Something’s going on with 1950s science fiction. I thought I was kind of alone with my outsider artish thing for redoing science fiction posters as paintings. Then along comes Rick Moody “revisioning” an old film called THE CRAWLING HAND. (See my Amazon review below). Then I find Jonathon Lethem’s detailed meta-critique of a film called THEY LIVE which isn’t technically “old science fiction” but might as well be. It’s a strange movie that deserves some strange attention.

I’m collecting my images in a soon-to-be released Blurb book called SCIENCE FICTION POSTERS OF BANGLADESH. You probably will have to buy it and read it to understand the whole Bangladesh connection.

http://www.amazon.com/Four-Fingers-Death-Novel/product-reviews/0316118915/ref=cm_cr_dp_hist_4?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&filterBy=addFourStar

http://www.amazon.com/They-Live-Focus-Jonathan-Lethem/dp/159376278X

My friend Dan Kelly asked to see my new masks so this was the easiest way to show them.

This is my first experiment in combining painting and writing. I like how the idea is coming along. I started using Blurb.com to make books of my paintings, then added comments. Here I go for a variety of fiction: surreal memoir, imaginary overheard conversations of people looking at the paintings, a “self interview”, and the biography of my alter-ego Carlos Bernardo. My goal was to make something that would interest people who might have only a passing interest in art. Eager to see what people think. You can preview (and buy) the book on blurb.com. Click on the image and it will take you to my Blurb site.

Why do people like to wear masks so much?

She said, “I am not sure I agree with you.”
He said, “It is not me you are disagreeing with.”