Owen Paints Owen

So when I’m not earning master’s degrees—i.e. just one master’s degree—or helping the next generation write their papers, I’m still occasionally making art (after a little prodding and promises of remuneration, of course).

𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲: I got an email out of the blue by a man saying he’d been googling his brother, a famous comedian in the Netherlands, and links to my art also came up. “How so?” you might ask. Easy: His brother and I share the same name. (And what a name it is.) 𝗢𝘄𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮: 𝗢𝘄𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗢𝘄𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿. 🎨 Now you behold the comic results, and Owen’s brother has gotten his strange wish.

The world’s a funny place, Groucho glasses and all. 😂 Greetings from sunny California to 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 Owen Schumacher of the Netherlands. Cheers.

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Haring's friend

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Painted the best Last Judgment

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Died alone, leaving his Black Paintings

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Candies From Heaven Pt. III

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Candies From Heaven Pt. II

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Sega Genesis: Space Harrier II Edition

I wanna bring you to life, but I don't know how—except to paint you with a mouse and view you on a backlit screen. —Modern Pygmalion

If you have a background in modding old consoles and the wherewithall to turn this fantasy into a reality, e-mail me. And yes, I'll pay you. (In the hundreds and not the thousands. Let's not get crazy.)

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Made the birds on Hitchcock's the Birds

Oscar-winning FX pioneer

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Designed many UK stamps and even European currency

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Studied at the Académie Julian, one of the few schools to accept women at the time

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