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DWITT

bike lane lover

About Me


I live and work in a house with 3 roommates in Midtown Minneapolis called Motel Jim. In September 2008 I will be celebrating 4 years of being a self-employed full-time artist, which is also the same amount of time I have been living without owning a car. I play drums in the band Ten Extra Pounds, and guitar in Fatty Acid. I like to think I am a good cook, and I know I am a happy drunk.And now, for my professional bio:
A veteran of the comic book, rock poster, gallery, bookstore, and even gaming worlds, DWITT might just be the most ubiquitous artist whose name you’ve never learned… until now. Under the influence of varying quantities of caffeine, endorphins, canned beer, and Slayer albums, David Witt is a man with the stamina to create 30 flyers in 30 days for the (soon-to-be) legendary Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis, MN, armed with nothing more than his vivid imagination and well-honed talent. His visceral images of ghouls and demons, busty dames and booze-soaked revelries, George W. Bush and Anthony Bourdain, are instantly recognizable_each emphatic line positively thrums and pulses, every one the embodiment of Witt’s wide-ranging inspirations and passions.
A founding member of the Squad 19 Design Collective and the Back Alley Gallery, Witt comments that “making it work as a professional has involved taking advantage of every opportunity and lucky break_there’s never been a plan, just a lot of drawing.” Rather than just this modest scraping by, however, he strives to make every project his best, often with spectacular results.
Witt’s illustrations, paintings, and limited edition screenprints have been exhibited around the globe and reproduced in books and publications including The Art of Modern Rock, I Want Your Skull, German collective Bongout’s anthologies, and the series of graphic novels he’s illustrated for Lerner Publishing. His work can also be rocked-out to as the visual accompaniment to so many amateur and virtuoso living-room solos played in Guitar Hero II and found plastered across tee shirts extolling rowdy bands and rowdier holidays (Witt is, after all, a founder of International Canned Beer Month, celebrated each August). Finally, when at a loss to find any DWITT in your life, you can always simply look around: his art is most at home in the world when stapled to lamp posts or taped to the bathroom doors of dive bars across this great land. That’s right, the name’s David Witt_D-W-I-T-T, for those of you carving it into your desktops.------> ( DWITT.com ) <---------
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My Interests

The deep Truths in Mythology and free drinks. Drunken brunches and afternoon naps. Gardening and harvesting. Drawing people, both real and imagined.

I'd like to meet:

girls with flowers in their hair.

Music:

Townes Van Zandt, The Replacements, Lucinda Williams, High On Fire, Nick Cave, Motown, Tom Waits, Slayer, She & Him, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Leonard Cohen, Dale Watson, Bob Dylan, Ben Weaver, Doomtree, Adele, Dillinger Four, and on and on...

Movies:

The Dark Knight, There Will Be Blood, Moulin Rouge, Cool Hand Luke, Gone Baby Gone, Harvey, Old School, Henry Fool, PCU, Amelie, Ghostbusters, Me and You and Everyone We Know, How To Draw A Bunny, Slapshot, Waitress, Memento, 40 yr Old Virgin, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Television:

The Muppet Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Good Eats, Battlestar Galactica

Books:

Currently reading 'The Book of Joe' by Jonathon Tropper. Recently read 'Middlesex' by Geoffrey Eugenides, 'No One Belongs Here More Than You' by Miranda July. 'Dear American Airlines' by Jonathan Miles, 'The Gargoyle' by Andrew Davidson 'Dry' by Augusten Burroughs, 'Snuff' by Chuck Palahniuk, and 'The Hand' by Frank R Wilson

Heroes:



My Blog

Fall St. Paul Art Crawl

Welcome to Autumn in Minnesota everyone, and all of the joys that it brings! One of my favorites is the St. Paul Art Crawl, and it is THIS WEEKEND. Holy smokes, time sure flies! In my standard prac...
Posted by DWITT on Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:43:00 PST

some old crap floating to the top

because its late friday night, I'm home alone & drinking wine...The sun was a left hook from my blindside,knocked me staggering from a naptowards some air and clarity.Squinting through questions and s...
Posted by DWITT on Sat, 04 Oct 2008 09:35:00 PST

No Easy Explanation

Less than two weeks away, and every day until it opens I will be working feverishly to complete the work i have set out to have on display. Martin Devaney has graciously agreed to provide the music po...
Posted by DWITT on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:00:00 PST

Anniversary

4 years ago i quit my job waiting tables to become a full time artist. Somehow, someway, I am still doing art for a living. I can't thank my friends, family, and patrons enough for keeping me afloat...
Posted by DWITT on Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:26:00 PST

Distraction II

This is a strange one...MyHeritage: Celebrity Collage - Family history research - Family tree outline...
Posted by DWITT on Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:51:00 PST

Distraction

things to do when you don't want to do anything....MyHeritage: Family trees - Genealogy - Celebrities - Collage - Morph...
Posted by DWITT on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:39:00 PST

Fatty Acid - August 14th @ Triple Rock

I'm in a writing mood. That's the whiskey talking of course. Tonight I am experiencing a first. I am drawing a poster for a show, as well as writing songs to be performed at that SAME show. I c...
Posted by DWITT on Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:03:00 PST

The Sword & Gnome show

The Back Alley Gallery is up to its old tricks, hosting the first official event of this years International Canned Beer Month celebration.I will have a series of drawings in this show, and that's the...
Posted by DWITT on Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:04:00 PST

DWITT Summer Surprise Tube Sale

Greetings everyone, and happy summer!This is my entry into the poster artist grab bag mystery tube sale business.Here is what you get: 5 gigposters, chosen randomly from my extensive catalog. One pri...
Posted by DWITT on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:35:00 PST

On the eve of the Sushi Apocalypse

Thursday night. Quiet. Busy. Boozing. The house still has a ways to go before it's ready. Jim and I have been talking strategy all day. We'll be debuting a new sushi roll, called 'Troubacado' ...
Posted by DWITT on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:08:00 PST