Comments for Chris Ate Lunch

Comment on Paintings of the Camper by Tim

Tim — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:24:46 +0000

Sometimes, when I think of all the Chris Chappell artwork I’m missing out on because I don’t live in Austin anymore, a wave of sadness sweeps through my psyche.

Comment on Parrots!! It makes me happy that parrots have found my birdfeeder. by Tim

Tim — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:09:57 +0000

Parrots are nice.
Squirrels are nicer.

Comment on Twitter Day by aaron

aaron — Tue, 19 May 2009 05:04:51 +0000

soy creamer.

Comment on The day I attempted a comic by Tim

Tim — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:24:58 +0000

Do you artist types have a special kind of sharpee or something that allows you to draw images that look so cool? Why is it that MY bike wheels look NOTHING like that? How do you do that?

Comment on Biblical Proportions Painting 1 by Tim

Tim — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:22:38 +0000

Yes. Excellent choice. And it makes perfect sense, too. Joseph, a Catholic, had been through some pretty traumatic times, starting as early as pre-school, actually.

Sadly, it appears that you’ve used one of the more contemporary versions (King James, perhaps?) and suffered an incomplete / not exactly correct tranlation error. (Not your fault, of course.) The actual, original Sanskrit that was chiseled into a stone tablet with toothpicks (an example of which I happen to have right here at the dining room table) reads as follows:

Piece by Piece–
We Can’t be Born Special
by my power
present international!
Produce Selection Since 1976
Hit It!

No, wait– that’s from Will Ferguson’s “Hokkaido Highway Blues” (page 297). I highly recommend it.

BTW, your painting kicks ass.

Comment on Day 4 on big landscape by aaron

aaron — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:24:03 +0000

yeah what did you do in houston too ? we never talk anymore

Comment on Day 4 on big landscape by Tim

Tim — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 05:01:37 +0000

So is this the final piece?
How’s “Biblical” coming along?
What did you eat in Houston?

Comment on I built a bed by Chris

Chris — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:36:54 +0000

it’s the second one- except I always shave at night for some reason.
I bought a bunch of wood (a lot of it on clearance I’m proud to say).
Blaze’s mother told me what she wanted and showed me pictures of ones in furniture magazines and I made it. I warned her it was too tall for an innocent little child and that if we didn’t make a traditional ladder it would be hard for the boy. But she insisted on doing it anyway.
Afterwards she called and said it was great- except too high and the boy is scared to climb up.
She wanted a star, I made a star.
Rhino things? Curtain rod goes there so there will be a curtain and little play area.
So I attached the whole bed to the wall so it feels sturdy and now I’ll make a regular ladder and see if he can climb up that.

Comment on New Landscape in Progress by Tim

Tim — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 01:05:34 +0000

Whoa… it is SO COOL for a non-painter guy like me to get to see the progress of your layering technique… had I not seen ‘day two’ I’d have thought, ‘why on earth is the sky pink?’

This is amazing.

Question, have you been sitting down or standing up as you’ve been working on this big-assed piece? Or both?

Comment on I built a bed by Tim

Tim — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 01:02:01 +0000

Okay, a question here…

Does “I built this bed” mean, “I purchased this in a box and followed the directions by screwing in the little screws and putting all the pieces where they were supposed to go”,

does it mean, “I dreamed up this bed in my head one morning while shaving, went out and got the wood, the screws and all the little parts, cut them all to the right size and made them go together and I even cut out the tiny little danger bed star in the headboard and even thought of the little curvey hang-ey things that are sticking out the sides like rhinoceros horns to hang stuff on” ???

Once again, your ever-curious public wants to know.