Dwight Schrute - No Personal Calls by Dave Ryan
Acrylic paint on LP vinyl album, 2009
The child and I headed over to Bremerton last week to play some disc golf. We stopped by one of our favorite local restaurants, Fritz European Fry House, for lunch. The wall over the bar stools and counter was filled with vinyl albums that had been painted upon. Most of the albums depicted bands or musicians, with a few "other" celebrities thrown in for good measure—Bruce Lee, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Jack Nicholson in The Shining.
And there, staring down at me was Dwight Schrute. I decided that I needed this particular piece of art for my office wall. I had just informed the child that I was going to purchase it when in walks the artist, Dave Ryan, with a bunch of new albums to switch out and add to the wall. I told Dave that I was getting Dwight Schrute and that he could fill that space with another album, if he so desired.
Dave and I spoke for a short while. He told me how he utilizes each element of the album in the creation of his works of art. The vinyl album is the canvas. The album cover and inner sleeve are both used to create the stencils used during painting.
I let Dave get back to his work, while I finished my Belgian fries and Lazy Boy Porter ale. I purchased Dwight Schrute - No Personal Calls and headed off into the Bremerton sunshine.
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Dave Ryan's painted vinyl albums can be viewed at the MySpace page for his artwork—Manticore Stencil Art.
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