Karl Wirsum , Mr. Answer Pants, 1991, acrylic on wood

“The real poet studies the world as it is: lovely, terrible, sensible, grotesque; and would ask for no other in its place. Humor is the final sign and seal of seriousness for it is a proof that reality is held in honor and in love.” -- Mark van Doren

Karl Wirsum
Mr. Answer Pants, 1991, acrylic on wood

“He combines and cross-pollinates ideas, styles and techniques in a variety of media with a magical, intuitive sense of color, balance and contradiction.”
--Katherine Plake Hough