Feb 12 2009

Art Promo: Cletus (I’m obsessed with him I think)

Category: art promo

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The day Cletus was kicked out of his home, he only
had a sack of lint, a dulcimer, and his signature big
floppy grin to his name.

Cletus soon found out that was enough.

Using the sack of lint as a pillow, he sprawled out
on a park bench. Plucking lethargically at his half-
busted dulcimer, he noticed that he had attracted an
audience. A blue jay perched quizzically on the
telephone wires above him.

“What song is that?” the bird chirped.

“I don’t know, just something I made up,” Cletus
answered through the corners of his sprawling smile.

“Are you available for bar mitzvahs?” the bird
asked with a cocked head.

And that is how Cletus found himself providing music
for a roomful of undulating yarmulkes while keeping
himself from living as a hobo under a bridge.

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Out of everything I’ve ever painted, Cletus makes me most happy, so I recreated him on an 8×8 canvas. Hello, I want to smile and pass out gumdrops to orphans every time I look at him. That is so not characteristic of me.

10 comments

10 Comments so far

  1. Dyanna February 12th, 2009 5:40 pm

    I love Cletus. Everyone needs a Cletus! I’VE GOT MINE!

  2. Dyanna February 12th, 2009 5:41 pm

    And admit it, the real reason you love him so much is because he brought me into your life!

  3. Tuna Tar-Tart February 12th, 2009 5:54 pm

    This is true! It’s also why I didn’t re-use the story I wrote for your Cletus, because I wanted yours to be unique. I’m so nice! :) Are you feeling better?

  4. Dyanna February 14th, 2009 6:22 pm

    much better now, thank you for asking. :D

  5. Misty February 12th, 2009 5:57 pm

    I love Zoe and Zed. Cletus is cute too.

  6. Tuna Tar-Tart February 13th, 2009 3:55 pm

    Aw, I loved those two as well!

  7. Jessa February 12th, 2009 9:11 pm

    You are not the only one in love with Cletus. We must start a Cletus Fan Club, because I would totally be on that shit. I adore this one, and I still want Cletus hanging on my living room wall. I just need some cash. Do you think if I reason with the bank teller they’d let me have some money?

  8. Tuna Tar-Tart February 13th, 2009 3:57 pm

    Don’t you wish pop tops were actually worth something and you could exchange a sack of them for actually cash? That would be so good.

  9. scintillated February 15th, 2009 11:56 pm

    I SOOOOOO love that painting. It has my favorite colors in it, squeeeeee! I also suck at reading your blog lately. Yeah, I reallllllly suck. I’m sorry.

    I hope that you had a great V-Day.

    P.S. Don’t make the next game night on 3/21, as I already have plans that night! Haha.

  10. Jessi February 20th, 2009 9:15 am

    Cletus makes my heart pitter patter.

    Jessi´s last blog post..lilweirdo: Jeremy came out tonight and got me lost in pursuit of icecream I never got, I did laugh so hard my cheeks hurt though, man I missed him

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