Halloween Sketches

So I've been feeling particularly Halloween-y as of late. I've been watching a lot of the old monster and horror movies while working at the video store and I've also started reading H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man. I've decided to dress up this year as a Drive-in roller waitress from American Graffiti, mostly as an excuse to wear those rockin' skates that Jonathan Trundle gave me. I was going to be Cesare, the somnambulist that strangles people from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, but I thought it might be a bit obscure.

Anyway, here are some recent sketchbook drawings, all done in pencil. And of course my pumpkin paintings, done in acryllic, Vincent Price and Frankenstein's monster. Creepy bugs, monsters and bodies are basically what's been on my mind the past couple of weeks. Happy Halloween!!

Lumenhouse/Studio job

For those of you whose ears I have't talked off about this, I've been working at an art studio a couple of days a week. The artist I work for is Aurora Robson (her website is in the "people I like" list) and she mainly does large scale sculptures and installations made entirely of re-used plactic bottles, it's our job as her crewbies to help clean, cut rivet, melt or paint the various parts of these bottles together. We try to use every single part of these bottles- the screw top, the cap, the tube, the base and even scraps of plastic get used in a variety of ways to make many differnt forms. The plastic becomes entirely transformed and "trash" is the last thing you think of when you look at the final product.

So today at the studio we helped Aurora get the sculptures ready to be packed to be taken to the gallery at Salve Regina University in Rhode Island. For the past couple of weeks we've been preparing her show entitled "Landmines," I brought my camera so I could document part of the packing process. It was a really exciting and hectic day but it was a lot of fun. We wrapped and packed everything in a UHaul truck and it just barely fit. I can't wait to see pictures of how it looks set up in the gallery with the right lighting and the sculptures installed and lit up.

so here are some images

The Orb named "Fat Skeeter" who is maybe about 6 feet wide

One of the two "Landmines" which are floor peices

"Scrapple Strands" which will be layed on top of the landmines and the orb as a decorative and textural element.

The infamous "Cap Blanket" which is made entirely of white, black, gray, silver, clear and red bottle caps, strung together both horizontally and vertically. Its supposed to look like a vortex-y outer space nebula thing, it looks really cool in person.

The "Cap Blanket" close up

Oh, and P.S.

Aurora has a 6 page article in October's issue of "Art in America" so check it out! she talks about her work and her process as well as this new show that'll be in RI. I keep checking Barnes & Noble but it's not in yet, it'll most likely be out tomorrow or monday. So, yeah cool beans!