John Fogarty

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Since I'm still unemployed and running out of money,I have to stay in my room most of the time and because I've been obsessed with Flickr for more than a year now,I've been looking at everyone's photostream trying to find inspiration.Today I discovered John Fogarty,a New Jersey-based artist.I realised I spent more than an hour looking at his entire photostream, trying to imagine what goes through his mind when he's painting,drawing and making collages.He combines colours and shapes in such a beautiful and dreamy way, it makes you feel like there is something underneath the painting and if you look really close it might take you to another dimension.




Here is the link to his Flickr account and a link to an interview he did recently:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/49963509@N00/

http://goflyingtrtl.blogspot.com/2010/03/artist-spotlight-john-fogarty.html

Strange Magic

Real life should be like this

What other people wore

For last two months I have been looking for a job that will help me pay the rent and survive in London.I have been doing some work experience for free as and some extrawork and I was supposed to work as an extra for 3 weeks for a big film but most days got cancelled so I only worked for 5 days.I think my days in London are coming to an end since there's nothing I can do here anymore.While I was handing out CVs to shops,music venues,coffee shops and bars..I went to American Apparel and got the little lookbook that they have been giving out for free.I really liked the pictures so I illustrated them.

I found the two last ones at Time Out Magazine and I really liked the clothes so I illustrated them.

Animal hats and pink Flamingos

What is it about them?

The Go-Getter

I did this drawing when I watched The Go-Getter a few weeks ago.I wanted to watch it because I love road-trip movies,I think they offer a sense of freedom and you feel like you're in a dream because everything changes so fast from one city to another.The Go-Getter is a movie about a teenager,Mercer(Lou Taylor Pucci,the boy from Thumbsucker) that decides to to steal a car and go on a road-trip to find his older half-brother that he hasn't seen in fourteen years and inform him that their mother died.On his way there he gets a phone call from the owner of the car, Kate(the wonderful Zooey Deschanel).A strange friendship develops between them.Kate won't tell the police as long as he calls her everyday and tells her about his trip.The dialogue is clever and funny and the soundtrack with songs by Animal Collective,Elliott Smith,M.Ward,The Black keys, create the perfect atmosphere for an indie road-trip movie.The movie gets a bit boring half way but it becomes interesting again towards the end.Anyway,I enjoyed it.

Beach House

I drew this after I saw Beach House at the Roundhouse in Camden supporting Grizzly Bear.They were so good,I forgot that I was standing between hundreds of people.I felt like I was still listening to them in my room or on my ipod but it was even better than that.They're more powerful live and unlike many other bands that have been touring for a long time and look tired and kind of bored on stage,they were completely the opposite of that.They were full of energy and seemed to really love what they were doing.Victoria Legrand's voice is magical.I'd love it if Sofia Coppola makes a film and they write the music for it.All their albums make me think of Virgin Suicides and 70's films like 3 Women and Alice in the Cities. I want Sofia Coppola to make a film like Lick the Star but longer and I want Beach House to write the music.Also I want them to write a second soundtrack for Virgin Suicides .That's all.

Don't be afraid...Dolls don't die

I took these pictures when I went to see Alice Anderson's exhibition at the Riflemaker in Soho.Everyone stopped outside to see what's going and were trying to figure out why is there massive red hair hanging out a window,so it took me a long time to take a picture without people standing in front of the building.