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Intro­duc­tion

Doug Boehm is a pro­fes­sional free­lance illus­tra­tor and fine artist. His illus­tra­tion work has been pub­lished in mag­a­zines and news­pa­pers across the US, some of which include: Time Inc., The Vil­lage Voice, Rolling Stone Mag­a­zine, Seat­tle Weekly, and PC Mag­a­zine. He has been pub­lished in sev­eral other coun­tries including Australia, Canada, Taiwan, and Costa Rica. Doug has also illus­trated for ad cam­paigns, music pack­ag­ing, con­sumer pack­ag­ing, and is always look­ing for new venues for his work.

Doug has shown his work in sev­eral gal­leries and has been col­lected in the US, UK, Aus­tralia, and Taiwan.

Did you know ‘Go Home Bud’ was an ana­gram of ‘Doug Boehm’?

I never really thought about that. Thanks for point­ing that out. I will name my first born, “Bud”. Another fun fact about my last name is that it’s pro­nounced, “Bame”. Yes, the “oe” equals a long “a”. 

Are you an illus­tra­tor who dab­bles in fine art or an artist who dab­bles in illustration?

I sup­pose I’m an illus­tra­tor who dab­bles in fine art but most of my fine art fol­lows some kind of story line. Lately I’ve been trying to blur the edges between my illus­tra­tion and fine art. I’m not a illus­tra­tor who would rather be a painter, I’m pas­sion­ate about both.

How much are you worth now and how much do you think you’ll be worth in ten years?

It’s not worth men­tion­ing. But if pressed I would say I’m cur­rently worth between $1 and $5.2 mil­lion. That should give you an idea. In ten years I plan on wear­ing a top hat and will walk the streets with my solid gold cane. The neigh­bor­hood chil­dren will have a con­stant supply of toys and candy. 

Apart from art and illus­tra­tion what other things are you into?

In addi­tion to sit­ting around think­ing about what I will be worth in ten years I also like graphic design, play­ing guitar from time to time, lis­ten­ing to music, fish­ing, trav­el­ing, drink­ing wine, making wine, talk­ing to my cats, and hang­ing out with my wife. Life is good.

Who are your favourite artists/illustrators alive today?

A few of my illus­tra­tion inspi­ra­tions are Sue Coe, Dennis Cor­ri­gan, Hen­rich Drescher, Rich Borge, Melinda Beck, and Charles Burns. I also like sev­eral illus­tra­tors that are closer to my age such as; Mario Zucca, Colin John­son, Danny May, Tim Gough, Jon Krause, Aaron McK­in­ney, The Heads of State, Jude Buffum, Mutt Ink, and James Jean. Some of my favorite artists would be Jesse Reno, Robert Hard­grave, Kevin Titzer, Chris Mars, Andy Kehoe, and Jim Houser. I love lots of dif­fer­ent kind of art so my list should be much longer.

At a guess how many pri­mates have you drawn in your pro­fes­sional career?

I think I’ve painted about 20 in the last couple years. My main ape char­ac­ters are titled, “Stereo Friends”. I started paint­ing them as a metaphor for the per­fect rela­tion­ship. They rely on each other which brings out the true nature of both, much like a mar­riage or friendship.

Have you ever con­sid­ered ani­mat­ing your work or having some­one ani­mate your work?

I don’t have the patience to ani­mate my own work but I would love to col­lab­o­rate with some­one on such a project. I’m work­ing a per­sonal side book project that I would love to see ani­mated at some point.

With a choice of any space or gallery in the world; which city and venues do you con­sider to be hotspots and which ones would you like to show at?

It’s been a dream of mine to have a show in Tokyo. I’ve never trav­eled there but it’s always on my mind. I would show up to the open­ing in a purple heli­copter. It would be a sold out show. People would feed me sushi and rub my feet with warm towels. I would miraculously speak fluent Japan­ese and every­one would be joyous. Bill Murray might even show up.

Why is your MySpace pro­file pri­vate, what are you hiding?

I had issues with myspace for a while. I really love flickr though. I feel like I’m going to get cooties every time I’m on myspace.

Are you involved in any col­lab­o­ra­tive projects at the moment and is there anyone you would like to work with?

I’m not col­lab­o­rat­ing with anyone at the moment. I’d love to col­lab­o­rate with some­one who can sew. We’d make pup­pets, hand bags, and pil­lows. I don’t have anyone in par­tic­u­lar in mind. I would be inter­ested in doing a film with pup­pets rather than ani­ma­tion. I guess I would prefer col­lab­o­rat­ing with people that do not nec­es­sar­ily paint. How­ever, I’m always up for a good exquisite corpse. 

What’s next in the pipeline for the Doug Boehm?

In terms of illus­tra­tion, I usu­ally have an edi­to­r­ial assign­ment in the works and plan on keep­ing up with that. I’m in two group shows this month on in Seat­tle, WA and one in Port­land, OR. Visit my blog for details. I’m also taking part in a group show in San Diego this Decem­ber. In March I will have my first show in New York City.

Life or death?

Life

Egg or Bacon?

I like when they collaborate.

Bun­nies or skulls?

Bunny Skulls

Tai Chi or Tai Chow?

Tai Chow

Iron-​Man or the Hulk?

Hulk Smash! I did enjoy the Iron-​Man movie though.

You can see more of Doug Boehm’s work at
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