Sailing the Crazy Bed Boat Through Craziness. (Which is pretty crazy)
This is among the oldest things I’ve uploaded onto the site and because of that it looks a whole heck of a lot different than a lot of the work I’m doing these days. Also because of that there are some things I like about it, and a lot of things I don’t.
What’s it all about?
I dunno.
A kid, a shipwreck, an octopus, a bed, a turtle, a deserted island, a puppy, a weird muppet looking thing…
Maybe it’s a direct result of the head injury I had as a young man?
Sailing the Crazy Bed Boat Through Craziness. (Which is pretty crazy) belongs to the following groups:
Art and Stories Made For Children, Cutest of the Cute, Happy Haven, Humorous Illustrations, Humour Captured and Underwater & SealifeAvailable for sale as Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints and Framed Prints
Charl045, 7 months ago
OK did your momma drop you on your head Steven!..LOLOL just kidding.. I think it is wonderful and colorful and should be about a boy and his Sea adventures! Love it!
Jan Landers, 7 months ago
from your head injury emerged some interesting and creative art, steven…..i like this one a lot! feels adventurous and fun….. :-)
butchart, 7 months ago
that sure is some crazy shit….. i love it steven…........... you’re the bombadier in this genre…....... bravo…........................b
darkestartist, 7 months ago
nice. love the turtle in the corner. reminds me of some of the crazy stuff lewis carroll came up with :) nice job on the clouds as well
pinkyjain, 7 months ago
This is fantastic Steven, pure joy of a little boy on his sea voyage with his friends, love the Frog’s expression. What a great boat, a bed boat, love it. i want one. Hope you get your work into a book, you’re gonna be a hit
hikickry, 7 months ago
good stuff :) have you seen bedknobs and broomsticks?
Leslie Patton, 7 months ago
colorful and full of imagination! I love it!
vonne, 7 months ago
Bedknobs and Broomsticks with a Steven twist = ) Love it!
cheetaah, 7 months ago
Very colorfull, I think you should do this kind of series with so many characters each with their individual personalties….....Your illustrations are amazing, great details….......
Cathryn Swanson, 7 months ago
This looks fun and adventurous. I wonder if you were to ask a bunch of kids to tell what they thought it was about? Could get some really interesting stories :)
Renate Dartois, 7 months ago
Very cool I am sure kids love this….
BLYTHART, 7 months ago
Head injury would explain an awful lot :)) Only teasing you … you say there are a lot of things you don’t like about this … I can’t find anything to dislike about it. As artists, we nearly all have bad days and paintings that aren’t so good, but you seem to hit the target every time.
InvisibleSmith, 7 months ago
Great work Steven! Would make a fantastic cover for a kids book – The Magical Adventures of the Crazy Bed!
RMonroe, 6 months ago
This is wonderful. A magical adventure:)
CATNIPMEOW, 6 months ago
its almost 2 sweet for you…....happy….not your normal quirkiness-
I think I had a dream like this once….......great picture Steven :)
sweetscent62, 6 months ago
Hmm… a childs version of Noah’s ark? I dunno.. I just know I like it : ) Wen x
Lisadee, 6 months ago
Rock on Kid!
elisab, 6 months ago
Nice work. Hope you head injury is better, even though it produced some great work!!
Karin Taylor
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6 months ago
i really love it Steven!
samedog, 6 months ago
Have taken my cue from the description above and have just run head first into a closed door – hasn’t done too much in the talent or inspiration department yet, but I’m a patient boy…will let you know when the head injury has worked its magic.
traceyanne, 6 months ago
I was going to say all the above, and so I have straight away I thought of Bednobs and broomsticks just fabulous work Steven
Steven Novak in reply to Charl045’s comment, 6 months ago
Actually I had a bicycle accident as a kid that ripped open my head and required nothing short of about 400 stitches. WEE-HOO!! Glad you like the piece Charlotte! ;)
Steven Novak in reply to Jan Landers’s comment, 6 months ago
Yes, head injuries are good for that. And for memory loss. ;) Thanks Jan!
Steven Novak in reply to butchart’s comment, 6 months ago
Bombadier? I can dig that. In fact, lets make that my new nickname. ;)
Steven Novak in reply to darkestartist’s comment, 6 months ago
Funny that you would mention the clouds because the clouds and the ocean are two of the things I absolutely hate about this piece. ;)
Charl045, 6 months ago
LOLOL..Steven I enjoy your humor just as much!
Steven Novak in reply to pinkyjain’s comment, 6 months ago
You could try and sail your bed Pinky. if you do, make sure you film it, or take some pictures because, well…it would be quite hilarious. ;) Thanks!
Steven Novak in reply to hikickry’s comment, 6 months ago
One of my favorite movies when I was a kid.
Steven Novak in reply to Leslie Patton’s comment, 6 months ago
Next time I put something up I want you to tell me that it sucks Leslie. Just to mix things up. Deal? ;)
Steven Novak in reply to vonne’s comment, 6 months ago
That’s how I tried to sell my remake of Bedknobs and Broomsticks to Miramax. Their response was, “Who’s Steven?” ;) Okay, that was a lie, but it was funny.
Steven Novak in reply to cheetaah’s comment, 6 months ago
Thanks Cheetaah!
butchart, 6 months ago
how about just bomba.. that other is alot of xtra typing every time…...............b
Steven Novak in reply to Cathryn Swanson’s comment, 6 months ago
There is a really fantastic kids book called “The Mysteries of Harris Burdick” that sort of did that. Check it out if you’ve never seen it.
Steven Novak in reply to Renate Dartois’s comment, 6 months ago
Kids are dumb, they’ll like anything. ;)
Steven Novak in reply to BLYTHART’s comment, 6 months ago
I told someone else that I’m not a big fan of the sky or the ocean. I liked them when I first painted them years ago but they haven’t stood the test of time for me. Also, I was big into incorporating markers back when I did this and honestly I just think they look…well…crappy…nowdays. Maybe in ten years I’ll like them again? ;)
Steven Novak in reply to InvisibleSmith’s comment, 6 months ago
Thanks Invisible!
Steven Novak in reply to RMonroe’s comment, 6 months ago
Thanks Robin!
Steven Novak in reply to CATNIPMEOW’s comment, 6 months ago
Too sweet? Maybe. I was younger and less beaten down by the harsh realities of marriage, work and a mortgage when I made it. ;)
Steven Novak in reply to sweetscent62’s comment, 6 months ago
Liking it is good enough for me! ;)
Steven Novak in reply to Lisadee’s comment, 6 months ago
Kid? Me? Been a while since anyone called me kid. ;) Thanks!
Steven Novak in reply to elisab’s comment, 6 months ago
It also produced an enormous, iron man looking head cast that made me look like some mad scientists botched experiment. ;) Thanks!
Steven Novak in reply to Karin Taylor’s comment, 6 months ago
At least one of us does! ;)
darkestartist, 6 months ago
hmmm. well i think Turner was always the best at clouds, but you did a great job with them. :) i don’t usually like my clouds much either, if it’s any consolation, except for the dark clouds of pollution that i paint. i like those. anyways, buck up camper, you did a good job :))
oh and if you’re wondering who turner is, i mean this guy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Turner%2C_J.M._W.-_The_Fighting_Téméraire_tugged_to_her_last_Berth_to_be_broken.jpg
Steven Novak in reply to samedog’s comment, 6 months ago
You became talented without the head injury…it’s a route I really should have considered myself. ;)
Steven Novak in reply to traceyanne’s comment, 6 months ago
Which came first, this or the movie? I’m claiming this. I understand that seems quite impossible because of the constants of time, but I say time be damned!! ;)
Steven Novak in reply to darkestartist’s comment, 6 months ago
Buck up camper? Thanks kiddo, your the absolute tops! ;) Oh, and I am aware of turner, four years of art college and an amazing amount of loan debt saw to that. ;)
darkestartist, 6 months ago
LOL thought you’d like that :) Glad i’m not the only one with Cloud Inferiority Complex. there must be some drug for that…;)
traceyanne, 6 months ago
lol!....I think the film is about 38years old and the chap who played the old man brought me an ice cream…......but who care who’s the first yours is the best…..
Walker Everette, 6 months ago
Is this from “Lost”? Nifty.
clarkey, 6 months ago
If this is what a head injury produces, then I’m all for it!!!! :-)) I love it, it’s a magical dream for a young boy, and nicely done. I love the silly grin on the puppy’s face!
DarlaReeves, 6 months ago
very nice work! Love all the color and would make a great children’s story!
Steven Novak in reply to Walker Everette’s comment, 5 months ago
NIfty two fifty. ;)
Steven Novak in reply to clarkey’s comment, 5 months ago
Thank you…but I still wouldn’t recommend the head injury. ;)
Steven Novak in reply to DarlaReeves’s comment, 5 months ago
Thanks Darla!