By Gary Martin
Gary B. Martin is an illustrator and animator who has lived on the Upper West Side for more than 30 years. His illustrations appear in the Rag on Sundays, chronicling life in the neighborhood, New York City, and the Universe. See them all here. For a broader range of Gary’s work, including animations and other motion graphics, please visit www.martoons.com
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Are you in our yard? It has sprung!
As long as the daffodil doesn’t talk back, he’s good!
Calendar: Spring is here!
Winter: Nice daffodil you got there, it would be a shame if something happened to it…
I hope so
Looking forward to it, Gary.
It’s been such a rough winter that I’m not sure that I’m going to recognize spring when it finally gets here! (And, despite what the calendar says, I’m not convinced that it’s really here.) But once I see a daffodil in bloom, I’ll know.
Do you think he’s expecting those daffodils to answer him? If they do — now THAT’s a story!
In this iteration, the artist stages a quietly provocative dialogue between text and image, inviting the viewer to inhabit the liminal space where ideas dissolve and reconstitute within an ever-contested reality. One senses both tension and release—an inquiry as much as an offering. Bravo.
you crack me up.
I’m here all week (waiting for Gary’s next gem).
Yes, it’s springtime in the city, and lots Fe goes on. Gary, you captured the feeling. Thank you.
couple more weeks…
Maybe maybe maybe?
Never trust a daffodil. Hidden microphones.
This is what I think. Yes, it is spring time in the city, and life goes on! Gary, you captured the feeling. Thank you.
At last!
It might as well be…
Talking to plants is good for them!
Definite maybe!
Daffodils are my favorite spring flower. Thanks, Garynn
Happy for you and your little doffodil.
Yes! After a wintery winter…SPRING.