The "R rated" Ballpoint Pen Drawings of Juan Francisco Casas

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0RYOrw3BRBUg4SL990sfNQceBTsNeIszilEW3y2SIxm6h-uefYsrd6pXm3Tur6xWsv8GRht7dt-btkyD6ZShaIkwfJ2a_ixvIF1LtoowzrSsJUh4n89fQ0OUv1IfKYJpSBQby5fT8xagT/s1600-h/Picture+42.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347244428121795890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0RYOrw3BRBUg4SL990sfNQceBTsNeIszilEW3y2SIxm6h-uefYsrd6pXm3Tur6xWsv8GRht7dt-btkyD6ZShaIkwfJ2a_ixvIF1LtoowzrSsJUh4n89fQ0OUv1IfKYJpSBQby5fT8xagT/s400/Picture+42.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 654px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpJsZb5pxcnNP5W_rPqUGiKrvSn1z4vDUw14aDnNom86Qb_K5Rm1S0EeP_LYDaJbZY0rmx76eloFglfudTBeg-eWCh2OG48RE3PWDORK0V9DIQQc4T05qIsrDDY0v_CkAhCvZ2BRf0meJv/s1600-h/portada.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347243760914731378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpJsZb5pxcnNP5W_rPqUGiKrvSn1z4vDUw14aDnNom86Qb_K5Rm1S0EeP_LYDaJbZY0rmx76eloFglfudTBeg-eWCh2OG48RE3PWDORK0V9DIQQc4T05qIsrDDY0v_CkAhCvZ2BRf0meJv/s400/portada.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 526px;" /></a><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br />A friend of mine brought the amazing ballpoint pen drawings of Juan Francisco Casas (actual full name is <span class="nametext"><span class="text">Juan Francisco Casas Ruiz)</span></span> to my attention <a href="http://twitter.com/Schwartzie14">via his tweet</a>, which sent me to this <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-511688/Simply-birolliant--incredible-10ft-photographs-drawn-ballpoint-pen.html">article</a> in the UK's Daily Mail. Only since it was published over a year ago, I was able to do a little research and find his more recent and compelling works.<br /><br />Clearly more scandalous and edgy, his 2009 illustrations reek with homoeroticism and a "fuck you" attitude toward art - and are certainly more interesting than those shown in <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-511688/Simply-birolliant--incredible-10ft-photographs-drawn-ballpoint-pen.html">the Daily Mail article</a>.<br /><br />The following images are NSFW and should not be viewed by those under 18 (I have to write that... I'm a responsible blogger).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSTs_HKl3GFx-fkHITMSuOGIxD3zxNJDmbVF9PahFu5lhl2fiTuWJ0UmY_tI7JcRXWiQzmGtIf5bhRys9Y-AP9N8l9IcS_ZP3hkN2pzbhCs0zfMiYJsb00lnolpfuor64vuNIPBVyLhmnV/s1600-h/Picture+32.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347245320982003330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSTs_HKl3GFx-fkHITMSuOGIxD3zxNJDmbVF9PahFu5lhl2fiTuWJ0UmY_tI7JcRXWiQzmGtIf5bhRys9Y-AP9N8l9IcS_ZP3hkN2pzbhCs0zfMiYJsb00lnolpfuor64vuNIPBVyLhmnV/s400/Picture+32.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 306px;" /></a><br /><br />Clearly not for conservative publications, his latest drawings are impressive in both their detail and scale, like all of Juan's work. Using up to 14 bic ballpoint pens per image, his canvases reach up to 10 feet in height:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9fZnr0lPu8kHgnujljkZ_TTmK4ZVYIXdN-OMnlBjBM4g-GfleQPvNnAGZCUQj0LGfkdzBbJP2rsZX_LwZ3w2GS5OCuiPuuvbcrvUCQ247clhrna7fPYI9GhEjTcA0QZID2FpSLFNBNw6p/s1600-h/Picture+16.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347251881881358274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9fZnr0lPu8kHgnujljkZ_TTmK4ZVYIXdN-OMnlBjBM4g-GfleQPvNnAGZCUQj0LGfkdzBbJP2rsZX_LwZ3w2GS5OCuiPuuvbcrvUCQ247clhrna7fPYI9GhEjTcA0QZID2FpSLFNBNw6p/s400/Picture+16.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 307px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXOFTculS_jByaB49gva1g7VrLIkeluwz3rbzq09APGTvASdXwKaNlexxZ0EOCPIsiDR7VrjjgjqHwf82z1WY1OxrhMo1wwk_ijhfiJvLoAJtRgczO4FYlZd9Zd2rugeihyC4vj3o8J0By/s1600-h/Picture+27.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347245618597509954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXOFTculS_jByaB49gva1g7VrLIkeluwz3rbzq09APGTvASdXwKaNlexxZ0EOCPIsiDR7VrjjgjqHwf82z1WY1OxrhMo1wwk_ijhfiJvLoAJtRgczO4FYlZd9Zd2rugeihyC4vj3o8J0By/s400/Picture+27.png" style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 521px; height: 657px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">the drawings above are all from 2008 and 2009 and are courtesy of the artist.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP83snI-RPalQGOrPThfUIEEz-7u9t0szeUqbeAZfWkbN-U8oX0OQZHeO1y9VXs1PC20MjItTHX9-u25bi3Nlqe7LJUWSEprIVN39U1Ck1ryM4Sg2Xo2tSCk9bjYbg4mVCOr3_VoxgD9gq/s1600-h/Fotos+Febrero+2009+073.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347250767654150738" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP83snI-RPalQGOrPThfUIEEz-7u9t0szeUqbeAZfWkbN-U8oX0OQZHeO1y9VXs1PC20MjItTHX9-u25bi3Nlqe7LJUWSEprIVN39U1Ck1ryM4Sg2Xo2tSCk9bjYbg4mVCOr3_VoxgD9gq/s400/Fotos+Febrero+2009+073.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 195px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj24OX5blNJ8c5zU5uLyg5_fHRQS_UxS2sDuCmo3l1OmALDkkL4Qwbdb-lREkp-NlRBJQoG3olsMbuUgwLgXn6RY_5ggppUUd6uIGDvARvQ-EJdfXMux4vzr5HWW69jS0whFY1npnlPwzx_/s1600-h/Fotos+Febrero+2009+058.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347250557599288178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj24OX5blNJ8c5zU5uLyg5_fHRQS_UxS2sDuCmo3l1OmALDkkL4Qwbdb-lREkp-NlRBJQoG3olsMbuUgwLgXn6RY_5ggppUUd6uIGDvARvQ-EJdfXMux4vzr5HWW69jS0whFY1npnlPwzx_/s400/Fotos+Febrero+2009+058.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 195px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Above: in this February 2009 exhibit, you can see the impressive size of his pieces.</span><br /><br />Much of this work as well as some of his paintings are available for purchase from the <a href="http://www.galeriafernandopradilla.com/artistasfp/casas/casas.htm">Galerie Fernando Pradilla.</a><br /><br />The artist:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwW2MGLh9jVqBo5tXka86KBZsVgTJEi8XmdenL_OYA5kV_gc_ozQv2udLM5bfhha1KgatjfavX3zqmam94SFmWtELCnptVfR1VdIw_yQ4V7YT1kt0UQ-zK6Opjwbnpi21lNMNtXmTONfCa/s1600-h/Juan+Francisco+Casas.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347246476151114338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwW2MGLh9jVqBo5tXka86KBZsVgTJEi8XmdenL_OYA5kV_gc_ozQv2udLM5bfhha1KgatjfavX3zqmam94SFmWtELCnptVfR1VdIw_yQ4V7YT1kt0UQ-zK6Opjwbnpi21lNMNtXmTONfCa/s400/Juan+Francisco+Casas.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 206px; height: 280px;" /></a><br />The text below is from his own myspace page:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">About me:</span><br />I am an artist born in La Carolina (Andalusia, Spain). I paint large size oil canvases and ballpen (sic) drawings where I reproduce images I take with my camera, youthful and spontaneous domestic photographs of fleeting moments of nighttime fun. I have a degree in Arts (BA), two postdegree masters (MA) and I am finishing my doctorate (PhD). I also was a teacher of the University of Granada during 4 years.<br /><br />In 2005 I participated, together with important artists such as Damien Hirst, Neo Rauch or Maurizio Cattelan, at the International Biennial of Contemporary Art "Prague Biennale 2" (Prague, Czech Republic) arranged by the Flash Art Magazine and curated by Giancarlo Politi. I was choosen to represent my country and was the only one Spaniard artist invited to that event. In 2006 I participated in "The Sock Strategy" exhibition at the 2nd International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Seville curated by Okwui Enwezor. I also have won the very prestigious ABC Prize of Art in 2004 and the First National Honours Degree Prize of Universitary Studies of the Ministry of Education and Culture of Spain in 2000. I have exhibited at some of the most important galleries in Spain including the Luis Adelantado Gallery (Valencia-Miami), Metta Gallery (Madrid), Ferrán Cano Gallery (Barcelona) Sandunga Gallery (Granada).<br /><br />I also have collaborated with El Museo Gallery (Bogotá) and since 2002 I am represented by the Fernando Pradilla Gallery (Madrid-Bogotá) and exhibiting at the international art fairs of Chicago, Miami, Palm Beach, México, Bogotá, Caracas and Madrid. My work can be found in important collections and museums like the ABC Collection of Art or the ARTIUM (Basque Museum of Contemporary Art) where I have participated in the collective exhibition "Catharsis", with such important artists as Miquel Barceló, Antoni Tapies, Jorge Oteiza, Jaume Plensa, Antoni Muntadas and Antonio Saura.<br /><br />I have also written and participaed in many books, like "Arte Seriado. Exploración y Análisis" and "El Arte como Dicha"; the next of them, "A y otros poemas de relleno" and "The Summer Haikus" are already on bookshops. This year, I have been awarded with the very prestigious award of the Royal Academy of Spain in Rome (Real Academia de España en Roma), where I will reside during 2007 and 2008.<br /><br />If you are interested in my work, you can contact me at: <a href="mailto:juanfra10@hotmail.com">juanfra10@hotmail.com</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpxKsiDdJvguqZ9OcyWpcF6VRRKQSprSqrcpmF76NEC44Yky19kPfezyLlMhOPpIt6TeBIxmQG-kDNeobJyes5C6sUqi5gGPSclry2hYDgL2SI6DRe6DuQiOEJ7Q3n2yBtFnUJTTNZNLcB/s1600-h/head_home.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347246682375353394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpxKsiDdJvguqZ9OcyWpcF6VRRKQSprSqrcpmF76NEC44Yky19kPfezyLlMhOPpIt6TeBIxmQG-kDNeobJyes5C6sUqi5gGPSclry2hYDgL2SI6DRe6DuQiOEJ7Q3n2yBtFnUJTTNZNLcB/s400/head_home.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 543px; height: 85px;" /></a><br /><br />Visit his blog (in Spanish only) <a href="http://juanfranciscocasas.blogspot.com/">here.</a><br />Visit his website <a href="http://www.juanfranciscocasas.com/">here.</a><br />Visit his myspace page <a href="http://www.myspace.com/juanfranciscocasas">here.</a>

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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRJfkTY9d4Kh3_FZWi1p_FHZnW7iIQONbj5mQR84DCNJU9Hbo5qSUwKEN48Vph7snQmbrsqA2pXFdI0RaesUsBdI2axx9JSDXYpXdxehGvTZZUMvCn0Q7zACCvFC-cC0uZTAgzIO7DrxLy/s1600-h/Picture+40.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353792546694104594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRJfkTY9d4Kh3_FZWi1p_FHZnW7iIQONbj5mQR84DCNJU9Hbo5qSUwKEN48Vph7snQmbrsqA2pXFdI0RaesUsBdI2axx9JSDXYpXdxehGvTZZUMvCn0Q7zACCvFC-cC0uZTAgzIO7DrxLy/s400/Picture+40.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 294px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJHLIw5q_PXHPDGvyaC_K5ZRxWLeNtxx-4zmyfqLqFLmGdhfgFFVyIAWbOipajGfnNYFSEziGBjvo_aQm2Yc6dNMWOTmfQ2woDUnpipQPcpUPXdH4aRHdVxb7z0n3caF8lBGSdNWbuewTV/s1600-h/Picture+38.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353791454627790914" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJHLIw5q_PXHPDGvyaC_K5ZRxWLeNtxx-4zmyfqLqFLmGdhfgFFVyIAWbOipajGfnNYFSEziGBjvo_aQm2Yc6dNMWOTmfQ2woDUnpipQPcpUPXdH4aRHdVxb7z0n3caF8lBGSdNWbuewTV/s400/Picture+38.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 523px; height: 296px;" /></a><br /><br />I caught this television commercial during the Wimbeldon highlights two nights ago and couldn't get it out of my mind. The message, the music and certainly the dog, made quite an impact. No surprise that it comes from the creative and respected Minneapolis ad agency Fallon, but I was surprised (and pleased) to learn that its' furry star, Chopper, was a rescue dog turned canine celeb.<br /><br /><object height="400" width="530"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5G7bGBUlx2M&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5G7bGBUlx2M&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="400" width="530"></embed></object><br /><br />In this latest spot from <a href="http://www.travelers.com/">Travelers</a>, directed by <a href="http://www.rattlingstick.com/daniel.html">Danny Kleinman</a> and featuring music by <a href="http://www.raylamontagne.com/">Ray LaMontagne</a>, we follow along as a worried dog searches for and ultimately finds the safest place to put his most prized-possession.<br /><br />It's one of those spots where the music, the direction and certainly, the casting, all combine for an effective and entertaining result.<br /><br />from <a href="http://www.courant.com/">The Hartford Courant</a>:<br /><br />The expressive Chopper, who was rescued from a shelter and professionally trained, stars in a one-minute drama of high anxiety about his bone. He goes to great and amusing lengths to protect that bone, just as Travelers wants to be seen as working hard to keep its customers safe with its insurance.<br /><br />The commercial was developed by Fallon, a Minnesota-based advertising firm, and was a hit when previewed at Travelers' June 4 Investor Day conference. Analyst Larry Greenberg, co-manager of Langen McAlenney in Hartford, who attended the event, wrote a note to investors about it headlined, "The Dog Steals the Show, But Management a Close Second."<br /><br />Rather than advertise specific products, the commercial is part of Travelers' corporate branding campaign that started last year and highlights the famous red umbrella logo, said company spokeswoman Jennifer Wislocki.<br /><br />"The message of this ad," she said, "is a reminder that Travelers protects the things you care about."<br /><br />As Chopper seeks to hide his bone from other dogs, the Ray LaMontagne song "Trouble" provides the soundtrack with apt lyrics such as ""Trouble has been doggin' my soul since the day I was born."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjldWY8jq5w3w21oFK_y_BgU1NWm9DuIUapm5cSu4A_H3NuDCtVMp-GZEs03RlGxvsgRGyrAvr4YqbLcXD1fBqBGcOWKqKWsUgRbnrjJf_zGHcjrVejROr0C-Aji1bkogeZQbAnGhHRF3DV/s1600-h/Picture+37.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353791540638060738" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjldWY8jq5w3w21oFK_y_BgU1NWm9DuIUapm5cSu4A_H3NuDCtVMp-GZEs03RlGxvsgRGyrAvr4YqbLcXD1fBqBGcOWKqKWsUgRbnrjJf_zGHcjrVejROr0C-Aji1bkogeZQbAnGhHRF3DV/s400/Picture+37.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 228px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">above: Chopper worries about his bone in the latest Fallon spot for Traveler's Insurance.<br /><br /></span>The mutt tries concealing his bone in a laundry basket, his owner's chair and a hole he digs in the yard. Still worried, he rides a bus to place the bone in a bank safety deposit box. After tossing and turning in his sleep, Chopper retrieves the bone and takes it home. The camera pans to the bone in his food bowl with the iconic Travelers red umbrella over it.<br /><br />The voice-over says, "When it comes to things you care about, leave nothing to chance. Travelers: insurance for auto, home and business."<br /><br />Travelers CEO Jay Fishman gushed over the mutt at the investor conference: "That dog is smarter than a lot of people I know. ... You could be friends with that dog. It's great. Don't want to get carried away here. But it was neat."<br /><a href="http://www.travelersinsynch.com/pers_advertising.html"><br />You can see their latest tv spots here.</a><br /><br />Ad agency: <a href="http://www.fallon.com/">Fallon</a>

Traveler's Insurance "Prized Possession" Paws at Your Heartstrings

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Super Sleek, Limited Edition, Sexy Carbon Fiber Kayak From Wave Sport

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