{"id":477,"date":"2020-06-03T21:51:49","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T21:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/?page_id=477"},"modified":"2020-06-03T21:53:27","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T21:53:27","slug":"illustration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/illustration\/","title":{"rendered":"Illustration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-justified foogallery-lightbox-foogallery fg-justified fg-light fg-border-medium fg-shadow-outline fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-always fg-hover-fade\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-437\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:false,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:false},&quot;lazy&quot;:true,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;data-src-fg&quot;,&quot;srcset&quot;:&quot;data-srcset-fg&quot;,&quot;state&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:true,&quot;mask&quot;:&quot;foogallery-{id}&quot;},&quot;template&quot;:{&quot;rowHeight&quot;:200,&quot;maxRowHeight&quot;:&quot;150%&quot;,&quot;margins&quot;:20,&quot;lastRow&quot;:&quot;center&quot;}}\" data-fg-common-fields=\"1\" data-foogallery-lightbox=\"{&quot;thumbs&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;info&quot;:&quot;right&quot;,&quot;infoVisible&quot;:true,&quot;infoOverlay&quot;:false,&quot;transition&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;hoverButtons&quot;:false,&quot;fitMedia&quot;:false,&quot;noScrollbars&quot;:true,&quot;preserveButtonSpace&quot;:false,&quot;buttons&quot;:{&quot;fullscreen&quot;:false,&quot;info&quot;:false}}\" >\r\n\t<div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BD625.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Jam Session\" data-caption-desc=\"Acrylic on paper\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nThe original of this is quite tiny. I keep thinking it would be good to make a much larger version of it someday, in which case this might be regarded as a \u201cstudy\u201d. It\u2019s difficult to convey music in a still image, but I think this one is relatively successful.\" data-attachment-id=\"627\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Jam Session\" height=\"250\" width=\"231\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD625\/2977586025.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD625\/3546134232.jpg 460w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BD624.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Portrait: Dracula\" data-caption-desc=\"Acrylic on paper\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nIn my teenage years, vampires were something I feared and\ndreaded. I certainly did not find them sexy.\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nThis piece was commissioned by Canada Post as a first study for a postage stamp. Their final choice was a revised version of this. The image of a woman bleeding from the neck, as if blissfully post-coital, was not deemed to be appropriate for a Canadian stamp, and I was asked to substitute something else in her place. A bat, as I recall.\" data-attachment-id=\"626\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Portrait: Dracula\" height=\"250\" width=\"244\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD624\/667675562.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD624\/4201476377.jpg 486w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BD622.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Portrait: Tom Waits\" data-caption-desc=\"Acrylic on paper\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nAnother one for The New Yorker, and another favorite of mine.\" data-attachment-id=\"625\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Portrait: Tom Waits\" height=\"250\" width=\"205\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD622\/260584138.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD622\/1740751315.jpg 408w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BD621.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Portrait: Rita Moreno\" data-caption-desc=\"Acrylic on paper\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nOver the years I did many portraits of actors and celebrities. This one, of Rita Moreno as she appeared in the Broadway production of Kiss of the Spider Woman, was commissioned by The New Yorker. I liked the way the shadow of her hand provided both visual depth and a certain sinister quality.\" data-attachment-id=\"624\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Portrait: Rita Moreno\" height=\"250\" width=\"219\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD621\/3676079476.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD621\/1866647312.jpg 438w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BD620.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Hollywood Western\" data-caption-desc=\"Acrylic on paper\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nAs a child, I loved the early Cinemascope movies shot on location in various parts of the southwestern U.S.A. Later, I was engaged by the overlap of natural beauty with the technological hardware of cameras, sound, lighting, and the stagey theatricality of it all.\" data-attachment-id=\"623\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Hollywood Western\" height=\"250\" width=\"233\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD620\/1250267704.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD620\/1890196884.jpg 466w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BD617.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Boys Playing War\" data-caption-desc=\"Acrylic on paper\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nThese are boys of yesteryear, when war toys were simply wooden soldiers, or lead airplanes. To our eyes, their game is rather quaint and nostalgic. Still, it is war just the same.\" data-attachment-id=\"622\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Boys Playing War\" height=\"250\" width=\"259\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD617\/601233337.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD617\/2895806372.jpg 518w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BD614.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Hamlet\" data-caption-desc=\"Acrylic on paper\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nA reference to the famous scene where the prince contemplates the remains of the dead clown.\" data-attachment-id=\"621\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Hamlet\" height=\"250\" width=\"322\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD614\/1131790525.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD614\/3036725617.jpg 642w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BD613.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Jurassic Snack\" data-caption-desc=\"Acrylic on paper\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nAgain from The New Yorker, this illustrated the review of the film Jurassic Park.\" data-attachment-id=\"620\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Jurassic Snack\" height=\"250\" width=\"187\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD613\/330004985.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD613\/1265755928.jpg 372w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BD609.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"The Honey Wagon\" data-caption-desc=\"Acrylic on paper\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nThis accompanied a review in The New Yorker on a film that\nperhaps was seen by a few dozen people, tops. Still, I\u2019m strangely proud of this piece.\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nThe story featured a hapless little schlemiel who\u2019s job it is to cart away the village\u2019s dung. Meanwhile an aristocrat, living nearby, has aspirations toward poetry. Their paths cross . . .\" data-attachment-id=\"619\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"The Honey Wagon\" height=\"250\" width=\"277\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD609\/1287983631.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD609\/1778017511.jpg 552w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BD608.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Putin\" data-caption-desc=\"Acrylic on paper\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nThis was done for Time International \u2013 and I remember that because there was virtually no time for executing it. It had to be finished in a day. Maybe for that reason, the piece took on a certain fiery intensity.\" data-attachment-id=\"618\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Putin\" height=\"250\" width=\"122\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD608\/3665076940.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD608\/1151236928.jpg 242w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BD607.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Perils of Foreign Aid\" data-caption-desc=\"Acrylic on paper\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nThis noisy, scruffy image was meant to underscore the doubts and anxieties that some Americans might have had about where their foreign aid tax dollars were going -- at least as it applied to eastern Europe particularly. Random intoxicated violence, warlord gangsterism, tribal vendettas running amok, etc., and a trapped and impotent Soviet bear unable to offer help.\" data-attachment-id=\"617\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Perils of Foreign Aid\" height=\"250\" width=\"186\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD607\/3811127193.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD607\/3153310072.jpg 372w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BD606.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"The Word\" data-caption-desc=\"Acrylic on paper\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nThis was a pro bono job promoting literacy. It was desirable, I thought, without going into any particular narrative message, to depict the hand-eye-heart-consciousness connection that can result\nfrom reading.\" data-attachment-id=\"616\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"The Word\" height=\"250\" width=\"240\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD606\/1972936538.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD606\/2209179116.jpg 478w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BD605.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"First Date\" data-caption-desc=\"Acrylic on paper\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nTwo awkward young teens playing the frustrating game of \u2018Touch Me \/ Touch Me Not\u2019. It\u2019s a wonder any of us survived that wretched era.\" data-attachment-id=\"615\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"First Date\" height=\"250\" width=\"185\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD605\/356206686.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD605\/3435727499.jpg 370w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BD604.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Lotus Eater\" data-caption-desc=\"Acrylic on paper\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nArt for an ad for Lotus, the software company. I decided to indirectly refer to Odysseus, with his voyage to the land of the Lotus-Eaters. It seemed to work, somehow.\" data-attachment-id=\"614\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Lotus Eater\" height=\"250\" width=\"190\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD604\/2206922909.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD604\/860405851.jpg 378w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BD603.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"The Nose\" data-caption-desc=\"Acrylic on paper\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nThis accompanied a memoire on the smells of summer camp.\nI alluded to a personal favorite: outboard motor gasoline combined with the fishy, semi-stagnant water found around mooring docks. That sublime fragrance invariably brings me back to the sweet summers of my childhood.\" data-attachment-id=\"613\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"The Nose\" height=\"250\" width=\"266\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD603\/3564955222.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD603\/322250801.jpg 530w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BD601.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Annus Horribilus\" data-caption-desc=\"Acrylic on paper\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nOne could make a terrible pun on the title. It refers, of course, to the queen\u2019s very bad year, 1992, when not only did Windsor Castle catch fire, but the ghastly hijinks of the extended royal family were in the news everywhere.\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\n(This was done without the aid of Photoshop, I might add. I am a technophobe and have done all my work, drawings and paintings alike, the old-fashioned way, without using any digital program.)\" data-attachment-id=\"612\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Annus Horribilus\" height=\"250\" width=\"233\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD601\/3426898294.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD601\/2001011438.jpg 464w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BD596.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Obsessive Fan\" data-caption-desc=\"Acrylic on paper\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nThis man is just about one step away from becoming a stalker. I felt that it was necessary to show not only the subject of his obsession, but also the medium itself \u2013 in this case, TV.\" data-attachment-id=\"611\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Obsessive Fan\" height=\"250\" width=\"206\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD596\/1866434000.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD596\/2472829390.jpg 410w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BD595.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"The Botanist\" data-caption-desc=\"Acrylic on paper\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nHe has travelled to the far corners of the earth, collecting specimens, and now stands proudly alongside his greatest discovery. This is an instance where a landscape, with figure in the middle distance, seemed the proper choice. Done for a travel magazine.\" data-attachment-id=\"610\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"The Botanist\" height=\"250\" width=\"185\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD595\/3148558958.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD595\/4132136892.jpg 368w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BD594.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"The Plunge\" data-caption-desc=\"Acrylic on paper\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nThe article examined the hazards of swimming in polluted water. I tried to treat the bugs with some sympathy.\" data-attachment-id=\"609\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"The Plunge\" height=\"250\" width=\"187\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD594\/2245278847.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD594\/3708723870.jpg 372w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BD589.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Adam Names the Things\" data-caption-desc=\"Acrylic on paper\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nThis was done for GQ magazine, but I can\u2019t for the life of me\nremember why. It strikes me as a funny situation, though.\" data-attachment-id=\"608\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Adam Names the Things\" height=\"250\" width=\"186\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD589\/1404145072.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD589\/2319699813.jpg 370w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BD587.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Dionysus\" data-caption-desc=\"Acrylic on paper\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nI was trying to explain to a class of students the qualitative differences between the Appolonian and Dionysian influences in art. As a demonstration, and, nervous that I might not be able to bring it\noff, I painted this at one sitting.\" data-attachment-id=\"607\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Dionysus\" height=\"250\" width=\"204\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD587\/2789605499.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD587\/3457151842.jpg 408w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BD584.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Smoking Pistol\" data-caption-desc=\"Acrylic on paper\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nDone as a potential film festival poster, it touches on many of the ingredients of popular culture: sex, violence, nice clothes, classy blonde, and handsome hunk.\" data-attachment-id=\"606\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Smoking Pistol\" height=\"250\" width=\"369\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD584\/1926412229.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD584\/3655137183.jpg 736w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BD17.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Win, Place, Show\" data-caption-desc=\"Watercolor\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nSomebody wins and somebody loses, and that\u2019s the way it is.\nAn early piece done for Rolling Stone.\" data-attachment-id=\"605\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Win, Place, Show\" height=\"250\" width=\"200\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD17\/2734115139.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD17\/1000706.jpg 400w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BD16.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"The Rescuer\" data-caption-desc=\"Acrylic on paper\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nI was commissioned by Canada Post to commemorate several heroes. This represents the actions of Captain William Jackman, who, on a fall day in 1867 in Newfoundland, single-handedly rescued 27 people from a foundering ship. He repeatedly swam out through stormy seas and carried each of them back to shore, one by one.\" data-attachment-id=\"604\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"The Rescuer\" height=\"250\" width=\"354\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD16\/1882328867.jpg\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BD14.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Through Rose Lenses\" data-caption-desc=\"Watercolor\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nIn the Tales of Hoffman, both story and opera, a sly scientist employs a pair of enchanted spectacles to cause an unsuspecting university student to fall in love with another of his inventions -- a mechanical maiden.\" data-attachment-id=\"603\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Through Rose Lenses\" height=\"250\" width=\"177\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD14\/1763432612.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD14\/1524757677.jpg 352w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BD12.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Pole Dancer\" data-caption-desc=\"Acrylic on panel\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nThe eternal fascination with the feminine is another theme that keeps cropping up. Here, the audience is made up of men of power, all held in thrall by the lone female performer. Who, then, holds the power?\" data-attachment-id=\"602\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Pole Dancer\" height=\"250\" width=\"195\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD12\/2971375581.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD12\/3524724147.jpg 388w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BD11.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Banjo Lament\" data-caption-desc=\"Acrylic on paper\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nThe mountain man makes such heartfelt music it charms even the beasts and the trees. I\u2019ve done several variations on this theme.\" data-attachment-id=\"601\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Banjo Lament\" height=\"250\" width=\"182\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD11\/488987452.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD11\/2404239654.jpg 364w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BD09.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Triage\" data-caption-desc=\"Watercolor\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nThe idea of triage apparently came out of the battlefield.\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nCasualties were separated into three categories: those lightly wounded who were judged able to survive without medical intervention, those moderately disabled who stood to gain the most from medical attention . . . and, those poor souls who were so badly injured they were going to die anyway. So why waste resources on them?\" data-attachment-id=\"600\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Triage\" height=\"250\" width=\"264\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD09\/3352564276.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD09\/798900934.jpg 528w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BD08.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Scriptwriter\" data-caption-desc=\"Watercolor\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nDone for Esquire many moons ago, we see the writer at his work, ardently visualizing the final creation. Judging by his smile, it must be going well.\" data-attachment-id=\"599\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Scriptwriter\" height=\"250\" width=\"193\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD08\/1069416665.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD08\/2632878797.jpg 384w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BD07.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"The Occupant\" data-caption-desc=\"Watercolor and gouache\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nThis was the cover art for a magazine which is now long defunct, and in it I employed the device of the turned-away female form. It\u2019s a useful device because it involves the viewer\u2019s mind out of the simple urge to know more about this person.\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nWho is she? Where is she off to? Why so dolled up?\" data-attachment-id=\"598\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"The Occupant\" height=\"250\" width=\"188\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD07\/4176565387.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD07\/705538187.jpg 374w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BD03.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Stagefright\" data-caption-desc=\"The band plays the fanfare, the crowd roars in anticipation, but he just can&#039;t go on. The spotlight remains empty. Only the little dog, with the heart of a lion, is there to lend him courage.\" data-attachment-id=\"597\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Stagefright\" height=\"250\" width=\"190\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD03\/3570253179.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD03\/3329054977.jpg 378w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BD02.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Nest Eggs\" data-caption-desc=\"Acrylic on paper\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nThe redness of cardinals has always been appealing, but this idea just sprang spontaneously into my head one inspired day.\" data-attachment-id=\"596\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"Nest Eggs\" height=\"250\" width=\"201\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD02\/101251867.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD02\/842665614.jpg 402w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BD01.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"BD#01\" data-attachment-id=\"595\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img title=\"BD#01\" height=\"250\" width=\"249\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD01\/2855679994.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/06\/BD01\/1094984591.jpg 496w\" class=\"fg-image\" \/><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/477"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":479,"href":"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/477\/revisions\/479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blairdrawson.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}