My search skills are so poor I was unable to find out anything about this English artist. Just the obvious. He creates art that is used to make jigsaw puzzles. I would guess he is still alive. This one is called ‘Boot Sale’, in that is their term for car trunk, so I assume that’s what’s going on here, a sort of farmers market or thrift market. Fancy Dan art is boring as hell to be, wonderful landscapes without a sign of life in it. No animals, no people. Just seems really dumb.

I know one of the early printers of this genre (not quite as busy as this) was Currier and Ives (below) in the 1800s. Art with animals or people in it capture a moment frozen in time for me. My mind creates a story of what it sees. Looking around my room I can always check in on the little doggy at the sidewalk café. The girl on her bike. The couple kissing under the umbrella in the rain. I just have so much more respect for artists that can represent people, faces, dogs, cats and wildlife. No its not “sophisticated”, but its fun.