Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog

The San Jose Museum of Art has put together this fantastic video series to promote an upcoming show Todd Schorr: American Surreal.

In the videos, pop surrealist Todd Schorr delves into his cartoony influences, his painting technique, and the inspirations behind several of his pieces. Go ahead and skip to video 2, unless you can’t get enough of Raymond Scott’s Powerhouse and want to see a preview of what to expect in the full playlist.

I particularly enjoyed the story behind this painting, The Anguish of Carl Akeley:

Bob Dob paints the most delightful grumpy little bastards. I wonder what Mario was doing that resulted in that black eye!