Tom Richard
Jokes and Bombs, 2009 - 2012
A series that include drawings of Atomic explosions (or bombs). Issues of cold war threat of annihilation or of just failing (bombing) are addressed. The jokes are open-ended, which allow you, the viewer, to complete or finish the narrative.
"Why did the chicken cross the road..." mixed media on paper, 29" x 23", 2012
Bomb 4 mixed media on paper, 14 1/2" x 11 1/2", 2012
3 Peeps visit "Spring Turning..." mixed media on paper, 29" x 23", 2012
Bomb 2 mixed media on paper, 23" x 14 1/2", 2012
"Three army guys walk into a bar and order a muffin..." mixed media on paper, 23" x 29", 2012
Bomb 7 mixed media on paper, 11 1/2" x 14 1/2", 2012
"An army guy crawls into a bar..." mixed media on paper, 11 1/2" x 14 1/2", 2012
Bomb 8 mixed media on paper, 11 1/2" x 14 1/2", 2012
... the guard said "Whatever you do to the caged gorilla, don't touch him" ... mixed media on paper, 23" x 29", 2012
"A trinity floats over a bar..." mixed media on paper, 29" x 23", 2012
"Why did the chicken..." mixed media on paper, 29" x 23", 2012
"A rooster, a cube, and a rubber ball walk into a bar..." mixed media on paper, 29" x 23", 2012
Bomb 5 mixed media on paper, 14 1/2" x 11 1/2", 2012
Bomb 3 mixed media on paper, 14 1/2" x 11 1/2", 2012
Bomb 1 mixed media on paper, 23" x 14 1/2", 2012
Bomb 6 mixed media on paper, 11 1/2" x 14 1/2", 2012
Wolfman Thinking about the Lorenz Attractor on the Moon mixed media on paper, 32” x 26”, 2009
Frankenstein explaining Radical Color Theory to a Peep mixed media on paper, 32" x 26", 2009
Dracula trying to pick up a Lamb Chop mixed media on paper, 32” x 26”, 2009
"A rubber snake, a rubber ball, and a spatter walk into a bar..." mixed media on paper, 29" x 23", 2012
"A bendy, a toe sock, and a Yves Tanguy figure go to hell and order a shot..." mixed media on paper, 23” x 14.5”, 2012
"A wolfman bendy and a G I Joe canteen ride a hippity hop into hell and order a shot..." mixed media on paper, 23” x 14.5”, 2012
"A mummy bendy and a baby jesus go to a desert..." mixed media on paper, 23” x 14.5”, 2012
Pillsbury Doughboy Check'n-out Peeps mixed media on paper, 32” x 26”, 2009
PDB Pontification Pop to Peeps screen print, 20” x 15”, 2009
Hand’s In mixed media on paper, 52” x 42”, 2009
My limbless G I Joe could keep up with the best of them. mixed media on paper, 52” x 42”, 2009