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So, here's a fun series I did for the fine people at the Houston Press. It's about their staff picks for the rootin'est, tootin'est food and entertainment in all of—you guess it!—Houston.

Yee-haw! (Thanks for making it happen, Monica.)

Seen top to bottom: Bimbo's Beer and Bar-B-Q, Mezzanine Lounge, Alice's Tall Texan, and the Phantom of the Opera touring company.

Illustration by Owen Schumacher

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Illustration by Owen Schumacher

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Illustration by Owen Schumacher

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Illustration by Owen Schumacher

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Painter / The Son of Man 

Mother committed suicide when he was thirteen

Friends with writer, André Breton 

Graphic style influenced Warhol and Pop art

Forged Picassos during lean post-WWII period 

René Magritte Wikipedia Bio

Illustration by Owen Schumacher

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Painter / Printmaker / Spirit of Weimar 

Served in the German Army during WWI

Deemed a degenerate artist by the Nazis

Painted Lady Gaga's great grandmother?! 

Wikipedia Bio

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He steadies the little hardbound book on his leg, putting pencil to paper on a page between the next and last—naturally.

Squinting, he continues, drawing anything that comes to mind. Partridges in profile, a disheveled rake in platform shoes, and of course, buns—many, many naked buns. The buns of fantastically stubby, balding men whose walking-on-air leaps of joy so perfectly showcase a certain golden doughy confidence, the viewer's given no choice but to share in at least a bit of what they have... by the pound (after pound)—fancy, fancy freedom.

So jump, my gelatinous friends! Jump!

[To view Bryant's buns, click here.]

As mentioned in a previous post, my illustrious über woman of a sister has once again called on me, and this time for her portrait. Since she's in the field of education, immediately I wanted to make a picture of "the learned scholar in his den" variety, only this time it'd be "in her den." Holbein's terrific portrait of Erasmus was used as my jumping-off point.

Of course it was only natural I put beakers in the background. What's an important person without beakers? An incomplete important person—that's what I say.

Anyway, we can all hope to one day have such a cute den.

But until then...

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• Question I: Prior to this picture, have you ever—ever—seen an artist's excessively detailed interpretation of beloved teen icon Corey Haim?
• Question II: If so—which isn't at all possible, outside of '80s teenage fan art—was the name of the piece a play on the Jewish phrase, "L'Chaim"?
• Question III: Isn't this why Owen's paid the big bucks?

Answer Key: I. NO, II. NO, III. PERHAPS

[For more on Owen Schumacher, visit his blog, Winning the Polyglottery!]

[For more on Owen Schumacher, visit his blog, Winning the Polyglottery!]

I suppose I'm a disciple of Andy Warhol right down to the indecision. I started out thinking there'd be only one of these, but sometimes when you're tinkering with the colors, you'd prefer not to choose. (In fact, I like looking at them side-by-side, don't you?)

Anyway, these're for you, Rose. Gabba gabba hey!

[For more on Owen Schumacher, visit his blog, Winning the Polyglottery!]

Hey, guys! I'm new to Sugar Frosted Goodness. I'm very thankful for this opportunity, as well as for this blog's premise and benefit to the art community at large.

My name's Owen Schumacher—and I also go by the Fop. I'll be posting updates here as well as on my own blog, Winning the Polyglottery! To view more of my work, you're also welcome to visit my Bēhance and Flickr pages.

Thank you much!