The Stillroom

This fabulous artwork was done for me by Pittsburgh artist Ryan Numair of @deadofnight.art. I can’t remember how I stumbled upon Ryan’s work but it was a lucky discovery for me because I love the Day of the Dead holiday and the beautiful traditions behind it. Ryan’s depictions of this art and commissioned pieces are just terrific! I had this done for Mike and Anthony’s milestone birthdays last month. The idea for the drawing was based on a Christmas gift from them about 25 years ago. Mike and Anthony bought me two concrete gargoyles that served as bookends over the years. One was hunched over a computer and the other was sucking it’s thumb. They represented our life at the time as new parents and Mike’s career as a newly minted “computer guy”. Ryan needed a bit to go on so I told him about Anthony’s love of Legos as a child and his developed skills over the past ten years as a designer and sewer of NASA memorabilia from the moon landings. Anthony has done work for Adam Savage and also has a piece in the San Francisco museum of modern art! (proud mum) This is why he has a sewing machine in his lap. Their combined love of the band Wilco finds these loves sitting atop of what has come to be known as the Wilco towers in Chicago. The towers are on the cover of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot lp. The starry night in the background finishes off this perfect piece of art. It now hangs in the office of State Street Networks in the Detective Bldg. in East Liberty. A million thanks to a great up and coming artist! You can check out Ryan’s work @deadofnight.art