You are currently browsing the category archive for the 'Art' category.
Have you ever hated something so much and for so long that eventually you started loving it? That sums up my relationship with the J.B. Hunt logo. If you have ever been on a highway in America I’m sure you have seen the never ending parade of trucks proudly displaying this mess of a logo. I’m a big fan of road trips so I have seen this logo trucking past me at least 500 times, probably more. My obsession with how bad it is has given way to excitement every time I see it. It’s like finding a quarter or seeing a rainbow!
I’m sure J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT) is a great company to work for and based on their annual revenues of over $2 billion I’m guessing there is nothing they care less about than my opinion on their logo. I have a lot of respect for truckers, how hard they work and the vital role they play in our society so please understand this is only a rant about the logo. Oh god, THAT LOGO!
All right, lets take a look at this turd of a logo. Where do I start? What is the scroll doing there? My theory is that it all started with the scroll and it just got away from them. Perhaps it was a piece of clip art that someone fell in love with or maybe they saw a scroll-based logo belonging to another company and said “I want that!” Either way, it doesn’t really scream transportation. OK, we are stuck with the scroll but how can we really screw it up? I know, let’s put randomly spaced lines all over the place to really make it sing! Now I’m guessing they wanted the “J.B. Hunt” to look like it was actually ON the scroll but that’s a lot of work to get the angle right so we will just go ahead and plop it on top. Crap, it’s hard to read the name with all those lines under the text – I’ve got it, let’s just put a big awkward box behind it! Great! At this point we should step back and see what’s missing… think, think, there’s got to be some finishing touch we are missing. I KNOW, we’ll put a big ‘ol box around everything – done and done!
I love you J.B. Hunt logo and pray you are never updated. 10-4 good buddy.
-KR
Should I be worried about this dream I had last night?
It was night and I was standing in front of my old apartment. There was a large tree with a medium sized dog tied to the trunk. Robert Downey Jr. stood next to me and we both looked to the night sky at two individuals floating in the air. One floating person was just some random blond guy but the other was Corey Haim. They were both wearing long black leather coats and their hair blew in the wind as they levitated above Robert and I. I never saw Lost Boys, could they fly? Did they wear long leather coats? Anyway, I was holding a gun and began to empty the ammunition into my other hand. For some reason the gun was loaded with coins. A gun that shoots coins may seem strange but not as strange as a gun loaded with raisins which is what I filled it with next. I pointed the gun in the air, aimed right at Corey Haim and fired a raisin at him. He reached out his hand and caught my flying raisin with ease and popped it in his mouth. Damn! I fired again but this time he caught the raisin in his mouth without even using his hands. This kid is good!
Then I woke up and drew this rendering of the entire scene. Anyone care to analyze this dream?
- KR
Kent and I frequent (well, budget allowing) the Edgewater Antique Mall on Broadway in Chicago and I just feel like I need to shout to the heavens how great it is. So many treasures, so well priced. Any time I have ever been looking for a certain type of piece and I hit the many wonderful antique shops we have in this city, I ALWAYS end up scoring all I need and more from Edgewater. Take this “Gentleman’s Chest” for example. Flawless condition, completely fantastic and we got it during one of their amazing sales for only $350. Same day we picked up this crazy French oil painting, on sale, for $40 and to me it’s invaluable because it is for sure a portrait of my three babies; girl in the middle, long-haired boys on each side.
Another trip we came home with the three brass birds – can’t remember for how much but undoubtedly they were a steal.
This place isn’t super big which for me is part of the charm. You don’t get overwhelmed while browsing the well organized booths. It’s nicely edited, well laid out and the owners are awesome – very funny and of course very helpful. So if you live in the Chicago area, don’t already know about it and are in need of some cool stuff for your pad – get on over there. ~ JF
That’s right, we were the last holdouts but we finally gave into peer pressure and started a damn blog. HAPPY?!?
Some of you might recognize the previous posts as the “Fooey Faves” from our website. If you are a fan of Fooey Faves don’t fret, the Fooey Blog will be taking over that duty. In fact, now that we are using a real blog format we will be able to post more frequently and hopefully on a daily basis. Bookmark us, stop by often or even subscribe, you never know, I might even post some special coupon codes just for our readers.
So there you go people, welcome to 1996 Fooey!
The Octonauts are a crew of adorable animals who roam the ocean in search of adventure and fun! From their undersea “Octopod” base, the eight talented critters (including a valiant polar bear, daredevil kitten, and big-hearted penguin) are always ready to embark on new exciting missions.
In their debut episode, the Octonauts encounter a lonely sea monster out looking for others of its kind. As the Octonauts help him search the four corners of the ocean, everyone learns the special value of friendship and individuality.
This wonderful book is the creation of Vancouver designer Vicki Wong and LA designer Michael Murphy, collectively know as MEOMI.
Both you and your children will fall in love with these cute and quirky characters as they go on their worldly adventures. Story time has never been so stylish!
Illustrator, designer, nice guy, poster genius
You should recognize John’s name from the super awesome posters he designed exclusively for Fooey. We are huge fans of John’s amazing hand silk screened posters. He produces his mostly rock related posters under the name of Spike Press and I suggest you go there now and buy one of each. Then come back and buy his exclusive signed and numbered Fooey posters while they last!
John, what do you have to say for yourself…
“I can’t really point to some clouds-parting-shaft-of-heavenly-light moment. I started drawing as a kid and my 5 older siblings were a big influence – I grew up with stacks of Mad Magazine and National Lampoon (back when both were actually funny) and also, this was back in the 70s when DIY artsy-craftsy stuff became popular – ceramics, jewelry-making, crochet, macrame, etc. Both of my brothers also had notebooks full of drawings of planes and war scenes (my father was a career Air Force officer before retiring), so I was always surrounded by creativity. Illustration is pretty much the only thing I ever wanted to do, aside from a few brief flirtations with oceanography, motorcycle stunt riding, and exotic dancing.”
“I went to the University of Cincinnati’s Design, Art, Architecture and Planning college, which taught me a lot about graphic design and illustration, but I didn’t start screen printing until much later, so I guess I’m somewhere between self-taught and art school.”
Read the full interview here.
I’m stuck again, trying to find a way to describe someone’s artwork without sounding a) dumb and b) well… still dumb. Amy Hevron likes to draw and paint whimsical animals, happy people, humorous characters, plants and flowers. Luckily for all of us, she also likes to sell them.
Come on, how awesome is that ham painting? That kid WANTS that ham!
Amy Hevron was born and raised in Texas and received a BFA in graphic design from Southwest Texas State. She currently resides in Seattle with her husband, Scott and “the boyz” (cats) – Winston “winnie-head” and Otis “gorilla kitten”. Most of her paintings are acrylic on various types of wood and usually measure around one foot square. Oh, and she also has some really cool tote bags!
Do yourself a favor and take a look at her current collection, I promise it will make you smile.
It’s a difficult task trying to come up with one or two words to describe someone else’s art and it took me a good 10 minutes to choose “friendly” but I think it’s a perfect adjective for Camilla Engman’s art. My fear is that “friendly” lacks the impact necessary to express how fantastic Camilla’s art is.
Camilla is comfortable working in a variety of mediums including painting, illustration, graphic design, paper collage, crochet and letterpress stationary. Her charming creations are playful works of modern folk art that invite you in with open arms. They are child-like and sophisticated all at the same time.
Camilla Engman graduated with a Master of Fine Arts (School of Design and Crafts at Gothenburg University) in 1996 and currently lives with her husband and her dog, Morran, in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Enjoy, I know you will
If you want to buy a piece of art from Amy during one of her many online sales, you better act fast because her paintings go fast. I say paintings but they are actually made of paper, oils and a beeswax/resin mixture applied to wood.
Amy Ruppel was born and raised in rural Wisconsin, where she was left mostly to her own imagination, always dragging a stack of paper and a slew of pencils and crayons to her fort in the woods. Color and shape have always intrigued her, and to this day, is still searching for that perfect oval, that perfect orange-yellow and grassy green.
Amy is fascinated by sweet little birds. She says “They’re a little bundle of wonder to me, so I like to place them in curious situations and environments, and have fun with color and flora at the same time. They bring a splash of joy to a room – it’s just my way of adding a little happiness to everyday life.”
