CRAZYOLOGY (David Normal)
@davidnormal.bsky.social
https://crazyology.org
Crazyology proposes that the cracks in conventional reality are not flaws to be fixed but promising portals to be explored.
Currently posting a random retrospective of 2D art by David Normal.
Crazyology proposes that the cracks in conventional reality are not flaws to be fixed but promising portals to be explored.
Currently posting a random retrospective of 2D art by David Normal.
February 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
"Chemical Imbalance," Oil on Panel, 2010. The entire time I was painting this I kept thinking it resembled the Kabbalistic "Tree of Life". #chemicalimbalance #crazyology #oilonpanel #davidnormal #dystopic
February 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
"Chemical Imbalance," Oil on Panel, 2010. The entire time I was painting this I kept thinking it resembled the Kabbalistic "Tree of Life". #chemicalimbalance #crazyology #oilonpanel #davidnormal #dystopic
February 17, 2025 at 10:55 PM
"Family Planning", digital collage 2018
February 15, 2025 at 9:12 AM
"Family Planning", digital collage 2018
"Lovechild" digital collage "study" for "Family Planning." Not a primatologist, but I believe this is a Japanese Snow Macaque, the type that are famous for bathing in their very own onsen.
#crazyology #snowmonkey #animalgamation #collage #digitalcollage #blueskyart
#crazyology #snowmonkey #animalgamation #collage #digitalcollage #blueskyart
February 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
"Lovechild" digital collage "study" for "Family Planning." Not a primatologist, but I believe this is a Japanese Snow Macaque, the type that are famous for bathing in their very own onsen.
#crazyology #snowmonkey #animalgamation #collage #digitalcollage #blueskyart
#crazyology #snowmonkey #animalgamation #collage #digitalcollage #blueskyart
"Madame Crocodile," a faux side show banner, based on a 3D animated character I created and used in my short, "The Bicycle Ride." This banner was for a circus themed party in Point Reyes, CA. #crazyology #sideshow #davidnormal #animalgamation
February 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"Madame Crocodile," a faux side show banner, based on a 3D animated character I created and used in my short, "The Bicycle Ride." This banner was for a circus themed party in Point Reyes, CA. #crazyology #sideshow #davidnormal #animalgamation
"Sanaz" Marker sketch of a friend of mine by that name. 2013. This was made on a kind of "marker paper" that pungently outgassed toxic fumes. It's an example of #inhalantart #gluesniffing #markersketch #crazyology #davidnormal #blueskyart #animalgamation
February 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
"Sanaz" Marker sketch of a friend of mine by that name. 2013. This was made on a kind of "marker paper" that pungently outgassed toxic fumes. It's an example of #inhalantart #gluesniffing #markersketch #crazyology #davidnormal #blueskyart #animalgamation
"Lord of Misrule," 2008, Oil on Panel. I had "quit" painting for about 14 years and this was the first piece after resuming the practice. Now I think it has been 5 or 6 years since I was a painter.
#crazyology #lordofmisrule #oilpainting #painting #fool
#crazyology #lordofmisrule #oilpainting #painting #fool
February 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"Lord of Misrule," 2008, Oil on Panel. I had "quit" painting for about 14 years and this was the first piece after resuming the practice. Now I think it has been 5 or 6 years since I was a painter.
#crazyology #lordofmisrule #oilpainting #painting #fool
#crazyology #lordofmisrule #oilpainting #painting #fool
"The Human Tree" 2010, Oil Painting on wood panel. There are a lot of "cosmic tree" paintings. It seems to be a niche. However, only mine tells the truth of the cosmic tree cut down.
#crazyology #davidnormal #cosmictree #humantree #anvil #evil #artbluesky #whynot #oilpaint #painting
#crazyology #davidnormal #cosmictree #humantree #anvil #evil #artbluesky #whynot #oilpaint #painting
February 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
"The Human Tree" 2010, Oil Painting on wood panel. There are a lot of "cosmic tree" paintings. It seems to be a niche. However, only mine tells the truth of the cosmic tree cut down.
#crazyology #davidnormal #cosmictree #humantree #anvil #evil #artbluesky #whynot #oilpaint #painting
#crazyology #davidnormal #cosmictree #humantree #anvil #evil #artbluesky #whynot #oilpaint #painting
"Contraband IV" Collage Series, collagr 4 of 4. Made by ripping up old Wired Magazines (mostly), and overpainting with acrylics.
#crazyology #collageart #acrylicpainting #davidnormal #blueskyart #handcutcollage
#crazyology #collageart #acrylicpainting #davidnormal #blueskyart #handcutcollage
February 10, 2025 at 8:36 AM
"Contraband IV" Collage Series, collagr 4 of 4. Made by ripping up old Wired Magazines (mostly), and overpainting with acrylics.
#crazyology #collageart #acrylicpainting #davidnormal #blueskyart #handcutcollage
#crazyology #collageart #acrylicpainting #davidnormal #blueskyart #handcutcollage
"Contraband III" Collage Series, collagr 3 of 4. Made by tearing up old Wired Magazines (mostly), and overpainting with acrylics.
#crazyology #collageart #acrylicpainting #davidnormal #blueskyart #handcutcollage
#crazyology #collageart #acrylicpainting #davidnormal #blueskyart #handcutcollage
February 10, 2025 at 8:26 AM
"Contraband III" Collage Series, collagr 3 of 4. Made by tearing up old Wired Magazines (mostly), and overpainting with acrylics.
#crazyology #collageart #acrylicpainting #davidnormal #blueskyart #handcutcollage
#crazyology #collageart #acrylicpainting #davidnormal #blueskyart #handcutcollage
"Contraband II" Collage Series, collagr 2 of 4. Made by ripping up old Wired Magazines (mostly), and overpainting with acrylics.
#crazyology #collageart #acrylicpainting #davidnormal #blueskyart #handcutcollage
#crazyology #collageart #acrylicpainting #davidnormal #blueskyart #handcutcollage
February 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
"Contraband II" Collage Series, collagr 2 of 4. Made by ripping up old Wired Magazines (mostly), and overpainting with acrylics.
#crazyology #collageart #acrylicpainting #davidnormal #blueskyart #handcutcollage
#crazyology #collageart #acrylicpainting #davidnormal #blueskyart #handcutcollage
Collage series, "Contraband I" 1 of 4. Made from a stack of back issues of Wired Magazine torn up (mostly) and painted over in acrylics.
#collage #crazyology #acrylicpainting #davidnormal #blueskyart #contraband #handcutcollage #wiredmagazine #
#collage #crazyology #acrylicpainting #davidnormal #blueskyart #contraband #handcutcollage #wiredmagazine #
February 9, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Collage series, "Contraband I" 1 of 4. Made from a stack of back issues of Wired Magazine torn up (mostly) and painted over in acrylics.
#collage #crazyology #acrylicpainting #davidnormal #blueskyart #contraband #handcutcollage #wiredmagazine #
#collage #crazyology #acrylicpainting #davidnormal #blueskyart #contraband #handcutcollage #wiredmagazine #
This is a small pen sketch made in the early 2000s while traveling in SE Asia. Possibly Thailand. Yeah, I know every other tourist was having fun, but I stayed alone on a tiny remote island.
#crazyology #penandink #horror #schizo #tourist #davidnormal #drawing #sketch #blueskyart
#crazyology #penandink #horror #schizo #tourist #davidnormal #drawing #sketch #blueskyart
February 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
This is a small pen sketch made in the early 2000s while traveling in SE Asia. Possibly Thailand. Yeah, I know every other tourist was having fun, but I stayed alone on a tiny remote island.
#crazyology #penandink #horror #schizo #tourist #davidnormal #drawing #sketch #blueskyart
#crazyology #penandink #horror #schizo #tourist #davidnormal #drawing #sketch #blueskyart
"Traffic Jam," Oil on Panel, 2010. (Continuing with the ongoing random retrospective here on BlueSky.)
#crazyology #oilpainting #davidnormal #blueskyart
#crazyology #oilpainting #davidnormal #blueskyart
February 8, 2025 at 2:23 AM
"Traffic Jam," Oil on Panel, 2010. (Continuing with the ongoing random retrospective here on BlueSky.)
#crazyology #oilpainting #davidnormal #blueskyart
#crazyology #oilpainting #davidnormal #blueskyart
It's raining again, oh no! And I have only one eye! Print on acetate taped to my window. It's not what I would call a good drawing, but I like it anyway, and the original is tiny, but I enlarged it to make silkscreens.
#crazyology #rainyweather #cyclops #windowart #linedrawing
#crazyology #rainyweather #cyclops #windowart #linedrawing
February 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
It's raining again, oh no! And I have only one eye! Print on acetate taped to my window. It's not what I would call a good drawing, but I like it anyway, and the original is tiny, but I enlarged it to make silkscreens.
#crazyology #rainyweather #cyclops #windowart #linedrawing
#crazyology #rainyweather #cyclops #windowart #linedrawing
Black and white ink sketch on brown paper.
#blackandwhite #inkdrawing #tonedground #crazyology #davidnormal
#blackandwhite #inkdrawing #tonedground #crazyology #davidnormal
February 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Black and white ink sketch on brown paper.
#blackandwhite #inkdrawing #tonedground #crazyology #davidnormal
#blackandwhite #inkdrawing #tonedground #crazyology #davidnormal
February 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
These are pen and ink on a toned ground highlighted with white ink. These were also printed on silver paper which was a good look for these kind of "mechanoid" misperspective studies. Ah! "Misperspective" is a nice term. #crazyology #inkwash #tonedground #mechanoid #metallic #davidnormal
February 5, 2025 at 9:13 AM
These are pen and ink on a toned ground highlighted with white ink. These were also printed on silver paper which was a good look for these kind of "mechanoid" misperspective studies. Ah! "Misperspective" is a nice term. #crazyology #inkwash #tonedground #mechanoid #metallic #davidnormal
Fast forward to the relatively recent: "Six of Cups," 2023. This small mural was made for my parents apartment in Washington, DC. They've just moved to SF! It will be installed in their new apartment here. #crazyology #sixofcups #acrylicpainting #smallmural
February 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Fast forward to the relatively recent: "Six of Cups," 2023. This small mural was made for my parents apartment in Washington, DC. They've just moved to SF! It will be installed in their new apartment here. #crazyology #sixofcups #acrylicpainting #smallmural
This is super early work. Maybe painted this when I was 18-19. Experimenting with an expressionist (neo-expressionist?) style that might have made me rich and famous had I stuck with it. Ca. 1989 #crazyology #earlywork #neoexpressionism #davidnormal
February 4, 2025 at 5:50 AM
This is super early work. Maybe painted this when I was 18-19. Experimenting with an expressionist (neo-expressionist?) style that might have made me rich and famous had I stuck with it. Ca. 1989 #crazyology #earlywork #neoexpressionism #davidnormal
Possibly multiple versions of this were made. A repeated cycle of digital collaging, printing, hand-painting, scanning, further manipulation in Photoshop and repeat. #crazyology #collage #acrylicpaint #digitalprinting
February 4, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Possibly multiple versions of this were made. A repeated cycle of digital collaging, printing, hand-painting, scanning, further manipulation in Photoshop and repeat. #crazyology #collage #acrylicpaint #digitalprinting
This is an example of experimentation in printing digital collages and painting over them. Maybe ca. 2013?
February 4, 2025 at 5:35 AM
This is an example of experimentation in printing digital collages and painting over them. Maybe ca. 2013?
This collage, based on 19th Century wood engraving illustrations in the collection of the British Library, is an outtake from the "Crossroads of Curiosity" series of 2014.
February 3, 2025 at 11:54 PM
This collage, based on 19th Century wood engraving illustrations in the collection of the British Library, is an outtake from the "Crossroads of Curiosity" series of 2014.
