Daniel Mrgan, “Heavy”, Wood Burning, 2008.
Daniel Mrgan
I am a compulsive doodler. I'll doodle any chance I get on any surface
available. Before wiping dust off my bookshelf, I usually make a
few marks in it with my finger. This habit makes it very
hard for me to lie still on the beach for any longer period of time.
It might be nothing more then a nervous reaction, but it also might be
a sheer joy of creating. I'm never quite sure.
I save most of my doodles and sometimes spread them out on the floor or
a bed. And just like some people would look at an old photo album and wonder
what possessed them to grow that mustache or wear those silly leather
pants in August, I look at these drawings and wonder what event,
color, smell, object, childhood memory, everyday pop culture debris
etc. possessed me to commit all that nonsense to paper. Then I start
connecting the dots, coming up with little stories that amuse me and
hopefully will translate into amusement for the viewer.
Stylistically, my wood burnings owe much to my passionate love of cinema,
Fleischer Studios' cartoons, silent cinema, small press comics,
daguerreotypes, Olympic games and East European
stop motion animation.
Thank you for paying attention.
