Thursday, March 28, 2013

Mummy


O'Brien and Coye

Fitz James O'Brien wrote some brilliant stories such as From Hand To Mouth ("the single most striking example of surrealistic fiction to pre-date Alice in Wonderland" )in his short life before he was wounded and died in the Civil War. I love this early edition. Inside are delicate illustrations by Ferdinand Horvath, not on the level of his Poe work but nice.  And a amazing cover by the always great Lee Brown Coye for a superb collection of spook tales.






Wednesday, March 27, 2013

sketchbook


Sunrise

A spectacular sunrise this morning tho you can't  particularly tell by these not so great phone photos. I've been rewatching the Chinese Ghost Story movies which are a lot of fun and some random books. I love reference books for randomly opening and reading.

 For some reason Blogger is opening all the images in a new window like the old days.. not the slideshow with the black background..at least for me.





Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Friday, March 22, 2013

Louisa May Alcott

Quick sketch while watching a fantastic documentary on the writer and her many struggles. Alcott wrote many pulp thrillers under an alias which I'm  looking forward to reading one day. Its interesting  how they were only discovered years later and many more remain lost.


Monday, March 18, 2013

Notebook



Illustration for my short story (along with 10 other illustrations) which will appear in the Lovecraft themed anthology A MOUNTAIN WALKED from Centipede Press and edited by S.T. Joshi coming out October this year. 500  slipcased hardcover signed edition and a regular trade edition. A large anthology which includes previously published works by authors such as Ted Klein, Thomas Ligotti and Neil Gaiman and new fiction by Laird Barron, Gemma Files, Quentin Crisp and many others. Very happy to be a part of it. My sheets to sign are winding their their way to me via Europe and beyond so I thought I would share this illustration which a version of has been posted before I had finished the story.


Illustration for my short story (along with 10 other illustrations) which will appear in  the Lovecraft themed anthology “A Mountain Walked” from Centipede Press and edited by  S.T.  Joshi coming out October this year. 500 hardcover signed edition and regular trade edition.  A large anthology which includes previously published works by authors such as  Ted Klein, Thomas Ligotti and Neil Gaiman and new fiction by  Laird Barron, Gemma Files, Quentin Crisp and many others. “choke”



The Hex Dispensers

A band I totally love and Alex Cuervo is a Happy Undertaker fan.  This band (as well as others he's in), his solo work and his soundtrack music are all fantastic. One of the great things about The Happy Undertaker has been connecting with people whose work and point of view I appreciate.



Tuesday, March 05, 2013

TCM

watching my favorite station this morning sketches..


Saturday, March 02, 2013

Walk


cold morning quick sketches.. with watercolor added at home.