Strange Brew by John Deering for February 17, 2025

“AI,- AI,- O.”

He DON’T need no ….. “expert,” for his – - – opine!!!

;-)

I would have to push the button.

Critics = How to profit off the labor of others while convincing the gullible.

Banana + tape = $

I don’t know how I feel about this cartoon.

I like the painting and the cartoon

Ya sees a button, ya press da button! no need for a sign to tell you.

“The more we see the more we must be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.”

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

I’d be feeling nervous, because I don’t know what germs were left on that button by the people who already touched it.

It makes me sorry I stopped with Kindergarten finger painting.

Looks like I’m starting on a walk through the wetlands, don’t step off of the boardwalk for fear of disturbing the indigenous plants.

I can already see that this painting makes me gloomy.

All paintings make me feel like the artist is a fortunate soul to be able to have others see their work. Well, home builders too. And other architects. And City Planners. And computer repair techs. And nurses and doctors. And… well I guess just about everybody who does something gets their stuff seen by others.

I think I’ve been to that museum.

Cable TV “News.”

If God wanted you to think, he would have given you a brain.

Cool

Dark

A good art critic can help you to see and appreciate things that you might not have noticed on your own, as well as giving you some historical context on the painter and the subject. Nothing wrong with listening to someone else’s insights. Just don’t forget to look at the work and form your own impressions.

It’s oil in a days work.

I’ve found these useful in many a gallery, beside some well-known paintings. ‘Is that what it’s supposed to be!’ Impressionism=life through box wine glasses. BTW, I really do enjoy impressionism. Pointillism is where it starts to get strangely ‘interesting’. (The artist had a LOT of free time.) Anything more abstract, I’m pretty much ‘out’.

John, I haven’t had the time to comment until now, but I wanted you to know that you’re batting 1000 with all of your editorial cartoons! Thanks for the perspective and insight (and the laughs we desperately need)!

Don’t tell me how to feel!

When art deco becomes art dick-o.

Re your editorial comic: PLEASE stop calling Mush president. Use his proper title: Puppetmaster

Only if it’s an expert I agree with.

This how people get their news today, just turn on the TV and we will tell you what to think!

This is why I didn’t major in English.

I know of a ‘tagger’ who after time in prison became a legit artist and yes, he specializes in murals.

The creator saw a $1,000 commission.

Yet another reason people have less faith in self-styled experts than ever.