New Work, 12th June 2019

Posted: June 12, 2019 | Author: Hugh MacLeod | Filed under: ##jerusalem, #2019, #hughcards | Comments Off

Intense Longing 2004

Posted: June 10, 2019 | Author: Hugh MacLeod | Filed under: ##jerusalem, #hughcards, 2004 | Comments Off

This cartoon was from 2004. Back then the blogosphere was a particularly secular place, mostly full of techies. Still, as a guy then working in the advertising world, I had a point to make.

There are three ways to use the G-word: 1. Literally, 2. As a metaphor, 3. A wee bit of both. At the time, I meant Number 2. These days I would’ve said Number 3. Things change.

God bless.

The Jerusalem Series, January-February 2019

Posted: June 10, 2019 | Author: Hugh MacLeod | Filed under: ##jerusalem, #2019, #hughcards | Comments Off

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Recent Favorites, December ’18-April ’19

Posted: April 21, 2019 | Author: Hugh MacLeod | Filed under: #2019, #hughcards, 2018 | Comments Off

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about

[CONTACT: gapingvoid@gmail.com]

Twitter: @hughcards

"lead artist and co-founder @gapingvoid. creator of the jerusalem series ['art of a spiritual nature']. author of "ignore everybody" (penguin portfolio 2009). raleigh, north carolina."

Since 1997 I’ve drawn thousands of “Hughcards” [cartoons drawn on the backs of business card], just to give me something to do while sitting at the bar. Eventually the work took me into a more spiritual direction; this became The Jerusalem Series.

The work weaves in between abstraction and non-abstraction simply because the thoughts we carry inside our heads do the same.

I've had three books published, "Ignore Everybody" is my best one.

Looking back, for all the countless hours spent drawing over the years, it seems to me that the best thing to come out of it was the fact that a good many of those hours were spent bringing my mind to a meditative state, a Zen state, in the zone, a mindful state, closer to the Lord, call it what you will. For that, I am truly grateful.

I like getting emails from y'all: gapingvoid@gmail.com.

Thanks for visiting,

- Hugh MacLeod,

Raleigh, NC