I don't blame her. Driven inward. Voted ugliest man in her High School. I s'poze she died happy, tho. ...an' probably major happy t' be th' f#@k outta Texxuz!
Those are terrific drawings, but they are not original. They are based (very very closely) on the artwork tha W. W. Denslow did for the original Wizard of Oz book series, by Frank L. Baum. http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/the-man-behind-the-man-behind-oz-w-w-denslow-at-150
The first one is... the Scarecrow, clearly. The second is Jack Pumpkinhead, whose wodden body and pumpkin head are brought to life in the book _The Marvelous Land of Oz_.
It's awesome that Joplin was a fan of these wonderful books.
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Sweet, DD, where'd you get these? I never knew of these drawings before, and they're VERY well done. Thanks for posting!
I guess y' learn sump'n every day!
She seems to have some formal art education. Or was very gifted! Thanks DD. I love this! Janis was talented in other ways, we never knew!
Janis majored in art in high school, she wasn't much interested in anything else.
I don't blame her.
Driven inward.
Voted ugliest man in her High School.
I s'poze she died happy, tho.
...an' probably major happy t' be th' f#@k outta Texxuz!
i wonder why the rock hall doesn't have any of these?? or if they do, why they aren't displayed....
miss tia
wOW those are beautiful!!!! They're cute jolly drawings!!! I feel so happy just by looking at them, I guess making art made her truly happy!!!!
Those are terrific drawings, but they are not original. They are based (very very closely) on the artwork tha W. W. Denslow did for the original Wizard of Oz book series, by Frank L. Baum.
http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/the-man-behind-the-man-behind-oz-w-w-denslow-at-150
The first one is... the Scarecrow, clearly. The second is Jack Pumpkinhead, whose wodden body and pumpkin head are brought to life in the book _The Marvelous Land of Oz_.
It's awesome that Joplin was a fan of these wonderful books.
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