Blog'en with Little'en and Big'en: December 2007

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

The Squirrel Mask

“I once had a dream where I was a squirrel. Ever since I have taken notice of this industrious creature. The more I learn about them the more I am impressed. In this painting I have a green background instead of the black starscape used in the Bear Mask and Wolf Mask painting. I wanted to see if a different color could suggest the other-worldly aspect of the spirit behind the animal. I think it did not, so I went back to the deep ultramarine blue background. I do really like the flow and lines in this painting though.”
-Jason Arcand

The Wolf Mask

“The wolf is one of the most marvelous creatures on this planet. In sixth grade I read an article on the wolves of Isle Royale. I then managed to convince my family to take the summer vacation to Isle Royale. I have been thinking of the wolf ever since.” -Jason Arcand

The Bear Mask

“This painting is oil on stretched canvas. The oil paint was applied thickly to create the grooved brush textured effect. The mask is an abstraction of a cave bear skull. As for the bear, I have always felt a kinship with the ursine. Maybe it is from being tall, wide shouldered, and cursed with a near constant five o’clock shadow. ” -Jason Arcand

About Suzanne Arcand

"Raised in the wild suburban jungle that constantly threatens to devour the Windy City, Suzanne realized at an early age that her brother’s action figures and comic books were more interesting than the dolls her mother was buying her.

Unlike her classmates, who all caught cases of cynicism and pessimism, Suzanne emerged into college with a deep love for animation, sci-fi, and comic books.

While at college she earned two degrees, a BFA in fine art and a BFA in animation, before marrying Jason Arcand in 2004. (Their first date was to see Starship Troopers.) Now expecting her first child, Suzanne works in the Little’en and Big’en studios on her animated movie and comic strip."
-from the About Us page at www.littleenandbigen.com

About Jason Arcand

"Jason Arcand as a tot enjoyed drawing his master pieces on his body and his brother’s. Later he experienced an eureka moment when introduced to the renewable source of material that is paper.

Jason was introduced to his first art class at the age of eleven. He would go on to produce the most amazing paintings of the TMNT to ever grace the canvas. Almost as captivating as his first story book, Y-Mouse goes to the Grocery Store, written at the tender age of six.

What would this prolific child master do next? Follow the path of past Renaissance men. Adventure like a ninja turtle. NO. The world would soon learn this child had a goal to rule the world of science...MAD SCIENCE!

Lucky for us it’s expensive. More expensive than being a comic book artist. So due to shallow pockets and artistic ambitions, Jason Arcand was created in the mad scientist lab of Jason Arcand’s mind as JASON ARCAND : MASTER OF JASON ARCAND COMICS AND JASON ARCAND DESIGNS!"
-from the About Us page at www.littleenandbigen.com