Nothing Stays Buried
Ink drawing on paper from 2006.
If you are ever accosted by hungry zombies I suggest doing your best George Bush impersonation and they should leave you alone.
After this picture I did a project called Nothing Stays Buried in which I buried and unearthed objects and then drew them. I then buried and unearthed the drawings as well. Drawings from that book include Pocket Dictionary, Materials, Suitcase, Toy Guitar and Sneakers.
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Yasemin Sumner, 3 months ago
I didn’t think I could love zombies and cool cute dead things any more but here you go making it happen. I love the Nothing Stays Buried project, how fun is your brain?! x
silencieux, 3 months ago
JUST GREAT DRAWIND AND PROJECT PAUL ! thank you ,Andre
pinkyjain, 3 months ago
Wonderful & charming, exquisite & delightful. i do see a resemblance of George Bush in him, probably why he loves people who impersonate him & wouldn’t think of chewing on them. George Bush could use the thread on his mouth, too, hee hee. Love this Paul
Nicole Ryan, 3 months ago
incredible work
fabulous analogy .. you’re amazing !
Paul Compton in reply to Nicole Ryan’s comment, 3 months ago
No Nicole – you are! : )
Nicole Ryan, 3 months ago
No! you are :)
(don’t start me Paul)
:D
JaredJames, 3 months ago
Again amazing and poignant
Paul Compton in reply to JaredJames’s comment, 3 months ago
Thank you so much Jared. The older I get the more I realise the title of this drawing is very true.
kipishiux, 3 months ago
Wonderful Paul!
ellejayerose, 3 months ago
particularly evil lurking repressed memories – too many triggers out there to remind me of my dear lost strawberry shortcake plush-doll which doubled as a pillow :( yet again an amazing juxtaposition of pop with personal….go paulie!
hilarydougill, 3 months ago
Very clever drawing, should have made it look like George Bush, he’s a zombie
Andy Mercer, 3 months ago
You have got to illustrate kids books ! Thats an order.
Paul Compton in reply to Andy Mercer’s comment, 3 months ago
Yes Sir!!! (I’m saluting you Mr. Mercer) Thanks for the support Andy! : )
circusgallery, 3 months ago
very cool work
John Douglas, 3 months ago
oh paul, wonderful! Off to Coles?
Paul Compton in reply to John Douglas’s comment, 3 months ago
Thanks John. Yep, that’s where they hang out. The 7-Eleven’s also : )
John Douglas, 3 months ago
Those 7-11s have all sorts of life-after-death creatures. Sometimes not the staff!
Talya Chalef, 3 months ago
love the concept. it’s all about stuff we choose to confront.. we could let it sit for a while, keep it buried, or we could dig it up look at it and feel it.
very evocative stuff mr paul!
;-)
Catherine Crim..., 3 months ago
ohhhh so lovin your work..this is fantastic
Sylvia Karall, 3 months ago
Wonderful Paul – So talented!
Paul Compton in reply to Sylvia Karall’s comment, 3 months ago
Glad you like it Sylv. With out you it wouldn’t be on this site!! xo
SoxyFleming, 3 months ago
oh no Paul you’ve got me worried (just buried a cat)
“The Drum, the Doll and the Zombie” is one of those John Bellairs books with the good illustrations which you must find…it is also very funny
Mui-Ling Teh, 2 months ago
Paul as I look at this and read your descriptions it reminds me of the antique quality in your work; which I find very unique. Really like those washes and stains you do on the drawings in your book, like uncovering a piece of history and they add a sense of sentiment to them. They also remind me of the scene in Titanic where they find the drawing of Rose.
The mood here is really different from the drawings in the book you’ve listed; although I think the idea behind “Nothing Stays Buried” can be really interesting; history is uncovered, and ideas are shared. Even if something is gone physically, they can still exist in our minds. As Rose says about Jack: “He exists now only in my memory”.
At the same time, they can be haunting. The past is the past, yet it still sticks to you in the present day. Don’t know if doing a George Bush impersonation would help chase them away :P
Damian, 2 months ago
Wonderfully funny Paul :)
And I enjoyed your description of the Nothing Stays Buried project! You said they’re in a book? Do you have a link to it?
Paul Compton in reply to Mui-Ling Teh’s comment, 2 months ago
Your comments are so amazingly poignant Mui-Ling. The older I get the more I realise that things from your past you try to detach yourself from never go away. They always resurface – they are a part of you now whether we like it or not. I’m glad you get that antique relic feel to some of my drawings because that’s exactly what I was going for. I appreciate your thoughts so much Mui-Ling. Thank you.
Paul Compton in reply to Damian’s comment, 2 months ago
Thank you Damian. No, I don’t have a link to the book because it is buried in a backyard somewhere. I like the idea of it getting uncovered by puzzled archaeologists one day. I still have some of the pages but Pocket Dictionary, Suitcase and Materials were sold when I exhibited it about two years ago. Thanks for your kind comments D. x
xoxart, 2 months ago
way cool :-)
Helen Bascom KMA, 2 months ago
What an interesting project – burying and then unearthing stuff. :-)
This is reminiscent of Edward Gorey. Very nice work.
Matt Redmond, 2 months ago
this is brilliant and so is all your other work, hoo ray for zombies. i’m a big fan of your style man, go team you.
Paul Compton in reply to Matt Redmond’s comment, 2 months ago
Hey thanks a lot mate! Yep, they rock – my favourite zombie movie title is a 1964 movie called The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies. Thanks for taking the time to look at my work Matt : )
Kimberley Suth..., 16 days ago
lol awesome