NOTHING BUT FRIENDS

When I first saw this Supreme pizza I thought: "Wow. What a colorful array of toppings." This  certainly wasn't the first time I'd seen a Supreme pizza with all those tasty green, red and yellow peppers, black olives, pepperoni and sausage. They always make my mouth water. Then I began to look at it from a pareidolic perspective. That's when I spotted my first character. I began cutting from  right to left, as I discovered the round head and colorful shirt that led me to the next character, then another, and finally the last guy who appeared to be leaving. I managed to catch up with him just in time. His attention was somewhere else, but luckily his partner caught hold of him just in time for me to bring him into the composition with the others.

HERE'S THE LINK TO MY ETSY SHOP, PareidoliaOriginals:
 

https://www.etsy.com/shop/PareidoliaOriginals

Etsy Opening Of My Shop: PareidoliaOriginals!

ANNOUNCING MY GRAND OPENING

          This is your invitation to my new store where I'll be offering my art works for sale at Etsy.com. The name of my shop is: PareidoliaOriginals.  ----  Right now there are ten pieces at reasonable prices.
          They are original works, so when they're gone only copies will be available of those.
          But, no worry, when those are gone I'll place more originals for varied tastes. Thank you all for visiting my blog. ----  And again I invite you to my shop. Feel free to browse.

 We're all hi-fivin' it now that I have my own shop on Etsy.com! Come visit us. And you can order any piece of art that you like from PareidoliaOriginals.

TO EACH HIS OWN

          I hope you'll enjoy this one as well as all of the entries. Feel free to comment. These guys each seemed so unique, I thought it a good opportunity to show you how my characters and subjects come about. I want to stress to you an important aspect of my pareidolic art that I'm afraid may be getting lost on some viewers: The fact that I do Not mark, paint, draw or in any way alter the images I find within the illustrations on the packaging. I simply cut what I see.
          If you look closely at the bowls above you can trace the cuts that brought the characters to life. I think if you do that, you'll get a better idea of what I do and how I do it. I encourage you to try it with your own food package illustration. I feel satisfaction in finding art that would otherwise be lost; and what a waste that would be. I find the challenge fun and gratifying.
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NOTICE

On Saturday, 11 August 2018, I'll be at the Parkersburg, WV branch of the public library talking with folks about my book: Marine Tigers: A NewyoRican Story, taking questions and signing copies. See you there.           - For FREE Sample pages of my book, click on the picture of the book here, to the left. Have comments? Click on "Comments" box below. My works have appeared on "The Chew" a popular daytime TV show on ABC, exhibited at the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland and Parkersburg, WV. 
    

GREEN TEA LEE

Here's a little lady that caught my eye as she sprouted into view from a box of green tea. Some evenings I like a nice hot cup of tea even when hot weather temperatures seem to call for a cool drink, she cooled me down from the tensions of the day.

CARP 'N' DIEM

Make of it what you wish. But, these two are great buddies and always have been; essentially fish and salad who regardless of size, mingle very nicely. Oh, and they deliver a great message. They are Carp 'N' Diem.
                ANNOUNCEMENT:  Hope you can make it to the Artsbridge Merchants and Artists Walk on Friday, June First, 2018 in Parkersburg, WV. I'll be exhibiting my pareidolic works in the Plaza beside the United Bank building, on Market Street; A nice place to take a break on a bench, under a tree and view my art.
                Just down the street in front of Cham's Restaurant, I'll be sharing some time singing and making music with Mike and Rich in a trio we call Fluid Drive. I hope you'll stop by and say hello.