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| Artists in the News |
| 2006-01-05 |
| I see an NEA grant in this guy's future... BAKER, Calif. - An artist who chained his legs together so that he could accurately render a picture of his legs wrapped in chains hopped 12 hours through the desert after realizing he lost the key and couldnât unlock the restraints, authorities said. Mapplethorpe would be so proud of you... Trevor Corneliusien, 26, wrapped and locked a chain around his bare ankles Tuesday while camping in an abandoned mine shaft about 5 miles north of Baker, San Bernardino County sheriffâs Deputy Ryan Ford said. Corneliusien often sketches inside mines in the Southwest. Hmmmmm. Them's mighty big lines I'm reading between here... Might wanna get a cadaver dog in for a sniff around maybe? When he finished his chain drawing, he realized he had lost the key to his shackles and would have to seek help in Baker, the deputy said Wednesday.âIt took him over 12 hours because he had to hop through boulders and sand,â Ford said. âHe did put on his shoes before hopping.â That's good. But then them artist's are smart guys... Corneliusien finally made it to a gas station on the edge of Baker. He called the sheriffâs department, which sent paramedics and deputies with bolt cutters. Walked out of the desert with chains around your legs and need them cut off? Sure, no problem. No, no need to explain...I believe ya. Corneliusienâs legs were bruised, but he was otherwise in good health, Ford said. The artist did not have a listed phone number and could not be reached for comment. Too bad. I'd love to hear his side. And the drawing? âHe brought it down with him,â Ford said. âIt was a pretty good depiction of how a chain would look wrapped around your legs.â Then it was all worth it... |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #12 A good college friend was a pretty good painter. In college he was getting $5,000 per oil. Then he realized it worked out to about $1.20 per hour. He became a printer. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2006-01-05 23:47 |
| #11 It = I Am tired and my typing starts to suck. And vice versa, when my typing starts to suck, am tired. ;-) |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2006-01-05 22:46 |
| #10 Well I would say that the guy has a future, but to be really real artist, he would have to depict the legs in chains while urinating on them. What, that it does not make sense? Of course not, that is the point, isn't it? Have to agree with Jules. Long time ago, I thought I am a decent painter. Then I realized I simply don't have it and don't stand a chance. It could never come up with the idea of chaining my legs and urinating on them. ;-) |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2006-01-05 22:44 |
| #9 or got lucky |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-01-05 21:39 |
| #8 At least he had the brains to do it during the winter. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2006-01-05 21:15 |
| #7 Baker is a little burg about halfway between Las Vegas and San Bernardino, on the I-15 in the middle of the Mohave desert... a couple of gas stations, an auto junkyard, some streets of sun-blasted houses, two restaurants and a hundred-foot tall thermometer. We used to stop for breakfast at one of the eateries, on road trips between Utah and California to visit my family, and note that the temperature at sunrise in the winter was already pushing the high nineties. PS: the best food then was at the "Bun Boy", great burgers since about 1935 or so. They have (or had) another outlet in Barstow. Just pull off the highway, it's a small place, you'll find it easily, that is if it is still there...chat up the truck drivers, they can tell you where the speed traps are. |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2006-01-05 20:50 |
| #6 Too bad he lived, now he is only a runner up for a Darwin award. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2006-01-05 18:47 |
| #5 What a stupid a**. *shakes head* |
| Posted by: Jan 2006-01-05 18:18 |
| #4 âHe brought it down with him,â Ford said. âIt was a pretty good depiction of how a chain would look wrapped around your legs.â "Then it was all worth it..." LOL, tu. YJCMTSU. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-01-05 18:08 |
| #3 These kinds of artists pull in tens of thousands from such "projects", while realist/classical artists like myself are religated to the dustbin. The reasoning goes something along these lines: "If I don't understand what it is or what it means, it must be art!" Just goes to show that public gullibility exists everywhere. |
| Posted by: jules 2 2006-01-05 17:47 |
| #2 You ever notice that Artists tend to make the rest of society appear that much smarter?? |
| Posted by: macofromoc 2006-01-05 17:40 |
| #1 âIt was a pretty good depiction of how a chain would look wrapped around your legs.â But does it look like the chains were wrapped around his legs in a mine in the middle of the desert? 'cuz otherwise, I coulda done that in my garage. |
| Posted by: BH 2006-01-05 17:23 |