UK-based artist Joël Penkman’s colorful painting of popsicles hits just the right note of nostalgia in me for summers of my youth, spent chasing the ice cream man’s siren song. And though these sweets are specifically Fabs — “a classic British ice-lolly,” as he notes on his site — I’m sure the good feeling the piece inspires is universal.
The dreamy colors and food subject matter have him being mentioned in the same breath as artist Wayne Thiebaud, but I think all the little details in Penkman’s work make his paintings come across more as straight still lifes than Pop art. Though if there’s one thing Penkman and Thiebaud have in common, it’s that everything in their portfolios makes me drool.
Yum! I absolutely love art that elicits an instant response – in this case, drooling & stomach growling.
Man, that does remind me of Thiebaud.
Yes, but British-ier! (I dig his "Stilton on a digestive" piece.) Have you ever seen Sharon Core's work? She createdphotographs staged to look EXACTLY like Thiebaud's paintings. Incredible.
Oh, I love this! It also reminds me of Paul Ferney's cake series. Delicious.