Yakety Yak, Don't Talk Back!

I had mentioned before the Rogue that I was incorporating animal absurdities into my artwork as of late. I had also mentioned that one them included the sneaky Blue Blue Yikity Yak... so here ye go! Ladies and gents, I give you Blue Yak '59

"Blue Yak '59"

I also forgot to mention that my father has become my new favorite subject matter. I absolutely adore my dad. He is super sweet, oh so funny, hardest working guy you'll ever meet, and boy is that man a ham. You point a camera in that guy's direction and he pulls a total Zoolander. He knows when you point a camera at him and he strikes a pose and there's something in his eyes that says "I'm rocking the shit out of this scene, so capture it." Man I love him and his amazing facial hair. The dude rivals Santa Claus, and he gifts way cooler stuff! Santa Claus - 0, Papa Bear - 1.

The inspiration behind Blue Yak '59  is pretty simple. In the painting I tried to depict him in a state that says "me and my best friend." I overheard someone at the show say "it looks like he's just chilling out with his dog, but with a cow"... ha! His "critique" was right on the button. It was so nice to know it was interpretable. Thanks dude.

The Blue Yak is actually a reference to the '59 Chevy Apache Pickup my father is rebuilding - hence the title Blue Yak '59. The Blue Yak's origins actually began with the creative genius that is my older brother. When he was in high school, shortly before the Yak purchased, he wrote and illustrated a comic book called The Blue Yak. It was genius and the illustration's were hilarious. It was about a yak who had wheels for feet and motored about doing... stuff. I don't remember EXACTLY what the comic was about, but the image stayed with me. Point is, when he and my dad purchased the Yak they named it so because it was blue and alluded itself to the comic he wrote. They rebuilt it together and now they're rebuilding it again and spicing up the paint, interior, and other components so it looks original.

The truck suits my dad so well and I just wanted to capture the kind of love a man holds for his pickup, but in a funky off-beat sort of way... natch.

Cheerio!