John Pappas is a graphic designer and art director working in Ann Arbor. He enjoys drawing in his free time, primarily for his own amusement. He lives in Chelsea, is married to an artist, and has two college-aged children.
This year Mr. B and visual artist John Pappas have collaborated to provide an evening of boogie woogie and blues piano combined with visual art depicting some of the blues greats. During the evening Mr. B will play selections from the musicians Pappas has portrayed, and offer some stories and anecdotes relating to each (some of whom he knew personally).
John Pappas: “After volunteering to do some design work for Mark Braun's (a.k.a. Mr. B) Joybox Express, I've had the good fortune to become friends with him. After discussing a possible collaboration and in an effort to combine Mark's musical prowess with my drawings, we decided to "illustrate" Mr. B's Birthday Bash. Mark chose work from several blues and boogie woogie greats and asked me to create a portrait for each player.
Inspired in part by religious icons, the portraits have been drawn in ink on hinged, three-pieced wood panels. Incidentally, Mark supplied the woodworking that was needed to prepare the panels. When open they are roughly 24 inches wide and 21 inches tall.”
GALLERY RECEPTION: Saturday, February 18 at 8 pm, concurrent with Mr. B’s Annual Birthday Bounce
This toasty, creamy, gooey treat is the Nutella Bagel — Nutella and sliced bananas on a toasted cinnamon raisin bagel ......
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