Old School

Wow. You simply must check out Wisconsin (and world) artist Mike Hoffman's website (careful viewing at work...) Channeling all the great monster and fantasy artists of our youth, Mr. Hoffman's work is gorgeously campy for all the right reasons!

www.mikehoffman.com

Wicked Grin

Had a day off from work yesterday and had a creative impulse. This is the result - an impromptu finger-painting to hang above my workshop table. Made with acrylic paint on a quarter-inch sheet of plywood, this was done in about an hour. The shape of the pumpkin shows up better in person - it's a very deep orange/black that disappears as the workshop grows dark (and the eyes and mouth are painted with glo-paint so they light up at night).

The face was borrowed from here:

http://ericfreitas.deviantart.com/art/Jack-o-lantern-2-184798515

Ulalume

An artist I've featured in the past - Katie Aguado has her own website now with canvases available to purchase. Check out her life-like portraits, and check out the amazing watercolor of Edgar Allan Poe she did (based on his poem 'Ulalume.')

It was hard by the dim lake of Auber, in the misty mid-region of Weir - it was down in the dank tarn of Auber, in the ghoul-haunted woodland of Weir...

http://www.katieaguado.com/