I know You Are But What Am I?
Here's my one contribution to the Crazy 4 Cult Show at Gallery 1988:
"I know you are but what am I?"
Acrylic on Illustration Board
I picked one of my all-time favorite movies, Pee Wee's Big Adventure. I knew that someone was going to do a piece about Pee Wee's "troubles" with the law. I never really agreed with the rep that Paul Reubens got after all that, so I decided to do a straight homage to the movie.
But, I love Francis (Mark Holton). I think he is the unsung hero of Pee Wee's Big Adventure. He was just a spoiled rich kid who was so dumb that it never occured to him to hire someone to make a Pee Wee bike for himself. I guess nothing can be as good as the original...
Don't forget that Phil Hartman had a cameo in the movie, but more impotantly wrote it with Paul Reubens.
Maybe next year I'll do a Big Lebowski piece...
"I know you are but what am I?"Acrylic on Illustration Board
But, I love Francis (Mark Holton). I think he is the unsung hero of Pee Wee's Big Adventure. He was just a spoiled rich kid who was so dumb that it never occured to him to hire someone to make a Pee Wee bike for himself. I guess nothing can be as good as the original...
Don't forget that Phil Hartman had a cameo in the movie, but more impotantly wrote it with Paul Reubens.Maybe next year I'll do a Big Lebowski piece...
posted by Gabe Swarr at 9:07 AM
20 Comments:
Gabe, this is fantastic! Really great designs and paint. This is definitely one of the stand-outs from the show (even though I only saw the show online). So tubular!
We loved that piece you did. We saw it from across the room and said Gabe did that one!
That was a favorite movie of my brother and I when we younger.
Sorry I missed you at the Crazy4Cult show. I hope to see you at the Comic-Con on Friday. :)
>sigh< I really miss my unitard Pee Wee PJs with the white clogs attached and printed too look like his suit.
"Au revoir, Pee Wee. Au revoir"
"Ovwa, Simone"
finally a new post. Our child will get to experience the magic of pee-wee. i don't care what the wife says. ARRRRRR!!!!!!
this is a great piece gabe! so do you do a color comp on the 'puter before you paint it? or was that for prints?
Great piece! That's one of my favorite movies too. Pee Wee rules!
What a great homage to the movie! I love this. And I totally agree, Francis was the PERFECT foil for Pee Wee!! I love the scene where they fight in the huge bathtub, and I dig how you drew their faces!
I LOVE IT!!!!! Great job, Gabe!!!!
I can still see you and ZeeWee doing the "PeeWee dance" to Tequila!!! HA!!!
Great time!!! Thanks for the memories, Gip!!!
I love you!
xoxox
Dude, that made me laugh out loud and spit my coffee all over the screen - nice work! FRAN-CISSS! This rocks and can tell you had a lot of fun with it! I think I may need to find or make myself an 'FB' shirt like the one Mr. Buxton adorns himself in. That umm, jumpsuit outfit isn't too shabby either!
-Andy
this is truely fantastic... i have seen many peep wee herman illustrations but never one of Francis... excellent!
Is this going to eventually turn into a print form the show?
matt
FRANCIS: "are you trying to make a monkey out of me?!"
PEE WEE: "i don't make monkeys...I JUST TRAIN EM!"
you just went off the chartts on the awesome-o-meter!
just an aside...
i always loved the matching embroidered jumpsuits francis and his dad wore. that's how i envision rich people dressing about the house to this day.
wasn't mark holton also in teen wolf? that could be a fun piece too!
haha great work!
A beauty!
This is so awesome! You've captured their personality perfectly!
...i want one...
kudos, great design elements.
Wow... that fantastic. I want me a big red bike now.
Holy crap, this rules in every way. That Fran-ciss is awesome!
I love this film. This is a great take Gabe! I get me to wanna start painting again!
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