Mad Sweeney

American Gods

This is an illustration of Mad Sweeney from the novel American Gods by Neil Gaiman. It’s a great book and being an Irish expat I was really drawn to the character of Mad Sweeney. He’s a hard sort of truckstop redneck leprechaun. He somehow simultaneously defies and confirms the image Americans have of Ireland. It would have been tempting to use green in this piece but somehow I don’t think Mad Sweeney would have approved of anything quite so cliche.
This is the second of the American Gods pieces I did for the art jam at Superpunch

Coatlicue

Nuestra Madre

This illustration is inspired by Neil Gaiman’s brilliant novel American Gods. I was really drawn to a minor reference to Coatlicue, (the Aztec Earth Mother Goddess). After the Aztecs were conquered, she continued to be worshiped in some respects as the Virgin of Guadalupe. To represent her, I wanted to blend the Aztec and Catholic iconography. In this way I wanted to reflected the multifaceted visual nature the gods displayed at certain times in the novel. This is one of two illustrations I did for an art jam at Superpunch

Coatlicue available as a 3 color screen print!

Blue, Blue-black and metallic Gold. Hand pulled by me. Printed on 100# True White Speckletone French Paper. Size is 12.5 x 19in

In the shop!

This is just to say…

Screenprint homage to William Carlos Williams’ This is just to say.

Cheers!

Screenprint

Cheers! Two color hand pulled print on 100lb Tangy Orange Pop-Tone French Paper.