on Facebook), however I don’t hold a license to sell any of these celebrity portraits as prints.
Although I’d love to be able to market prints of these graphics, the celebrity pieces on my sites are strictly, one-off art pieces. They are display-only work for shows and on my Facebook/Wordpress/Flickr galleries. Because of copyright laws, I don’t have permission to sell images of these licensed personalities. For any type of reproductions. And so, sadly, cannot hawk my wares for profit without a world of hurt coming down on me.
Which is very sad for my bank account. LOL! But thanks for your interest in Freakoutville, I really appreciate your support and the “likes”. Means a lot, truly does.
Sincerely, Jude Kane
Thanks for the info; although I don’t agree with you 100%! Certainly, you should be able to “hawk” your “scenics,” which are really nice… (well maybe not “The Birds” monkey bars!) But I wonder about some these old musicians like T-Bone Walker; who’ve been dead and gone for 40 years!
But on another subject Jude, I like your blog much more than Facebook; How did you start; with a WordPress book from Barnes and Noble? I spent all day yesterday trying to follow the wordpress directions, and ended up with four fouled up blogs…anyway, if you’d be kind enough the recommend a first step, be it a book or website, maybe I could at least get rolling. Secondly; is there a fee which
sends your blog to the top of the searches? Enough questions for
now!
I had company turkey day, a big blues fan; and we spent an hour running through your site; so don’t think nobody is enjoying! dan gardiner