Want A Balloon? - gouache

gouache, 2017

available, 8"x10"

prints and gifts also available

      Happy Halloween!

The Dreamer - charcoal

charcoal, 2017

available, 8"x11"

      Now we're talking. One Saturday in February 1986 I took a beautiful and sassy young redhead on a first date to see A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge. We're still together, though she's less a fan of horror movies than she was back then. I'm pretty happy with this one (and her!). Freddy's melted skin was pretty tough, but I think it worked out.

      Happy Halloween!

The Brother - charcoal

charcoal, 2017

available, 8x11

      I call Michael Myers of Halloween fame The Brother, of course, because his sole purpose was to terrorize and kill his baby sister, the only family he missed in his original killing spree. But this actually is The Brother #2 as I've already featured Barbra's short-lived brother, Johnny, from Night Of The Living Dead. This one was difficult and didn't quite work out as well as most of my other horror portraits. You would think the lack of features in the mask would make it easy to draw. But that's the problem. The lack of features means there's very little to give the "face" form and it was very hard to render the subtleties in the warped mask.

Laughing Skull - gouache

gouache, 2017

available, 11"x15"

prints and gifts also available

      Here's my first portrait of Mr. Skin E. Bones, a.k.a. the Laughing Skull.

The Ancestor - charcoal

charcoal, 2017

available, 8"x11"

prints and gifts also available

      Good old Barnabas Collins of Dark Shadows -- the good one played by Jonathan Frid for the television show of the late '60s/early '70s, not Johnny Depp's horrible attempt.

The Prom Queen - charcoal

charcoal, 2017

available, 8"x11"

prints and gifts also available

      We're continuing our month of horror with everyone's favorite reluctant prom queen from another Steven King movie about an outcast teenager. Surprise. Surprise.