I Am Not Ordinary

John Douglas

I Am Not Ordinary

gouache and rooibos tea on paper

I Am Not Ordinary belongs to the following groups:

Art And Text, Mixed Media and Pop Art Available for sale as

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I Am Not Ordinary by John Douglas
I Am Not Ordinary by John Douglas
  • H M Bascom

    H M Bascom

    You, John Douglas, are extraordinary!!!

  • John Douglas replied

    thank you! I will drink a cup of rooibos tea to toast that thought for us both! x

  • invisible

    invisible

    I AGREE ! AND I WILL KEEP AS A SECRET !.......JUST FOR ME .LA LA LA LA LA LA;) >>BY THE WAY ! NICE ARTWORK JOHN !
    HOPE ALL IS WELL FOR YOU ?
    BISOUS-Andre

  • John Douglas replied

    shhhhh :). thanks adnre, and yes all is well with me and I hope so for you too – as always, the very best of wishes :)

  • georgevye

    georgevye

    Love this John, and the use of tea.
    When we had no money at all for art supplies, or much of anything else, I would get cardboard from supermarkets,A magic marker and my colors would be mustard, coffee and cheap red wine. Funny how we always had money for cheap wine.
    Cheers,
    George

  • John Douglas replied

    Thanks George. You’ve reminded me of a time at art college when I had no money and made a series of paintings using food. Over the coming weeks the paintings grew mouldy and drooped and ripped, it was fascinating. And yes – always money for cheap wine!

  • Rahul Kapoor

    Rahul Kapoor

    Wonderful!!

  • John Douglas replied

    Thank you very much Rahul!

  • pinkyjain

    pinkyjain

    Its fun to not be ordinary. This is lovely John, very precious

  • John Douglas replied

    YES YES! Ordinary is dull. Why be ordinary when you cna be extraordinary? And thank you for being extraspecial you!

  • Shylie Edwards

    Shylie Edwards

    love your quirky drawings…..’ordianary ‘an intersting word when relating to people…...another word is ‘normal’!!!....enjoy yoour tea…..if i found a ‘kellogs horse’ i will take a photo and post it!!!

  • John Douglas replied

    Thanks Shylie. Funny words – and how some describe themselves as ‘average’ is another one. The tea was good – I left none for art making. Oh please post a kellogs hors eif you find one! Did you know kellogs breakfast cereals were originally devised as a nutrional supplement to discourage masturbation?

  • Dani Dreyer

    Dani Dreyer

    Rooibos tea is great stuff!!
    Love this a lot John, great mixed media art!!
    By the way, ordinary is boring..

  • John Douglas replied

    Rooibos tea is my fave! Glad you like it, and yes, ordinary is…well, ordinarily boring to me too.

  • Christopher Birtwistle-Smith

    Christopher Bi...

    wonderful work john, love this its very childlike in the emotional content, just lovely :)) x

  • John Douglas replied

    Thanks Chris – I always think in art if in any doubt as to what you wnat to express go back to imagining how a child would do so

  • kimangeline

    kimangeline

    This is a great piece of art….we should all accept we are nothing like ordinary! Embrace it. This made me smile :) ty

  • John Douglas replied

    Thank you – now you’ve made me smile too! :)

  • John Fish

    John Fish

    I just love everything about this. first of all the concept and words. but as always your expressive, free, charming style of drawing is perfect. I really love the green on his face.

  • John Douglas replied

    Thanks John, is always fun to have these small graphic meanderings every so often, and of course just PLAY. You are an extraordiniary talent and from you a compliment carries great weight, thanks for making my day wonderful.

  • mimi yoon

    mimi yoon

    i ditto john fish… perfect, john !! : )

  • John Douglas replied

    thank you mimi – youyouyou are lovely!

  • Susan Grissom

    Susan Grissom

    wonderful and so fun… love it and so you and you are not ORDINARY…:)

  • John Douglas replied

    Thank you – I have my superhero cape and hidden powers out back – want to come flying?

  • Paul Suryawinata

    Paul Suryawinata

    LOL! This puts a smile onto my face :-)
    Nice use of material, John! And nice… parody, I suppose, to disciplinary acts!

  • John Douglas replied

    oh good! Thanks Paul! More love to disciplinary acts!

  • Paul Suryawinata

    Paul Suryawinata

    *cracks whip!

  • John Douglas replied

    yeoooouch!

  • HeatherTS

    HeatherTS

    your work always makes me smile, im lovin this…

  • John Douglas replied

    Thanks! Glad you like it – I am huge admirer of your art and spirit – you’re definitely one of the not ordinary s – for that I am grateful :)

  • ellejayerose

    ellejayerose

    this is my mantra! when do the royalty cheques arrive i ask :P i am a national treasure!

  • John Douglas replied

    You certainly are a national treasure! We can all chant together! :)

  • Paul Compton

    Paul Compton

    Why have I not seen this til now? It’s stunning!!!!!!!!!11

  • John Douglas replied

    It found you know Paul :). Thank you!

  • YesYesYes

    YesYesYes

    Extraordinary except in the mortuary!

  • John Douglas replied

    True – in the mortuary it all becomes very ordinary

  • limerick

    limerick

    You are not ordinary. :) Instant Favourite.

  • John Douglas replied

    oh YOU! :) Here’s to us ‘not ordinary’ folks! xx

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