Finally, some Eggmen

More portraits

Dmitri Shostakovich again.

Sahelanthropus tchadensis was, apparently, an early human ancestor ca 6-7 million years ago. Its bones were dug up in Chad, as the name would suggest.

I think I'm getting the hang of this scraperboard/scratchboard thing.

And my Great Auntie Nora. Nora died before I was born so she's not around to complain that I did a bit of a crap portrait of her. In the photo I had, she looks all gorgeous and doe-eyed and willowy in a kind of turn-of-the-last-century way. Sadly, I think I've rendered her looking a bit like a doe-eyed and willowy Greek transvestite.

Other stuff

And still more dot people.

Here's Arnold Bax.

And Franklin Barker! 

Other stuff

No Eggmen this week (yet - the week's not quite over so I might still get one up). The school holiday is on so it's a bit hard to concentrate. What I have been able to do though is sit at my table and obsessively put thousands of tiny ink dots on paper in the shapes of people.

Here's Melanie Klein.

And Erik Satie.

He will book this gig, eventually. I promise.

MORE more other stuff

Dmitri Shostakovich! Stipples! I liked this one enough to actually sign it.

My sister bought me a big box of his symphonies (all 15 of them) for my birthday last weekend. I'm probably going to need some medication after listening to them all (which I plan on doing in fairly quick succession to, you know, get the whole picture) but I'm looking forward to it. Having said that, I've had a big box of Mahler symphonies for a couple of years now and I'm only now getting my head around his 3rd. Apparently, he did refer to it as his "monster" so I do feel a bit less intimidated than I once did.

More other stuff

This is that Weapon X kid again (AKA my son, Franklin).

More "Pepe le Egg" (and a dose of doggerel)

I have to admit that he's starting to creep out even me a bit. He's probably harmless (albeit really annoying) but maybe chemical castration would be for the best.

Like I said, down to business.

Down to business