Rotten to the Core - a shifty looking fellow with stubbly beard, thick eyebrows, red hair and a tall, bowler-ish hat

Cliché

             "I don't know much about art, but I know what I like" (the official title), a show about cliches.

 Rita Barnard - Anita Horton - Ann Huey

                         Exhibited at the Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas in September 2002

I took a very literal approach here and invented characters who personified those clichés, which allowed such literal treatment.

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Avoid Like tthe Plague Playing With Fire Ace Up His Sleeve

Avoid Like the Plague, Playing With Fire and Ace Up His Sleeve

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Artsy Fartsy Fuddy Duddy

Artsy Fartsy and Fuddy Duddy

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Rode Hard and Put Away Wet Checkered Past Lonely Hearts Club Saturday Night Special Hard As Nails

Rode Hard and Put Away Wet, Checkered Past,
Lonely Hearts Club, Saturday Night Special and Hard Luck Story

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He Was Quiet and Kept to Himself

He was quiet and kept to Himself.

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I'm All Ears - a man's head comprising only ears

I'm All Ears

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Moaning Minnie Plain Jane Nervous Nelllie Nosy Parker

Moaning Minnie, Plain Jane, Nervous Nellie and Nosy Parker

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Once in a Blue Moon You Are What You Eat All the Tea in China

Once in a Blue Moon, You Are What You Eat and All the Tea in China

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