who needs sleep when you’ve got art?

Hot on the heels of yesterday’s piece, today we bring you Francisco’s “who needs sleep when you’ve got art?” (crayon, 2002). It could be a response to “2:21 AM,” but it is uncertain which piece was created first. “who needs sleep” extols the exuberance of artists when the are “on a roll,” not wanting to stop until their work is complete. Indeed, this can be seen in the stick figure’s hovering above the bed.

The picture the rather crudely drawn human figure is holding may be Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers,” although several alternative explanations have been suggested. The piece is not very complex, probably because Francisco dashed it off in a hurry. While the members of the Fran Clan did not really compete with each other per se, most works were produced hastily out of a desire to quickly show them to friends for laughs. The exception to this rule is Francine, who produced only two works. However, they were much larger and more detailed than anything else produced by the Fran Clan.