Pappa Fly

Painting by Jeremiah Stansbury

Text by Luigi Fairbanks

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This is one of those paintings that you take one look at and go: “Woah.” There’s quite a bit of stuff going on here, isn’t there?

The painter behind this intriguing piece of art is none other than Jeremiah Stansbury. While he doesn’t have superpowers like Spider-Man or Jesus, Mr. Stansbury has shown us that amazing abilities don’t always revolve around the ability to walk on walls and/or water. Painting, too, can be amazing. Just look at this thing! It’s friggin’ cool!

How does he do it? “I am devoted,” Mr. Stansbury told me, “to tracing the line of sense or reason that leads me from the creation of one image to those images that follow the initial image and subsequent paintings.” I’m not an artist, so I don’t know exactly what that means. So I asked him why his painting is so damn cool instead, to which he replied, “My painting makes my individual outlook fresh and clear because perceiving something as beautiful is directly related to ones ability to rearrange color and line “into” something pleasing to the eye.” See? That I can understand.

This painting is pleasing to my critical eye for several reasons. First, there’s obviously some sort of gigantic bird-monster there, and what’s more, said bird-monster is clearly sipping on a delicious, delicious human torso through a bendy straw. Upon closer examination, more treasures can be found! Look closely. You’ll discover all sorts of oddities, including: a snake-monster; a steam shovel with eyes; some cherries; a sad, human head hanging from a clothesline; one of those staple-remover thingies; and finally, my diary. It’s all there. Just look!

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Jeremiah Stansbury is a prolific artist who is currently being prolific in art. His artwork has been on display in numerous areas in the Memphis, Tennessee area and now… ON THE INTERNET! Jeremiah’s been to Florence, Italy, thus ensuring that all of us here at Defenestration are very, very jealous.

Luigi Fairbanks is made entirely out of rich, chocolaty Ovaltine.