From the maker of “Nolte Stubbies”

Nolte Stubbies, originally uploaded by thenoodleator.

In a previous post about notebooks, I had asked if anyone know of a short pencil that fit in a pocket to match a small notebook. The kind of pencil that wouldn’t stab you in the talent if you sat down with it in, say, a front pocket. Upon returning from my world travels, I found a package in my postbox from a friend, dear boy Matthias. Not a standard set of golf pencils, but a hand MacGyvered set, resealed and packaged with the rather catchy name of “Nolte Stubbies”.

Now, since he’s called attention to himself by taking the time to hand-craft such a thing, I think it’s time he got a moment in the sun. You see, Matthias has done something familiar. He quit his job a year or two ago to pursue a dream: to see if he could hack it as a painter. No, not a house painter, but one of those artist types who mess with canvas and such. And since he doesn’t have a website, I’m going to “out” some of his work right here.

So, first canvas off the rank and I’m showing it in an incredibly geeky way. But many people ask me about my iPhone wallpaper, and I’m here to tell you right now, it is in fact a painting by Matt.

Holy Cow! Wallpaper, originally uploaded by thenoodleator.

It’s my favorite painting actually, and one of the first he did while enjoying his new-found artistic freedom. It’s also the one he sold for way too little money, but that’s what being an artist is all about. (No it’s not. Charge what you’re worth.)

Seeing how he had such affinity for the cows, he held his first exhibition last year entitled “Meow Moo Woof” or “Moo Meow Woof”. He can correct me on that. Anyway, he added dogs and pussy cats to the mix to create a kind of artistic menagerie. Here are just a few of the works, but if you want to see some more or get a little background about each painting, the only thing I have is this PDF (1.6MB) Go nuts!

Dog
One of the Woofs

Cow
One of the Moos

Meow
One of the Meows

May 3, 2008 | Filed Under Art

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3 Responses to “From the maker of “Nolte Stubbies””

Chris on May 3rd, 2008 10:33 am

Clever. I love the meow. <3
Matthias on May 4th, 2008 10:00 pm

): gulp eht rof sknaht ,eldooN yeH .looC

^^ Inspired by a huge book about Leonardo da Vinci that I’m reading

Thanks Chris
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