Artist and Castee Auction Profile David Russell Talbott and Brin Plourde
Friday, October 24th, 2008Hey everyone, Kimmy here again to give you a little daily insight to our artists and castees!
Today we present Artist David Russell Talbott.
Talbott painted the wonderful Brin Plourde’s cast. Brin is a friend of Amanda’s whom we shared with you yesterday. For Amanda’s birthday she invited friends to a casting party, of which of course Brin said Yes! “My step-mom died of breast cancer and one of my best friends is a five time cancer survivor at 35. She has had breast cancer three times. So this cause is very near to my heart.”
Brin showing off the inside of her cast at our San Diego’s Finest Event
David Russell Talbott’s art harkens back to the golden age of pulp illustration. Characters reminiscent of those in hardboiled crime fiction fill his one panel stories; boxers, con-artists, hit-men, and b-movie scream queens. His ongoing American Pulpcore series examines the relationship between society and the media during 1940′s and 1950′s. Talbott has exhibited across the United States and Europe and has been published internationally. His artwork has been seen in JUXTAPOZ, Sleek Magazine, & San Diego Citybeat. Talbott’s Hollywood Eats Its Own art series, has just been turned into a fully illustrated book, “HOLLYWOOD PULPCORE: Rumors, Death, and Scandal inTinseltown.”
For this cast Talbott went a pit more personal with a piece he calls Spaceboy va al celulas madre. “While I was working on the cast, my mother was having surgery to remove a lump in her breast. Everything turned out fine, but the event inspired me to address the relationship we have with our mothers, and with the world around us.”
Artist himself David Russell Talbott
Help David Russell Talbott and Brin Plourde stop Breast Cancer. Bid on a cast!!
