Discussing My Artwork, “An American Classic, Revisited…”

The following correspondence originally took place on my Facebook wall, upon my artwork, “An American Classic, Revisited…“…

Rayn: Follow the Yellow Brick Road…

My artwork was featured on both Infowars.com and PrisonPlanet.com in June of 2007:

http://www.infowars.com/cartoons_10.htm#wiz

http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/june2007/250607pers.htm

“An American Classic, Revisited After September 11, 2001” (by Rayn)

“An American Classic, Revisited After September 11, 2001”
(Artwork by Rayn)

Sara: I love this piece. You really touched on the entire 9-11-01 conspiracy while accurately depicting every key player in the scandal, creatively!

Recreating Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo’s Cira-1759 “Gateposts and Outbuildings of a Villa”

I originally posted the following artwork I created, along with comment, onto my Facebook wall…

(Artwork by Rayn, and originally located here)

My Commentary: Created in Spring 2000 for art class at Stony Brook University.

The assignment was to recreate an illustration of Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo‘s cira-1759 “Gateposts and Outbuildings of a Villa” using black ink, a dip pen, water and a paint brush on white 8×10 paper.

Recreating Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo’s Circa-1759 “Roofs and Chimneys of Country Houses”

I originally posted the following artwork I created, along with comment, onto my Facebook wall…

(Artwork by Rayn, and originally located here)

My Commentary: Created in Spring 2000 for art class at Stony Brook University.

The assignment was to recreate an illustration of Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo‘s circa-1759 “Roofs and Chimneys of Country Houses” using black ink, a dip pen, water and a paint brush on white 8×10 paper.

Being Governed by Your Inferiors…

The following correspondence originally took place upon the Facebook wall of my friend, Jordan K…

"Plato: 427 -347 BCE"

“Plato: 427 -347 BCE”

Jordan K.: One of the consequences of refusing to participate in [censored] is that you end up being governed by your [censored].

Rayn: Plato understood the true power of the Republic, and knew the dangers of the citizenry becoming disinterested in politics!

Jordan K.: lol i was wondering if anybody would know who wrote that but i shoulda known!

Rayn: No doubt! To be fair, though, I’ve had a picture of this quote saved inside of my computer for years now (along with many others).