Painter, writer, editor, and voice actor: Doc Hammer
Ninja September 5th, 2008
Ah, I know I’ve been quiet for a bit. What was I doing all this time? Recovering from work. Reading comics in my bed. Hiding away from the internets and falling in love with painting again.
Speaking of painting and painters, I’m crushing on the painter, Doc Hammer (Penguin finds this very amusing). Doc Hammer (whose birth name is Eric) is probably best known as one of the creative forces behind The Venture Brothers. He is a co-writer, editor, and voice actor (Doctor Girlfriend, Henchman #21, and Master Billy Quizboy) for this fine, animated television program.
For those not familiar with this boy-adventurer satire on Cartoon Network, it parodies the likes of the Tom Swift, Hardy Boys
Don’t wait for inspiration, it’s a myth. Painters paint, dancers dance, singers sing, and athletes… Okay, athletes don’t “athlete”… But you get the point.
– Doc Hammer
Doc Hammer
Saint No. 30
Saint No. 35
Saint No. 38
Saint No. 39
In addition to his beautiful, bra-clad figures, glowing lighting, and his Caravaggio/Titian interests, I love that Hammer is a self-taught painter (he went to SMFA to study art, but they taught him to BS instead, so he quit) who isn’t afraid to go out there, try his darnest, and FAIL. But hey, he’s learned from his mistakes and each painting has gotten better (and look, he’s gotten better at rendering flesh and has abandoned his brilliant Cadmiums from his earlier work).
The one thing that Jackson (creator, director, and co-writer of The Venture Brothers) and I are both very aware of and kind of in love with is failure. Failure is how you learn. Failure—it’s a beautiful, unavoidable flaw. And the minute you ignore failure, you’re an asshole. And the minute you embrace failure, you’re kind of charming.
– Doc Hammer
Related link
+ View Doc Hammer’s work from his exhibition at the Arcadia
