Ralph Steadman
“Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream”
Three color silkscreen on white rising Stonehenge deckle edge paper.
22”x30”
2006
Ralph was born in 1936. He started as a cartoonist and through the years diversified into many fields of creativity. He has done artwork for “Alice and Wonderland”, “Treasure Island”, and “Animal Farm”. He worked with Hunter S. Thompson to create a genre called Gonzo Journalism, the most popular of this genre being “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” which featured this picture as the cover of the book. This piece features two of Steadman’s humanoid figures driving down an invisible road at an extremely fast speed; the figure on the right is portrayed to be a monster while the one on the left is supposed to be Hunter S. Thompson. The sky is represented by a series of horizontal lines. The background is of a stereotypical desert, with cacti and a cattle skull. He employed such a simple background to make the focus of his design clear.
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