Teefury

Words from the curator:

Artist Travis Pitts creates an aesthetically attractive, yet poignant work focusing on the sometimes frustrating side of the hierarchal workforce.

Tell us about this design

after losing my job and being in a financial crunch, I really began to resent our economic system more than ever, and think of it as a shapless, Lovecraftian monster both created and worshiped by men in the upper ranks of society. That's how the illustration began, making a creature based off of elements mutated from the dollar bill. On the pyramid are the three classes of socio-economic structure. At the bottom, the workers and slaves whose unappreciated work supports the entire structure. A little higher up are the middle class- the artists and creators. While they get to use their talents, it's often the projects and designs of those above them - artists generally have to work for someone, rarely getting to do their own thing. Finally at the top are the businessmen, the traders of invisible credits backed up by nothing, inflated to keep them at the top of the pyramid and keep everyone else below.

Name a few of your favorite things.

Small wooden boxes and drawers. (and fitting things in them) Colored glass. Deer moss. Robots. Monsters. Ray guns.

How did you get into art?

Born into it. I can't remember not drawing or building things.

What would be your dream job?

Even more than being a professional illustrator, creating and selling the things i come up with, I think I would really enjoy having my own gallery/junk store.

Do you have any interesting hobbies or tales of intrigue? Do tell!

Collecting odd bits of junk that I make into new and unrecognizable things. I'm embarrassed yet proud to admit that I usually lay on the floor like a kid when I draw by hand.