Kalifornia Uber Alles
A poster celebrating Arnold Schwarzenegger's vision for the state of California. Note the inspirational imagery, emphasizing strength and physical perfection.

Wooly Ganesh
Here's Ganesh in prehistoric times, displaying some Aurignacian technology he introduced to our species some three hundred centuries ago.
Jeff dorchen, pencil on Bristol board, collection of the artist

Mechabug
A mechanical insect constructed in the late nineteenth-century style. Early aviators looked to mechanical bugs for technological inspiration.
Jeff Dorchen, watercolor and guache on Bristol board, in the Smithsonian's "things we need to sift through" pile

Arty the Aquaboy
Slide from the opera Geek Love, by Jeff Dorchen and Jeff Kowalkowski.
Jeff Dorchen, Photoshop, collection of the artist

James Dean as The Chick
Slide from the opera Geek Love, by Jeff Dorchen and Jeff Kowalkowski.
Jeff Dorchen, Photoshop, collection of the artist

Shri Bhairava Devi at burial ground with Shiva ca. 1630 by Payag, artist of the imperial atelier of the court of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan
Hindu subjects in Mughal court art are rare "Despite the grisly trappings, this is an image of cosmic order restored." – S. Kossak, Indian Court Painting 16th-19th Century, New York, 1997, p.52.
Ink, guache, and gold on paper, private collection

Monolith reflected beautifully in rippling water
Jeff Dorchen, Photoshop, collection of the artist

Elephant man being harrassed by Nazi soldiers
Jeff Dorchen, Photoshop, collection of Agnar Seabisquit

The Emperor's Knipshin
Illustration for a children's book I'm working on.

The Emperor's Daughter
Illustration for a children's book I'm working on.

John Merrick as Ganapati
John Merrick in an uncharacteristically whimsical moment, dressed as the Hindu god of obstacles.
Jeff Dorchen, Photoshop, on loan from the artist

John Merrick as Ganapati 2
Here John Merrick has on an even better disguise!
Jeff Dorchen, Photoshop, grudgingly donated to the exhibit

Moby Dick trying to get a rise out of the Old Man of the Mountain
A little known scene from the life of the Great White Whale, depicted by me in ballpoint pen on notebook paper.
Courtesy of me, Milton Friedman, the dead economist

Talented Tzadik
Jeff Dorchen, Photoshop, a gracious gift from the artist

Silhouette for a Problematic Cartoonist
Jeff Dorchen, Photoshop, collection of the artist's doctor

Merrick Skull Flower
Poster design for the opera Geek Love, by Jeff Dorchen and Jeff Kowalkowski.
Jeff Dorchen, Photoshop – that's it

John Merrick Messing Around
John could be a real cut-up.
Jeff Dorchen, Photoshop, mighteous gift from the muses

Portrait of a Victorian Gentleman
Note the trisula on his forehead, signifying that he is a member of the cult of Siva.
Dagmar Schwartz, tinted daguerreotype, 18-?, permanent loan from the Necco Wafer Corporation