Liam Oscar Thurston - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Liam Oscar Thurston (gentleman-at-large) creates original illustrated images for periodicals, children's literature, private clients, clothing lines, and creates graphic design for a wide range of disparate commercial and private applications. Thurston also occasionaly applies his peculiar talent to exhibitions of his private works. View some limited samples at www.liamthurston.com .
Thurston, shortly to be known as Oscar, also erected Peer Pressure , a collective dedicated to hosting festive social occasions in Montreal and abroad with colleague David Lance Jones. Thurston has now taken the helm as art director of aforementioned collective and shapes the aesthetic identity associated with all of Peer Pressure's printed advertisements and promotion.
Cousins of Reggae is the musical outlet that captures the chaotic abstraction contained within Thurston, as he plays a fierce muscle guitar and a mighty percussive role within this epic two-piece ensemble.
In the scarce spare time tucked 'tween these endeavors, Thurston teaches extracuricular art classes for children in quaint elemetary schools, plays an intense game of euchre, enjoys the odd drink, and bowls on Mondays.

My Interests

Myself, mostly. Popcorn is a close second.

I'd like to meet:

A love of popcorn and wizards is a good start, a creative combination of the two is even better. Experience speed-dating on ketamine is a plus, knowledge of mid-nineties arcade games a must. Altered Beast in particular, Bad Dudes doesn't hurt. A history of alcoholism and/or drug abuse followed by a life-changing, yet inconsistent, revelation fraught with self-loathing is charming.

A stellar gene pool is mandatory to fulfill severe Oedipus Rex complex, straight teeth, smooth skin, etc. White unicorns running on lazer grids and/or crying rainbows must appear in top ten hallucinations. Pigtails or braids prefered. An ability to hold hands whilst sleeping in necessary, and I love dolphins.

Music:

USAISAMONSTER, PHIL COLLINS, BIGG JUS, MOUTHUS, YAKBALLZ, LIGHTNING BOLT, DIZZEE RASCAL, THE DIRE STRAITS, CAGE, HELLA, THIN LIZZY, MF DOOM, ARAB ON RADAR, GRAND BUFFET, THE FUCKING CHAMPS, WOLF EYES, COMPANY FLOW, LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM, NECRO, SHOCKING BLUE, THE WEATHERMEN, JOHNNY CASH, BROTHER ALI, SONIC YOUTH, PAUL WALL, THE NEED, CAMU TAO, SHAN MARSHALL, CANNIBAL OX, THE SHIRELLES, WILEY, THE DEL VIKINGS, COACH WHIPS, THE DIAMOND NIGHTS, LIL WAYNE, EYEDEA, LOREN MAZZACANE-CONNORS, DUCHESS SAYS, FLEETWOOD MAC, CLIPSE, NOMEANSNO, VANGELIS, and, on the road with per diem money, KOOL KEITH.

Movies:

The Labyrinth, Rocco Animal Trainer 11, featuring Eva, Nicol and Xenia, and Bully.

Books:

Anything by Thomas Pynchon or Charles Bukowski. And motivational tapes from the early nineties (counts as reading).

Heroes:

Spiderman, He-Man, Donatello from TMNT, Egon from the Ghostbusters cartoon, the Garbage Pail Kids, Kool Keith, the Bionic Six, the car from Night Rider and my little brothers. Oh, and TANKFACE.