in the house of shock-headed peter

it's always good to have an incentive to produce new work - for example a drawing competition to reimagine your favourite french character! i chose gaston - the lovable but chaotic inventor/office clerk. this was the work of one frantic night spent trying out all the pens and colours i haven't used in a while ...

alas, i didn't win a prize, but gaston was chosen for the exhibition in the struwwelpeter-museum frankfurt (struwwelpeter = shock-headed peter). if you're wondering, this is the hipster version playing pokémon go (see the tiny pikachu trying to escape?). didn't change his attire, because dufflecoats are timeless. my friend filiz karahasan deservedly won with her version of ariol, the blue donkey boy - so fluffy! the museum is a great space with many quirky exhibits. the competition entries are only on show until the end of february, but the "struwwelpeter recoiffé" exhibition of struwwelpeter reimagined by fourteen great french artists is ongoing.