Hell Riders In Heels - watercolor

watercolor, 2019

available, 11"x15"

      I love the old exploitation movies of the 60's and 70's - and the pulp novels and magazines that preceded them. I might even love the poster art for those movies (and covers for the books and magazines) even more. So, this sort of moves in that direction. Imagine beautiful-but-evil women terrorizing a city from the backs of motorcycles.

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.

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.

The Camper - charcoal

charcoal, 2016

available, 8"x11"

prints and gifts also available

      The most famous attendee of everyone's favorite summer camp. Something special but off-beat for St. Valentine's Day. Remember what happens to lovers in horror movies.

The Doll - charcoal

charcoal, 2016

available, 8"x10"

prints and gifts also available

     My daughter recently reminded me it's been a while since I added to my horror character series and I was way behind. So, here's everyone's favorite possessed doll. Happy Halloween!

It's Alive! - ink

ink, 2015

available, 12"x16"

prints and gifts available

      From one of my favorite movies. If you have to ask - Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein.

The Brother - charcoal

charcoal, 2014

original available, 8"x10" $100

prints and gifts also available

Classic Horror #8

I'm not sure about this one. It might be re-done. I'm not very happy with Johnny's eyes. Maybe it's just me. Some pieces have to grow on me.

The Son - charcoal

charcoal, 2014

original available, 8"x10" $100

prints and gifts also available

Classic Horror #7

After more than 30 years of charcoal I actually learned something new on this one - shading with a kneaded eraser. I don't mean selectively erasing; of course, that's the main function of a kneaded eraser. But, I found that I can lightly rub the eraser over areas of charcoal shading like that on the nose above and lighten the intensity of the charcoal without changing its texture nearly as much as would a tortillon, chamois or finger. Cool!

The Lover - charcoal

charcoal, 2014

original available, 8"x10" $100

prints and gifts also available

Classic Horror #6

The Creature - charcoal

charcoal, 2014

original available, 8"x10" $100

prints also available

Number 5 in my Classic Horror series.

The Animal - charcoal

charcoal, 2014

original available, 8"x10" $100

prints also available

#4 in the Classic Horror series

The Monster - charcoal

charcoal, 2014

original available, 8"x10" $100

prints and gifts also available

Classic Horror Number Three

The Count - charcoal

charcoal, 2014

original available, 8"x10" $100

prints and gifts available

Number two in my classic horror series.

The Bride - charcoal

charcoal, 2014

original available, 8"x10" $100

prints and gifts also available

The first of a series of horror icons. Stay tuned.

Widow - watercolor

watercolor, 2013

original available, 12"x16" $175

This is NOT supposed to be Scarlett Johansson of the Marvel movies. I really didn't plan the timing of this one. I painted it last year and just now got around to putting it on the blog. Actually, I had scheduled it for last month, but I pushed other pieces ahead of it. But, I'll take the synchronicity of having this one pop up on the blog just before Captain America: Winter Soldier hits theaters tomorrow. The character, of course, is a Marvel Comics copyright.

Here's a close-up detail image of her face:

Orpheum - gouache

gouache, 2014

original available - 11"x15" $175

prints available