Yes, I think I’m responsible for a lot of childhood trauma…
(Above: Popeye 3-D prints engraved by Rick Baker in Z Brush, Halloween costumes by Rick Baker daughter, engraved by Rick Baker/Costumes the Rick and Costumes by Rick and Silvia Baker, “thorns, acrylic and “Max Erra” on canvas, on canvas)
Do you feel a loss when the painting leaves your studio or are you happy that they find a new home with new victims/customers?
This is the first time I have sold my originals. I’ve painted my friends before, but honestly I don’t have any wall space, so I think it’s better to have them in someone else’s house than stack them in the back room of my studio.
I wasn’t going to do a show where I just made an interesting painting and it got out of control. I made about 25 paintings. They were everywhere, and it was a little unclever when I asked me from Copro if I was interested in performing.
OK, now is part of the interview I blame you for my childhood trauma, a creature called Cow Man. You created SFX for the Fun House movie directed by Tobe Hooper, a photo of Cow Man, one of the horrible mutant monsters in this movie is the cover of Fangoria Magazine and proudly displays the older brother wall above my brother. We shared a room, so every morning the first thing I saw was the cow man and the zombies covered up the worms. So, where should I send you an invoice for trauma therapy?
Yes, I think I’m responsible for a lot of childhood trauma. When you call him a cattle man starts with a real transformed man. But I think it’s wrong to make this person transform into a monster, so I styled him some things. Make him even more extreme.
I heard rumors that your show will have a special guest. Smoking vegetable addicts have visual problems… Can you tell us something about him?
Ah, yes, my civilian. Many years ago, I used sub-tools in the first version of Beta Test Zbrush. He was originally a portrait of my father and continued to become this ancient Popeye character. When I got my first 3D printer, I printed a small version of him, and then a few years later. There are other special guests. Nosferatu, Dracula of Bela Lugosi, Monster of Frankenstein and more.
Will he work for security? Will you pay him with canned spinach?
Well, he doesn’t have any arms or body, so he’s not good for safety and once I sit him on his pedestal he can’t move so I don’t think I need to feed him.
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(Picture below: More paintings from the Copro Gallery show)
