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Hi. My name's Rob Schamberger. I'm that guy who paints rasslers. And other stuff. And all this running's gonna keep me sane.

As a part of the celebration for Mick Foley’s sixtieth birthday and the thirtieth anniversary of the legendary IWA King of the Deathmatch tournament I had the pleasure of making this new painting. Over the past dozen or so years I’ve obviously made a lot of paintings of Mick, you might even have one or two of them in your collection, but this was my first opportunity to make a painting of this singularly violent moment in his career.

Listen, I’ve got some really fancy red paints nowadays and it’s a nice excuse to use them, y’know?

Mick and I go back a long time and it was a very pleasant surprise to get to work with him again on this project. I hope it’s as cool for you to see as it was to paint it!

BANG BANG!

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Surprise! Signed Danhausen and Outrunners prints are now also available at Pro Wrestling Tee’s! Very young, very manly!

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Champs de Mars: The Red Tower by Robert Delaunay, 1921-23

Beyond the obvious striking nature of this visual, I think what speaks to me the most about this piece is that it’s a rare example of a Cubist urban landscape. Most paintings by the Cubists were largely figurative or of an object, so this stands out in a very evocative way.

The term ‘Cubism’ was originally a derogative one used by closed-minded critics of the time, who saw the geometric shapes and flat colors and said that these paintings lacked the depth of form that so-called ‘good art’ had. What they didn’t understand is that each of those geometric ‘shards’ was actually a different angle of the object the artist is portraying. What may seem jagged and almost nightmarish is actually an artist showing multiple sides of the same subject.

At the same time the artist is also minimizing the form down as much as possible to experiment with how little information one needs to recognize what they’re looking at. This minimalism is also key to the Cubist approach, which is still focused on composition and form but in a very unorthodox way.

I almost like the Cubist method with an urban landscape more than with a figurative subject as the geometric nature of the buildings works hand-in-hand with the style. It’s pretty fascinating to study.

I recently finished making some IPA vinegar (for real) and on Monday I used it to pickle up some red onions. Gimme a HELL YEAH! These might have ruined me for onions because they’re delicious. The vinegar aspect brings the acidity of course by the IPA of it all produces a combination of tartness with a hint of sweetness that I’ve never encountered before.

So far I’ve used them on some ‘substitue chicken’ sandwiches along with my homemade Sriracha aioli sauce (which Katy calls Robracha) to get a lovely bouquet of flavors. I also added some to my breakfast burritos, which you know I’m passionate about and they fit right into that palette-pleasing medley.

Love you more,
Rob