Goulish Delights

Sunday, October 11, 2009

I'm nothing if not ironic - a graphic artist who knows next to nothing about art. But hey, I know what I like... and I like the pop art stylings of Shag and the nostalgia of Disneyland. So on my visit this weekend, I dipped into my savings just a bit and snagged two great pieces of Shag art commemorating the 40th anniversary of The Haunted Mansion!
First, "Goulish Delights", of which I was lucky enough to get number 6 of a limited run of 200...



And then, because there's always room for one more, there's "A Dismaying Observation:"



As I pocketed my Amex and carried out the huge boxes, I could hear the staff of the Disney Gallery calling after me, plaintively... "Hurry back! Hurry back! Be sure to bring your credit card! Make final arrangements now..."

These are great! Shag + Disneyland is always pure delight. By the way, don't know if you keep up with Kevin Kidney, but he and Jody Daily are behind a lot of neat Disney stuff too, including the tiki Rongo bowl you so graciously got for us.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/miehana/
P.S. We got our Disney fix yesterday at the Walt Disney Family Museum, in SF at the Presidio. You should check it out! Lots of great stuff there. I didn't know what to expect going in and thought we'd spend an hour there at most, but three hours of poring over tons of original sketches, clips, scale models, etc. later, I felt like I'd lived Walt's entire life!


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