Dec 09

One Can Only Wonder How Perpetually Stoned The Joint Provider Must Be

Posted:    Wednesday, December 9, 2009 in Things That Might Be Art, Who
   December 09, 2009 06:24 PM 
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It might be a stretch (or in the very least sacrilegious) to surmise that Jesus (last image below) was a pothead, but the rest of the famous folks immortalized in artist Cliff Maynard‘s roach-end drawings were, or are, vocal about their love affair with Mary Jane. Sure Hendrix (shown) and Jerry Garcia may have preferred a good old fashioned trip, but Bob Marley, Jack Herer and Snoop Dogg (all below) all own a higher-education degree in weed.

Maynard, a Pittsburgh-based tattoo artist, says, “I was studying mosaics in school, [and] I just remember sort of making this connection in my head between the tiles and roach papers.” From that revelation, Maynard has invented a new artistic medium called “Chronic Art;” one that can take over 200 hours (!) and thousands of mostly-smoked joints to complete. Depending on size, originals cost $1,000 to $10,000. [Via Dangerous Minds]

All of Maynard’s works shown here are available to purchase as 16″ x 20″ Giclee prints. $80.00 — Limited to (of course) 420 — Purchase

*All images used in this post are under strict copyright of Mr. Cliff Maynard

Bob Marley

Jack Herer

Jack Herer in progress

Snoop Dogg

John Lennon

Lennon in progress

Jim Morrison

Jerry Garcia

Jesus

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  • Jill

    Those are awesome! But they must have smelled terrible.

  • Eetwo

    Ah damn I’d pay $5000 for one, dealer would run out, plants haven’t grown, nobody can score… smoke that art!

  • azucena

    LOL the jesus one is GREAT! my parents would totally approve! until i tell them what it’s made out of… hahaha

  • SpliffyChick

    Am I the only one that thought the John Lennon one was Harry Potter at first glance?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mark-Sailors/100000174603335 Mark Sailors

    So, is possession of the “art” illegal?

  • LoveAllRobots

    spliffychick yes, yes you were

  • Guest

    How much does this guy smoke?!

  • Yourbitchass

    so making one