Howie Green, Interviews
Howie Green’s Interview
This interview documents the artist’s personal recollections and the cultural history of blotter art. References to controlled substances appear solely within quoted historical testimony and are presented for documentary purposes. They do not constitute endorsement or encouragement by LSDBlotter.art. All artworks displayed or sold by this website are undosed, contain no LSD or other controlled substances, and are intended solely as collectible art.
Howie Green’s creations are quite famous among blotter art collectors and each serious collection should have at least 1 of his pieces if not all 9
- – Can you tell us your real name and artist name?
Howie Green
- – Date and place of birth, nationality ?
Early 1950s, Western NY, USA
- – Where do you live now?
I am based in Boston
- – Can you tell us about your academic / artistic background ?
I graduated from art school with a Bachelors of Fine Arts Degree
- – How and when did you discover blotter art ?
It was a recent discovery for me. I was not aware of blotter art until a gallery in the UK wanted to make limited edition prints from my images
- – How many blotter art pieces did you make ?
I have 9 blotter arts prints that have been published
- – Who printed and perforated your pieces then and now ?
The prints were done and perforated by BlotterArt, Ltd. ( Editor’s note Paul Guest’s blotterart.com).
- – What do you feel makes blotter art a unique art form ?
There are a lot of ways to reproduce art on paper, canvas, glass, metal etc etc but blotter art is really unique idea for something new on paper.
- – What has blotter art brought to your creative process?
Nothing specific but I am now aware of being able to do my images as blotter prints
- – What was your first blotter art creation ?
The WOW print was my first
- – What blotter art piece you made is your favorite and why?
I like them all a lot but the Magic Bus seems to be the favorite one.
- – Do you have a blotter art collection besides your own creations? If yes, what is your most valuable piece?
Actually, I just purchased my first print by another artist but it has not arrived yet
- – What blotter art piece you didn’t make is your favorite and why?
I love the prints that have been done by John Van Hamersveld. I have been a fan of his work for a long time and it’s fun to see him doing blotter prints
- – Which other blotter artist do you like/admire?
I’m a huge fan of Buff Monster and I would love to add one of his prints to my collection
- – On a collector stand point, vintage vs vanity?
Collect what you love. No one ever knows if anything will ever become valuable.
- – What is your opinion about people tearing up blotter art to sell shards or so called “minis”?
Not a fan. I would never buy one.
- – Do you have a website where you sell your blotter art ? If not where can people buy your creations?
My blotter art prints are available through my Pop Art Store at www.howiegreen.com
– Any other favorite site you would like our readers to check out?
Check out my site www.howiegreen.com ! Lots of fun stuff to see. But don’t use your phone because my images need to be seen on a larger screen
- – Anything blotter art related you would like to add?
Any new media for reproduction is exciting and I am looking forward to blotter art expand and become more popular. When I first started selling my prints no one knew what they were but now most folks seem to be aware of blotter art, so that a good thing!
