TLP Interview with Ralph Steadman, Artist & Illustrator

[2:18]: Love of Picasso and Duchamp.
[3:11]: Where do you start with caricature, the body or the soul?
[5:40]: Drawing with a pen – “no such thing as a mistake.”
[7:09]: The difference between illustration and “fine art”.
[9:55]: Use of the geometric in Steadman’s work, ink spatter, a conversation with the paper.
[13:10]: Coming to the U.S. in 1970, David Hockney “Paranoids”.
[14:30]: Use of photographs and text in drawing.
[15:15]: I, Leonardo, the terror of the blank canvas, and “prorogation”.
[17:53]: Style, “exposing depravity” and being purified by drawing it.
[22:33]: Early career before collaborating with Hunter S. Thompson, alchemy, gonzo.
[29:08]: Favorite faces to draw.
[30:48]: 2020, the pandemic, and finding the birdsong in doom.

Interview Webpage:
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Music Used:
The Blue Dot Sessions, "Crumbtown"

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