pimpin a painter
today i would like to sell out to the man. well more like the anti-man. not in a gender kind of way. but in an anti-establishment way. i’m using this post to pimp the latest paintings of my dear friend and personal inspiration, david brooks, a starving artist.
actually he’s not starving at all. he made a fuckton of money in the ad biz as a creative director and copywriter. in his 40s he decided to semi-retire and teach himself to paint. ain’t that the shit! it is in my book.
anyhussy, i say starving artist because he doesn’t make a living off his painting yet, but
it’s only a matter of time because he’s on to
something with this recent series.
and i say anti-establishment because david is an outsider artist. outsider art is raw and untaught, and illustrates extreme mental states, unconventional ideas, or elaborate fantasy worlds. it often has nothing to with the mainstream art world or institutions.
david has painted things that sum up america like sports figures, musicians, farms, cows, jet fighters, strange characters and hustlers. his paintings have sold at the prestigious outsider art fair in new york (which we have attended with him many times and where he turned me on to one of my favorite outsider
artists, henry darger), the 
montreal gallery,
and gallery bourbon-lally.
his paintings have hung in galleries in kansas city, columbus and portland. a number of paintings are in private collections in oregon, los angeles, las vegas, and cherry hill, nj. one of these new paintings better make it to my private collection for doing this post.
david grew up in cherry hill, nj. he became one of the mad men in the chicago ad world where he met his lovely wife, farmgirl or kathy if you’re not family. he also worked in advertising in portland, seattle, and san francisco. he has a voracious appetite for music and experiences live 
music on average
3 times a week. once a huge dead head, he named his first born son, jerry. he also has a darling daughter named lily bell.
david is a huge fan of a good hallucinogenic and many of his paintings are based on visions from some of his religious hallucinations. he’s just the coolest. i love when recreational drugs are put to good use and used to feed the creative genius.
to inquire about one of the new pieces shown here or to see david’s other work, go to his website. and let me know in the comments which one of these new visual
spectacles you think i should choose for my house.
I went to the site and l found a couple of pieces that rock big time!
Does he have showings just in the US?
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patty punker Reply:
June 21st, 2010 at 8:47 pm
yes, so far just in the US and canada. where are you, norway?
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beautiful work. love it.
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patty punker Reply:
June 21st, 2010 at 8:48 pm
he really blows my mind.
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This work is awesome, surreal and witty. You are a dahling to support your friend and the arts.
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patty punker Reply:
June 21st, 2010 at 8:49 pm
yes! surreal and witty are great words to describe it.
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I keep on staring at the second picture, feeling like I am being sucked into it… You are picking one for your house, you say? Which room? I am asking this as a serious question.
“photo5″ somehow reminds me of what’s going on in the Gulf right now, well, as a representation of what once was, what could have been. It’s my favorite of this bunch.
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very cool interpretation of photo 5. (btw, these are so new, they haven’t been titled yet). that is also one of my faves. that one and the top photo or photo8.jpg.
i better get one for my collection! most of the paintings in my house are in the LR and DR, so that they are visible to guests.
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Got to respect him deciding to follow his new course and getting amazing results.
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patty punker Reply:
June 22nd, 2010 at 12:58 am
you have no idea how impressed i am by that. i wish i had his cajones. and half the talent after that.
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I’m really liking the first one in the series but as I pull each one up and look closer I’m finding things I can’t see in the smaller pic. Now I’m torn as to which one I like the most.
Photo 8 by a nose.
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patty punker Reply:
June 22nd, 2010 at 12:59 am
phot 8 by a nose for me, too. mwuah!
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Wow! Beautiful work! I love the colors!
I love Number 3 the best… it kind of reminds me of an exploding sunspot or a planet off-gassing. (I know, not the best term, but I’m semi-illiterate most days). Number 2 is cool, too, and looks like a fish eye or something looking at you. Cool, but might disturb me in the living room. Numbers 5 has soothing colors.
Cool stuff! Thanks for sharing!
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patty punker Reply:
June 22nd, 2010 at 1:02 am
i will allow “gassing” because you said it and you are fabarrific!
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Awesome work, thanks for sharing!
Check out my blog on Wednesday, you are mentioned as an inspiration for that post!
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patty punker Reply:
June 22nd, 2010 at 4:38 pm
awww shucks. i’ll be over on wednesday.
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Cool paintings. Way to support the arts and your artsy friends!
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thanks! i’m a sucker for artsy.
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These pictures are really turning me on….in an artsy kind of way.
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like do you have the warm and fuzzies in a swirling colorific orgiastic kind of way? then i’d say you soooo get it.
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Talent like that should not be classified as starving but rolling in the talent dough.
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patty punker Reply:
June 23rd, 2010 at 1:48 pm
well put!
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I love this story! I wish I could collect art, but alas groceries keep getting in the way.
I like the second one down the most, but they’re all pretty unique and gutsy. Cool stuff, and congrats to David! As much for the hallucinogens as the paintings.
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patty punker Reply:
June 24th, 2010 at 12:22 am
gutsy is good!
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One of The Guys Reply:
June 29th, 2010 at 10:31 am
I have a question for you: Are you really a chick bass player? Or is that
something you wish you could do?
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patty punker Reply:
June 30th, 2010 at 12:43 am
in my own mind, yo. why are you gonna teach me?
Of course you know that I am in love with everything about all of them…and the artist. How awesome is it that he uses drugs recreationally to have visions. I just use them recreationally to have high.
Photo 5 is catching me…love blue.
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patty punker Reply:
June 24th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
all of my visions look like texas roadkill. i must need a better source.
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Very cool paintings. Psychadelic in a cool way. I likie
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patty punker Reply:
June 25th, 2010 at 4:13 am
will you draw something for me? i love your drawings!
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Annah Reply:
June 25th, 2010 at 4:19 am
What do you want boo boo
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maybe something for my next post (i’ll have to think about it) or surprise me. mwuah!
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Tell me sugar pie!
OR, let me know what your next post is and we’ll get jiggy with it! Email me at annahbanana@rocketmail.com Have a great weekend!
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patty punker Reply:
June 26th, 2010 at 12:50 pm
will do annah banana! you have a rockin weekend too!
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I think you should definitely be havin’ some of the second painting so when I come round your house (coz I know you are this close to inviting me) I can admire it hanging on your wall…
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patty punker Reply:
June 26th, 2010 at 12:53 pm
dear eternally distracted, the favor of your presence is requested at once to come party with me and look at art and shit. (well the invite started nice anyway.)
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His stuff is BEAUTIFUL. Seriously, I’ve seen it before and I’m floored.
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patty punker Reply:
June 30th, 2010 at 12:41 am
dude, you probably have. he has something hanging in a jazz club in chicago i think. that’s so full of the awesome!
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he is AMAZING!! and i am not just saying that cuz i was born in New Jersey yo! love the colors, and love you for helping support an artist.
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patty punker Reply:
June 30th, 2010 at 12:42 am
come back mary mac!
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