(Based on my post dated December 24 2011)
Mario Miranda:"I’m a keen observer of people. They are generally doing something they should not be doing.”
Wikipedia claims MM considered Ronald Searle (b 1920) his mentor.
Matt J's classy blog dedicated to Mr. Searle's art says:
"a Searle picture is certainly unmistakeable. The human figures are bird-like – stork legs, beaky noses, and pop-eyes that are often shifty or bewildered – their distortions and wispy lines suiting the mood of feverish anarchy. They are drawings whose skill is perhaps concealed in a feeling of rapidity, an impression that they were quickly set down."
Mr. Searle himself has been influenced by great Saul Steinberg (who isn't?).
Look at the following classic:
'Homage au Steinberg'
on the left is Saul Steinberg on a pedestal, standing like Napoleon Bonaparte, and on the right a figure with "bird-like – stork legs, beaky noses, and pop-eyes"!
Do you see figures that are "bird-like – stork legs, beaky noses, and pop-eyes" in MM's picture above?
Mario Miranda:"I’m a keen observer of people. They are generally doing something they should not be doing.”
Wikipedia claims MM considered Ronald Searle (b 1920) his mentor.
Matt J's classy blog dedicated to Mr. Searle's art says:
"a Searle picture is certainly unmistakeable. The human figures are bird-like – stork legs, beaky noses, and pop-eyes that are often shifty or bewildered – their distortions and wispy lines suiting the mood of feverish anarchy. They are drawings whose skill is perhaps concealed in a feeling of rapidity, an impression that they were quickly set down."
Mr. Searle himself has been influenced by great Saul Steinberg (who isn't?).
Look at the following classic:
'Homage au Steinberg'
on the left is Saul Steinberg on a pedestal, standing like Napoleon Bonaparte, and on the right a figure with "bird-like – stork legs, beaky noses, and pop-eyes"!
Do you see figures that are "bird-like – stork legs, beaky noses, and pop-eyes" in MM's picture above?