Description
‘Egg Pummeler’ by Travis Lampe
Artist: Travis Lampe
Title: ‘Egg Pummeler’
Medium: Acrylic on Wood Panel
Dimensions: 6” x 6”
Framing: Unframed
Year of Creation: 2017
About the Artwork:
“Yet another piece in an ongoing and interminable series of dumb things fighting other dumb things. It all started ten or so odd years ago with a not very good painting of two kittens in a West Side Story-esque brawl with some broken milk bottles. Then soon after a bell diver punching a narwhal. Then the woodsman and the evil trees, etc. – a natural progression. Since those days I’ve never tired of the subject.
It’s fun to try to figure out who the bad guy is in each scenario. In this one, I think it’s the egg. Just because he’s King Egg he thinks he can go where he likes. I’ve got two words for you: home intrusion. Rat is not having it. Still, the grenade is a bit much.” – Travis Lampe
About the Artist:
(Artist Bio)
Travis Lampe grew up in a small town in Kansas. After earning a degree in Graphic Design, he took a job in advertising as an art director in Chicago. While making ads for breakfast cereals and well known purveyors of inexpensive furniture over a period of several years, he secretly began “developing his illustration style,” which is not the same thing as “procrastinating.” Finally, when he felt the world was ready, he began his slow explosion onto the art and illustration scene, as it were. He currently lives and works in Chicago.