Ryan McDonough

Founder, Sometime Artist

CFO and co-founder @Accompany, acquired by @Cisco. Turnaround CFO @Ning, sold to Glam Media. Former seed VC. McKinsey trained. @Wharton School and @Haas School of Business.

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Throwback Thursday

Early Works. Collection of works from the 1990s, including my favorite pastel piece of Dizzy Gillespie.

Dizzy Gillespie

Gillespie’s trademark trumpet featured a bell which bent upward at a 45-degree angle rather than pointing straight ahead as in the conventional design. As a tribute to the man’s passing, I did a chalk pastel work featuring his famous cheeks and trumpet back in January 1993.

ABOVE: Dizzy Gillespie – Pastels (January 1993)

Bob Marley (1995)

The first CDs I ever owned were a 4-CD boxed set of Bob Marley songs. It covered his work from the first 45 Bob recorded to the last live version of one of my favorite songs of his. 

Upper: Alcohol-based inks
Lower: Scratchboard

Sketches (Mid-1990s)

Collection of miscellaneous sketches in pencil and India ink from high school and early college. We all had to start somewhere. 

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