The relentlessly talented Barnaby Whitfield has made an enormous piece featuring the googly face-parts of YoursTruly.
This Is A Foreground 2011 Pastel On Paper 60 by 40 inches
This is not the first piece Barnaby has used my mug for... maybe the ...sixth?? and certainly the largest. Pour through the top three rows of his incredible gallery of work and you'll find five others.
This one is on its way to Copenhagen for unveiling and possibly getting boughten.
PLUS, he's got prints of this one: get yer grubby paws on it here.
A BENEFIT FOR VERMONT STORM RELIEF BY VERMONTERS LIVING IN NYC photo by Maverick Inman
"I Vermont NY" was born out of the heartache from the damage from Tropical Storm Irene on Vermont, the homestate of New York City residents and Blue Man Group co-workers Zea Barker and Isaac Littlejohn Eddy
Zea called Amanda Palmer, Isaac called the Brooklyn Bowl, Blue Man Group and Cabot Creamery donated funds to cover overhead and the work began to create a beautiful night to raise funds for Vermont.
Ed Koren, of VT and the New Yorker fame, designed a beautiful poster for the night {above}
Deep Mountain Maple set up a farmers market style stand inside the club. The silent auction quickly filled with donated items: Burton donated three snowboards and gear, Darkcloud hand-screened unique t-shirts and original art, Jennifer Kahn donated "Repairing Vermont" pendents, many artists donated prints and Vermont's Center for Cartoon Studies brought a box of comics, books and original art.
The coup de grace came when Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary agreed to come do a few songs with Amanda Palmer in support of the cause. photo @Vnend
Huge thanks go out to the performers who donated their time, the artists who donated auction items, the companies who donated their goods, the wonderful people at the Brooklyn Bowl, the scores of Blue Man Group NY employees who came out to make this night run smoothly and the hundreds of folks who came out to celebrate with us.
The Blue Men had a duet with Amanda Palmer covering a rawkus version of the Clash's Should I Stay or Should I Go.
Vermont sustained nearly 1 billion dollars in damage from the storm. Winter is on its way and damaged roads need to be able to carry home heating fuel trucks and snowplows, home repairs need to be completed, extremely far-reaching debris needs to be cleaned up. You can help by donating to the above funds, lending a hand daily details for how at VTResponse and by making plans to visit the beautiful state this fall and winter as gorgeous foliage becomes incredible skiing and boarding.
