I've been busy with some commissions lately but somewhere in there I was completely distracted from my usual haunted activities by thinking about really, really colorful things. With only a few days until Halloween I should be talking about my usual ghosts and haunted houses, but I wanted to share this before any more time passed, just because! And anyway I think something strange with stripes and a devil face in it is kind of seasonal too...At any rate, this painting was inspired by listening to electronic music and thinking about early 80s video games, the ones where you are trying to build things with pipes, for instance -- but things went haywire and some flowers crept in.
Where I am right now the leaves don't change and there's not a crisp note of autumn in the air quite yet (maybe late a night, when the armadillos come out) but I am still in a fall frame of mind, watching Dark Shadows at night and various movies with the words "vampire" and "Dracula" in them.
Nothing new, of course -- recent viewings include the favorite La Vampire Nue, a couple versions of Dracula; Dracula AD 1972 and other Hammer offerings. And my reading for the moment is still Salem's Lot, which I started several weeks ago in a strange fit of not reading something from the 19th century! But I'll be back there soon!
More haunted art coming soon, into the winter months...because Christmas was always a time for telling ghost stories in Victorian times!...
A board game, striped tights and a botanica. :)
ReplyDeleteHaha! Yes! Well that is about 50% of what is in my head at any given time! I just left out pumpkins!
ReplyDeleteLove this painting! But then how could I not, what with with all its wild colors and 1980s elements.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for looking, Tote Trove! I just updated the listing with a new scanned image which is a bit more clear and crisp than my photo. Glad you like it!!
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