" I was born with a full set of teeth in a motel room outside Moberly. Shortly after, I chewed my way out of the wooden crib at a nursery school in East St. Louis and supported myself finger painting for tourists on street corners. After that, things got weird..." Jeff Brawn
Jeff Brawn is a Portland based (but midwestern raised) illustrator, mixed media artist and author. Personal art projects fall under the umbrella of what he dubs "THE UNDERDOG UNDERGROUND." In the world of The Underdog Underground, the tables have turned and the underdogs and fringes of society are running the show. Supporting and character actors are the celebrities. Cult figures and used-to-be-famous figures are the stars of their own pinball and bubblegum machines. Everyone is a monster kid in this world, they all read Famous Monsters of Filmland (which is still being published by the still alive Forrest Ackerman) and can reference every Twilight Zone episode. SCTV is quoted here, rather than SNL. In this world, the beatniks won the culture war. Everything is cool-catman-daddy and no one is an asshole.
The media used will vary, depending on the subject and the voices in his head, but common tools include ink, acrylic paint, watercolors, digital paint, collage, wood and metal.
Some cool people have his art hanging in their houses (Director James Gunn, Jimmy Kimmel, Eugene Mirman, Bobcat Goldthwait and Dave Foley to name just a few). He's won a few awards, but they will not be listed here because Jeff says "Awards for art are as stupid as ashtrays on motorcycles." That statement not only shows his feelings about art awards, but also encompasses everything he knows about motorcycles.
He is interested in collaborations, commissions, employment and anything else that might either be fun or put money in his ill-fed piggy bank.
The media used will vary, depending on the subject and the voices in his head, but common tools include ink, acrylic paint, watercolors, digital paint, collage, wood and metal.
Some cool people have his art hanging in their houses (Director James Gunn, Jimmy Kimmel, Eugene Mirman, Bobcat Goldthwait and Dave Foley to name just a few). He's won a few awards, but they will not be listed here because Jeff says "Awards for art are as stupid as ashtrays on motorcycles." That statement not only shows his feelings about art awards, but also encompasses everything he knows about motorcycles.
He is interested in collaborations, commissions, employment and anything else that might either be fun or put money in his ill-fed piggy bank.
