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Ink on Paper

Hey local Philadelphians! I will be having a show in N. Philly this month. Opening reception is tomorrow...

Ink on Paper
Original Ink Drawings by C. Larsen
Opening Reception Feb. 3
Atlantis the Lost Bar
Frankford & Hagart Streets
Philadelphia

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Interview with Quo Vadis Writers’ Project.

I was recently interviewed about my book, “I Put the Can in Cancer: A Journey Through Pictures” by the Quo Writers’ Project as a featured writer. These are the folks (Exaclair, Inc.) that make some really beautiful sketchbooks; Rhodia, Clairefontaine and Quo Vadis to name a few. They were also gracious enough to donate a bunch of their Exacompta sketchbooks to bundle with my book to give to Children’s Hospital here in Philadelphia later this year. You can read the interview here . Great company, awesome products, good people!
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Karen Doherty (VP, Marketing, Exaclair.com) and Leah Hoffmann (Quo Vadis Blog blogger) for their amazing help and support.

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Patchkey Kids go 3-D!

Who'd a thunk it - "The Patchkey Kids" are in a textbook-type-dealy? Monsters in the classroom = awesome! Read more about it here.

Pen to Publisher - The Life of Three Sendak Picture Books

Taken from the Rosenbach Museum's website:

On display fromTuesday, January 24, 2012 to Sunday, July 15, 2012

Every book has a life of its own: the flash of insight that inspired its creator; the negotiations among authors, publishers, and printers to produce it; and the readers who cherish and critique it. This exhibition follows the lives of three picture books by Maurice Sendak: The Sign on Rosie’s Door (1960), Outside Over There (1981), and Brundibar (2003). Spanning more than 40 years, each of these books was inspired and produced in radically different ways by Sendak and his collaborators. Together they reveal how Sendak pursued and preserved a core idea or character through his own artistic refinements and the ever-changing techniques and technologies of the publishing industry.

To learn more about the Rosenbach’s Maurice Sendak Collection, click here.

For information on other current and upcoming exhibitions, click here.

Artificial Dissemination 2 - THIS WEEKEND

I created this piece for the Artificial Dissemination show this weekend at Phantom Hand. This 17" x 11" poster sized pen and ink drawing is a resurrection of my "Meet Your Neighbors" strip, a weekly true-to-life comic that ran on the Philly Turkey's website for almost two years. Most of the comics were a little meaner than my normal stuff, drawn in a thin-line style with no pencil. Every week, I would draw something or someone I saw in Philly that struck me as ridiculous, hilarious, disgusting, heartbreaking, or sometimes all of the above. This one was just heartbreaking to me. I learned a good lesson from this man, but the truth is I could not tell what kind of life he leads. For all I know, he might be happy just to be alive.

I will be donating all my proceeds from the sale of this piece to the Philadelphia Committee to End Homelessness. Make sure to stop out this weekend and see all of the awesome work hanging at the gallery.