Zog

Shortly after sophmore year, I drifted in and out of my Coca-Cola / Hagen Daas high and decided I hated sitting around and drawing toasters and fax machines every day as part of my Industrial Design program, and started investigating options within the Art department on the side. I came across painting by Jim Christenson, who at the time was a professor (may still be for all I know) and a well known illustrator. He had these paintings of creatures with huge noses. I liked them, and in my caffeine/sugar delirium, created a figure out of foam, clay, and bondo which one of my design professors - who was also head of the Design program at the time - Doug Stout, called "Zog."

Here he is: . The unshaven look was quite popular back then. And that's not a shawl -- I was creating a layered tapestry of fabrics and plastic gems and other nik-nacks, which is what Christenson's paintings look like. Lots of junk all over the place.

Zog was quite the fixture in our apartment and eventually moved with us to the Hole. I'm not sure what happened to Zog. I seem to remember punching him in the face and causing a large crater -- possibly the effect of a post caffeine/sugar high.

By the way, this is not Zog. But that guy is way cool.

Comments

[Mommy]

Who is that picture of, he rocks

[Chuckie D]

Notice the prominently placed copy of the Hobbit behind the picture of me and Zog. That was the classic 70's edition with gatefold color drawings by the same artist who did the Hobbit movie back then. It ROCKS. I just wish I still had it. I believe it to be stuck in a storage unit in West Valley, Utah, where it has decayed for 18 years now...