Posted 6 years ago
scarysherrie
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I love this picture. The faces tell a story about the life they've led. It's big 56 in tall and 38 in wide. It's oil on canvas and the frame looks homemade.
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To me this looks awesome and I get a feeling it is a dark version of Grant's " American Gothic "
Creepy! I like it! Technique is OK too.
Really stunning, even if creeepyyy :-)
Love it !
There is one in keaau hi that went to art school in California... good luck, hope you find him:)
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He's mentioned in this book ... just once.
https://www.scribd.com/document/364896139/Superwomen-Cocca-Carolyn
Another Watanabe worked with Dave Cockrum, Joe Sinnott : Irv Watanabe aka ITOSHI IRVING “IRV” WATANABE
February 10, 1919, Maui, Hawaii – January 1993, Hawaii
(http://alphabettenthletter.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/creator-irv-watanabe.html)
I'm with Caperkid's (dark version of Grant's "American Gothic").... I do love this art piece, thanks for sharing!!
Just a thought .... Earl Watanabe might have been a pseudonym used by ITOSHI IRVING “IRV” WATANABE.
There are a few Watanabes in Hawaii... (everyone in Honolulu thinks of Watanabe Florists when they hear the name).
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..... and Constructions. I think I have seen five Earl Watanabe's.
The impression I have is that Irv Watanabe was mainly a letterer for Marvel .... perhaps his talents as an illustrator were eclipsed by Dave Cockrum .... lettering paid the bills ???
Inside American Gothic ???
The one I posted says in a profile that he went to California art school, (so the painting would have been painted when he was 21) but he went into home design and became a builder/construction company owner. So I think it may be multiple accounts of the same person, just moving down the island chain.
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Watanabe is a persistent name at Marvel comics too : Wraith .... Yuri Watanabe.
http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Wraith_(Marvel_Comics)
With the popularity of Manga, I’m not surprised.
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