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Sometimes I wish I were Saraswati: not only is she the goddess of art, language and literature, she has lots of arms for multitasking! So much to do, so little time.

Anyway, as promised, I’m posting more of my friend John’s work. This time it’s several amazing pencil drawings, nearly all of which he completed recently. These are small works, most about 3-6″ high.

I’ve also neglected to mention something here in my posts of others’ work, and I need to add a notice on my site: all the images shown are copyright their various owners.

More to come. For now, enjoy these. I should add dimensions at some point.

Nefertiti

Victory Possessed

Noh Robe, Edo Period

Death in Madrid

Matador

Two mixed media works, 2009

Happy 2010, world. I’m writing this post as a response to an inquiry I got from a nice man and fellow artist who shares an interest in one of my oldest and dearest friend’s art. Here are a few photos of some of John Rummelhoff’s recent work, Aaron, and I can send you some more. I just took a few things when I was visiting yesterday.

For the rest of you, these are fairly recent paintings and mixed-media works by American artist John Rummelhoff, b. 1942, Minneapolis, MN. John’s works are in numerous private collections and museums, including the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.

ZZTop, acrylic on canvas, 2009

One of the great (and perhaps vexing) things about John is that he works in a variety of styles. This is a recent example of one of his visual puns, which often relate to music. He also has a series of national flags that incorporate similar humor.

Iwo Jima (center) and a series of studies, 2009-2010

These are mixed-media works incorporating acrylic, scrap metal, iron oxide, mulch, concrete, and God knows what else. He’s been doing a considerable number of war-related works in the past several months.

Medic. 2009

Another mixed-media work with iron oxide, copper sulfate, acrylic, scrap metal, and gauze. Here you can definitely see the influence of Alberto Burri, a favorite artist.

There’s lots more. This is about all I have time for today but I plan to build a website for John with his complete bio, CV, etc. His story is fascinating and his skills are amazing. Although I didn’t include any images of his representational work this time (other than ZZtop), I will post some drawings that show his breathtaking drafting skills. John began his career with Louis Meisel, the New York art dealer who coined the word photorealism. Although you’ll find examples of his work in Louis Meisel’s first book of Photorealism, John was omitted from subsequent editions and, sadly, from Meisel’s current 40 Years of Photorealism exhibit. But that’s another story for another day.