Saturday 31 December 2011

Happy New Year!

Reunion of the comic artists, december 1986, photo by Michiel Hendryckx.
We see Erik Meynen, Gert Dooreman, Kamagurka and Herr Seele.

Thursday 29 December 2011

Cowboy Henk in Angoulême


                                 Cowboy Henk, olie op doek, 2011

Two paintings by Herr Seele are exhibited in 'La Cité International de la Bande Dessinée et de l'Image' in Angoulême. The exhibition 'Une Autre Histoire: Bande Dessinée, l'Oeuvre Peint' runs untill the 11th of March 2012.
You can find more info here and here.

Monday 26 December 2011

Plagiarism ... or coincidence

                                           Banksy's Cardinal Sin, 2011
                                           (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16184773)
                                                     Cowboy Henk, 1996, 41x55 cm, ink on paper.

-Your reknown as a gifted portret painter has recently come to my attention.
-Could you paint my portrait?
-I'd love to!
-There is however one condition: That my portrait remains completely incognito!
-Finished!
-Brilliant! Nobody will ever recognise me!
-Hands up! Gimme that painting!
-Have you got a description of the perpetrator?
-No... but I made an interesting preliminary sketch!

Friday 23 December 2011

Cowboy Henk wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

                                            Postcard, front & back, 10,5 x 15 cm, circa 1988/90, collection Herr Seele

                                           Postcard, front & back, 10,5 x 15 cm, circa 1988/90, collection Herr Seele

                                           Postcard, front & back, 10,5 x 15 cm, circa 1988/90, collection Herr Seele

                                           Postcard, front & back, 10,5 x 15 cm, circa 1988/90, collection Herr Seele