“You do stuff, and then it's done. And then you die.” - Samson 'John' Tollet (River's Edge, 1986)

"All that matters is work." - Lou Reed (1989)



001. Allah Akbar / No, Let’s Roll! 2007 - $200
002. You Are Michael Jackson’s Doctor 2009 - $200
003. Double Communist Michael Jackson (36”x80”) 2008 - $140
004. Eight Layer Hamburger (36”x80”) 2008 - $140
005. Buildings 2008 - $100
006. Hector’s Horchata (31”x31”) 2007 - $40
007. Suzanne Crough (48”x48”) 2006 - $50
008. Patty & Baby Derek (24”x36”) 2007 - $40
009. Hamburger (30”x30”) 2002 - $50
010. My Pride And Joy (16”x16”) 2002 - $20
011. George Says No (24”x24”) 2002 - NFS
012. National Geographic (73”x92”) 2007 - $45
013. R. Kelly Lion (36”x60”) 2009 - $120
014. Ally Sheedy (24”x24”) 2008 - $45
015. Altair 8800 (24”x26”) 2009 - $50
016. Porno Collage (18”x20”) 2007 - $20
017. Look Who’s Talking Now (18”x24”) 2006 - $10
018. Larry Hagman (18”x18”) 2009 - $50
019. TRS-80 (18”x18”) 2009 - $50
020. Ninety-Nine Nines (18”x12”) 2009 - $45
021. Running Away (24”x48”) 2009 - $80
022. White Brown Bear (36”x42”) 2010 - $120
023. Pink Brown Bear (36”x42”) 2010 - $120
024. Green Brown Bear (30”x32”) 2010 - $120
025. Peach Brown Bear (30”x32”) 2010 - $120
026. Grey Brown Bear (28”x36”) 2010 - $120
027. Red Brown Bear (28”x26”) 2010 - $120
028. Blue Brown Bear (30”x33”) 2010 - $120
029. I Hate Ohio (20”x16”) 2010 - $10
030. Chavez To USA (24”x24”) 2008 - $25
031. EEEEEEEEEEZ (24”x36”) 1995 - $40
032. Fantasy Sports (36”x60”) 2009 - NFS
033. Ice Cream Cones #1 (24”x24”) 2006 - $40
034. Gripster: In The Bathroom (24”x24”) 2010 - $40
035. Pandas Gone Wild (24”x24”) 2010 - $50
036. Brown Brown Bear (24”x24”) 2010 - $120
037. RIP BOL (8”x10”) 2010 - $20
038. Glore Cigarette Packs (6”x6”) 2010 - $200
039. Ronald Reagan #1 (12”) 2009 - $20
040. Lebanon #1 (9”x12”) 2010 - $20
041. Diet By Atkins (24”x24”) 2007 - $20
042. Lebanon #2 (6”x15”) 2010 - $20
043. Lebanon #3 (6”x18”) 2010 - $20
044. Lebanon #4 (12”x12”) 2010 - $20
045. Ronald Reagan #2 (12”) 2009 - $20
046. Jane Curtin (24”x24”) 2006 - $30
047. Pigeon #1 (12”) 2006 - $20
048. Pigeon #2 (12”) 2006 - $20
049. Lebanon #5 (6”x9”) 2010 - $20
050. Pigeon #3 (12”) 2006 - $20
051. Clean Up Here (15”x6”) 2006 - $10
052. Richard J. Daley #1 (12”x12”) 2006 - $10
053. Ronald Reagan #3 (12”x12”) 2009 - $20
054. Squirrel #1 (12”x12”) 2009 - $20
055. Cat #1 (12”x12”) 2008 - $20
056. Ronald Reagan #4 (12”x12”) 2009 - $20
057. Ice Cream Cones (24”x24”) 2006 - $40
058. Michael Jackson #1 (12”x12”) 2009 - $10
059. Michael Jackson #2 (12”x12”) 2009 - $10
060. Michael Jackson #3 (12”x12”) 2009 - $10
061. Michael Jackson #4 (12”x12”) 2009 - $10
062. Michael Jackson #5 (12”x12”) 2009 - $10
063. Michael Jackson #6 (12”x12”) 2009 - $10
064. Michael Jackson #7 (12”x12”) 2009 - $10
065. Michael Jackson #8 (12”x12”) 2009 - $10
066. Michael Jackson #9 (12”x12”) 2009 - $10
067. Michael Jackson #10 (12”x12”) 2009 - $10
068. Michael Jackson #11 (12”x12”) 2009 - $10
069. Michael Jackson #12 (12”x12”) 2009 - $10
070. Michael Jackson #13 (12”x12”) 2009 - $10
071. Michael Jackson #14 (12”x12”) 2009 - $10
072. Michael Jackson #15 (12”x12”) 2009 - $10
073. Michael Jackson #16 (12”x12”) 2009 - $10
074. Michael Jackson #17 (12”x12”) 2009 - $10
075. Michael Jackson #18 (12”x12”) 2009 - $10
076. Michael Jackson #19 (12”x12”) 2009 - $10
077. Ocelot #1 (12”x12”) 2008 - $20
078. Cat #2 (12”x12”) 2009 - $20
079. Melty Face #1 (12”x12”) 2007 - $15
080. Melty Face #2 (12”x12”) 2007 - $15
081. They Were So Mean To Me (6”x7”) 2010 - $200
082. Oh, Sheila (18”x24”) 2008 - $50 (Free to Sheila Sachs)
083. Missing – Mentally Ill (11”x17”) 2007 - $10
084. Manic Depressed Gangster Disciples (6”x15”) 2007 - $10
085. Barta Is Dead (11”x9”) 2007 - $20
086. Alexander Graham Bell (33”x33”) 2008 - NFS
087. Pac-Mao Is Dead (9”x12”) 2007 - $10
088. Ronald Reagan #4 (12”x12”) 2009 - $20
089. Richard J. Daley #2 (12”x12”) 2006 - $10
090. Panther #1 (12”x12”) 2008 - $15
091. Ronald Reagan #5 (12”x12”) 2009 - $20
092. Ice Cream Cone (12”) 2006 - $15
093. Ronald Reagan #6 (12”x12”) 2009 - $20
094. Ocelot #2 (12”x12”) 2008 - $20
095. Ronald Reagan #7 (12”x12”) 2009 - $20
096. Clara Peller (24”x31”) 2010 - $70
097. Squirrel #2 (12”x12”) 2009 - $20
098. Lawton School For Blacks (9”x12”) 2007 - $10
099. Quaker Oatz (8”x12”) 2008 - $20
100. Melty Face #3 (12”x12”) 2007 - $15
101. Ronald Reagan #8 (12”x12”) 2009 - $20
102. Cat #3 (12”x12”) 2009 - $20
103. She Lied (3.5”x4.5”) 2010 - $10
104. Ginsberg: Man Boy (10”x13”) 2006 - $10
105. Cat #4 (12”x12”) 2009 - $20
106. Ronald Reagan #9 (12”x12”) 2009 - $20
107. Oh Wow (12”) 2005 - $5
108. Pigeon #4 (12”x12”) 2006 - $20
109. Ocelot #3 (12”x12”) 2008 - $20
110. Ronald Reagan #10 (12”x12”) 2009 - $20
111. Panther #2 (12”x12”) 2008 - $15
112. Panther #3 (12”x12”) 2008 - $15
113. Panther #4 (12”x12”) 2008 - $15
114. Ronald Reagan #11 (12”x12”) 2009 - $20
115. Ronald Reagan #12 (12”x12”) 2009 - $20
116. Ronald Reagan #13 (12”x12”) 2009 - $20
117. Panther #5 (12”x12”) 2008 - $15
118. Panther #6 (12”x12”) 2008 - $15
119. Panther #7 (12”x12”) 2008 - $15
120. Panther #8 (12”x12”) 2008 - $15
121. Panther #9 (12”x12”) 2008 - $15
122. Ronald Reagan #14 (12”x12”) 2009 - $20
123. Ronald Reagan #15 (12”x12”) 2009 - $20
124. Richard J. Daley #3 (12”x12”) 2006 - $10
125. Ronald Reagan #16 (12”x12”) 2009 - $20
126. Ronald Reagan #17 (12”x12”) 2009 - $20
127. Ronald Reagan #18 (12”x12”) 2009 - $20
128. Ronald Reagan #19 (12”x12”) 2009 - $20
129. Ocelot #4 (12”x12”) 2008 - $20
130. Ocelot #5 (12”x12”) 2008 - $20
131. Ocelot #6 (12”x12”) 2008 - $20
132. Richard J. Daley #4 (12”x12”) 2006 - $10
133. Ocelot #7 (12”x12”) 2008 - $20
134. Richard J. Daley #5 (12”x12”) 2006 - $10
135. Richard J. Daley #6 (12”x12”) 2006 - $10
136. DOUBLERS (9”x11”) 2006 - $20
137. Astro-Nut (24”x24”) 2006 - $30
138. Cardiss Collins (24”x24”) 2010 - $50
139. Charles Manson In A Sno-Caps Hat (48”x48”) 2008 - $80
140. Marvin Gardens (24”x24”) 2006 - $25
141. Morris Theatre (By Vivienne Edmister) (48”x48”24”) 2009 - $150
142. Putney Swope (32”x38”) 2008 - $100
143. FRISKIES (48”x48”) 2010 - $125
144. Commodore 64 (16”x24”) 2009 - $50
145. Zaph Dingbats (16”x24”) 2009 - $20
146. Drake’s Duck (18”x18”) 2009 - $50
147. Dietnetics – L. Ron Chubbard (24”x17”) 2010 - $50
148. LeBron James Bench (18”x13”x70) 2010 - NFS
149. Tragedy In Dessert City (48”x36”) 2010 - $200
150. Joyce Carol Oates (24”x24”) 2004 - $20
151. Many Faces Of Erdman (By Jim Newberry) (13”x17”) 2006 - NFS
152. I Love To Eat At Restaurants (82”x48”) 2009 - $250
153. Kate Jackson Owl (48”x48”) 2010 - $120
154. Tom Tierney Paper Doll (48”x48”) 2010 - $50
155. Kate & Allie (36”x60”) 2007 - $50
156. Derek Erdman & Hannah Woodroofe (By Jim Newberry) (39”x60”) 2007 - NFS
157. Double Disney (48”x48”) 2007 - $30
158. Pregnant With A Turkey (30”x48”) 2007 - $40
159. There’s A Monkey On Skylab (48”x48”) 2007 - $50
160. Beware: The Internet (48”x48”) 2010 - $125
161. If You Love Someone (81”x42”) 2008 - $40
162. Double Andrew Jackson (48”x96”) 2007 - $50
163. Party Girl (44”x204”) 2007 - $50
164. Queen Adelaide (48”x96”) 2008 - $300
165. Tragedy: Chicago Style (40”x48”) 2010 - $150
166. I Love You Like A Magikist (30”x96”) 2010 - $250
167. Seattle, Haiti, Chicago, Gary (18”x30”) 2008 - $40
168. I Spent The Summer (22”x12”) 2006 - $40
169. Pink Elephant (18”x18”) 2010 - $50
170. Hoeckel Cat (15”x18”) 2010 - $45
171. Girl W/ Moustache (36”x36”) 2010 - $100
172. Darrell Porter (24”x24”) 2010 - $50
173. Great Things Of South Carolina (15”x20”) 2010 - $50
174. Illinois To Texas (18”x24”) 2010 – (Free To Amy Lombardi)
175. Who Are The Mystery Girls? #1 (23”x27) 2010 - $40
176. Who Are The Mystery Girls? #2 (23”x27) 2010 - $40
177. Rainbo (24”x24”) 2007 - $30
178. Charles Whitman & A Clock Tower (24”x24”) 2007 - $20
179. Flying Nun (18”x24”) 2007 - $20
180. Laotian Mind Meld (24”x24”) 2006 - $20
181. Keep Chokin’ (24”x24”) 2007 - $30
182. Mind Your Bees (9”x12”) 2010 - $25
183. Marian Frost Apple Pie (18”x13”) 2010 – (Free To Marian Frost)
184. Legalize It (18”x18”) 2009 - $30
185. Tank Tops (20”x30”) 2010 - $60
186. Without Wax Show Posters (18”x24”) 2010 - $10 / each
187. God Bless Saddle Shoes & People Who Wear Them (20”x40”) 2010 - $90
188. God Bless Tretorns & People Who Wear Them (20”x40”) 2010 - $90
189. Edith Piaf 1/13/57 (By Spencer Moody) (28”x18”) 2008 - NFS
190. Enemies Are So Stimulating (28”x42”) 2010 - $80
191. How Do You Like The Mapples? (23”x32”) - $80
192. When Pigs Fly (18”x24”) 2010 - $50
193. Hey Pooka (20”x40”) 2010 - $75
194. RIP BOL (30”x30”) 2010 - $100
195. Nudging (18”x12”) 2010 - $30
196. Pig Head (24”x24”) 2010 - $50
197. First Place (24”x24”) 2010 - $60
198. Yellow Brown Bear (30”x33”) 2010 - $120
199. North Carolina (14”x10”) 2010 - $40 (Free To Brittany Whitford)
200. Stripe Loss (28”x36”) 2010 – NFS (Amanda Rybin)
201. The Girl Who Loved Dresses (30”x40) 2010 - $120
202. Don’t Screw This Up (15”x11”) 2008 - $40
203. Sup Cat #01 (16”x14”) 2010 - $20
204. Sup Cat #02 (16”x14”) 2010 - $20
205. Sup Cat #03 (16”x14”) 2010 - $20
206. Sup Cat #04 (16”x14”) 2010 - $20
207. Sup Cat #05 (16”x14”) 2010 - $20
208. Sup Cat #06 (16”x14”) 2010 - $20
209. Sup Cat #07 (16”x14”) 2010 - $20
210. Sup Cat #08 (16”x14”) 2010 - $20
211. Sup Cat #09 (16”x14”) 2010 - $20
212. Sup Cat #10 (16”x14”) 2010 - $20
213. Sup Cat #11 (16”x14”) 2010 - $20
214. Sup Cat #12 (16”x14”) 2010 - $20
215. Sup Cat #13 (16”x14”) 2010 - $20
216. Sup Cat #14 (16”x14”) 2010 - $20
217. Sup Cat #15 (16”x14”) 2010 - $20
218. Sup Cat #16 (16”x14”) 2010 - $20
219. Mariko Jones (24”x24”) 2007 - $30
220. Whoa Cat (13”x16”) 2006 - $25
221. Richard J. Daley #7 (12”x12”) 2006 - $10
222. Elisa Ambrogio (15”x13”) 2004 - $20
223. Diana Ross (18”x18”) 2010 - $50
224. Cat #5 (10”x10”) 2008 - $20
225. Ocelot #8 (12”x12”) 2008 - $20
226. Umbrella (By James Havran) - $50
227. Orange (By James Havran) - $40
228. A Girl #1 (By James Havran) - $60
229. A Girl #2 (By James Havran) - $65
230. A Girl #3 (By James Havran) - $40
231. City #1 (By James Havran) - $20
232. Watch (By James Havran) - $20
233. Alligator (By James Havran) - $30
234. Snacks (By James Havran) - $15
235. Bits (By James Havran) - $10
236. Booga (By James Havran) - $10
237. City #2 (By James Havran) - $60
238. Shampoo (By James Havran) - $60

QUOTES:

"Derek, I hope to see your work in person. Just waiting 
for it to be less than 3 hours flight away." - Claus 
Castenskiold 2010

"Derek's paintings can be difficult to hang if you have 
plaster walls." Simon May

"Nobody likes a winner." Andy Slater

"My dad has a neighbor whose daughter went to middle 
school with a guy whose kid works part time at a vacuum 
repair shop that's on the same street as the house where the old guy has all 
kinds of dogs, one of which ran through the yard of a 
lady who once said Derek was a nice fella." Mike Frizzell

"Derek Erdman is a nascent franchise that will one day 
outline the world in bold black 
paint." Julie Ghatan

"Derek likes big boobs." Vicki Gemmill

"Derek loves big boobs." Yalan Papillons

"Derek smells great." April McArdle

"Derek has mastered the Ancient Japanese Art of Just 
In Time Delivery, and has the 
scars to show for it." David Williams

"Derek's painting has been making my houseguests uncom-
fortable for over a decade." Nicole Kemerer

"If you give your boyfriend a Derek Erdman painting 
your relationship will end within the week. This has 
been proved on countless occasions (OK, 2)." Emily Taplin Boyd

"Derek is the Highlights Magazine of painting." 
Hugh Elliott

"Derek: Yet another example of de-evolution from 
Ohio." Karrie Bannerman

"His paintings are rad when USPS doesn't break 
them" Elle Cobb

"There are squirrels in my house because of Derek 
Erdman. SQUIRRELS." Meg Bradley

"A 'Derek Erdman' refers to a man's balls, such as: 
"Billy better do something about his Derek Erdman's 
they keep falling out of his shorts." Cynthia Castiglione

"When I met Derek in person he was shorter than I 
had thought." Gregory Jacobsen

"When I was sharing an apartment in Kent two doors 
down from Derek's, he would walk through our apt. 
as a shortcut to the parking lot. After suddenly appearing in the apt. one day, 
he asked if I needed anything at the store. I said 
"toilet paper", and was surprised when he came back 
later with a pack of toilet paper." Inga Grossman 

"Derek is still angry that I wouldn't let him keep 
a parrot that I found three years ago." Rebekka 
Eileen Federle

"Derek Erdman is the contemporary artist I'd most 
like to make out with." Melissa Butler

"Hella Affordable." Corey J Brewer 






"I first saw Derek's work at the Goldstar which con-
sistently displayed really sad and awful work that 
was always poorly lit (I never understood why anyone 
would want to put their work in a dark smokey bar). 
I initially dismissed Derek's work as "ah, whatever, 
clip art paintings" but as bar conversations got 
duller and duller as people got more and more drunk, 
my attention turned to Derek's paintings. With their 
bold outlines and bright colors, they worked well in 
the dark confines of the Goldstar. My initial dismissal 
quickly turned to love: the juxtapositions of clip art 
was funny and clever but it was neither one-note humor 
nor boring grad-school 'let's try to be Mike Kelley' 
type of shit. I forget what I saw that night but I re-
member a fascination with hamburgers, which is always 
funny in my book. But Derek's painting style, chunky 
and rudimentary, is the most distinctive quality of his 
work as he approaches it with style and sophistication 
(that's quite an empty quote right there). Everyone at 
the bar seemed to know Derek. I had never met him. Al-
though we ran in the same circles and Chicago can seem 
like a very small town sometimes, I never met the fuck-
ing guy until eight years later. He likes the Fall, I 
like the Fall." Gregory Jacobsen

"Derek was late to my 16th Birthday Party because the 
bus broke down." Rachel Rubin Stutzman

"Derek Erdman is just as shifty as he's ever been." 
Calbee Mundy

"Derek Erdman is possibly 50% responsible for TINA, the 
greatest work of art of the 21st Century." Nestor Brϋlιe

"Derek don't know nothin'- Derek don't suspect 
nothin'" Rachel Borchers

"Derek Erdman makes art and people happy." Fred Sasaki

"Derek Erdman hates rompers, and made a painting to prove 
it." Brandi Steck

"Derek may use you to get closer to your husband but you 
won't mind" Alissa Gallivan

"Derek Erdman took several women's studies classes at 
Sara Lawrence before he was born." Kc Chronis 

"Derek Erdman...Bastard Genius." Audi Martel

"Derek Erdman: Good at art for quite some years 
now." Katie Hannon