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Jose Posada
Posted in Art, Death with tags art, artist, day of the dead, Dia de los Muertos, prints, skeletons, woodcut on November 2, 2012 by elgraysoJohanna Parker’s Halloween Folk Art
Posted in Art with tags art, black cats, folk art, halloween, johanna parker, parker, pumpkins, spooky on October 31, 2012 by elgraysoYou can learn more about Johanna’s amazing Halloween themed works (and even find out where to buy some) at her website! I got a reproduction of one of the cats for my parents.
Bill Sienkiewicz
Posted in Art with tags art, bats, blackthorne publishing, halloween, plate, vampire on October 22, 2012 by elgraysoTales of Mystery and Imagination (1919)
Posted in Art with tags 1919, 20th century, drawing, e. a. poe, edgar allen poe, harry clarke, illustration, poe, prints on October 8, 2012 by elgraysoMonstrorum Historia
Posted in Art, Science with tags 1642, 17th century, botanist, history of monsters, italian, italy, ulisse aldrovani on September 24, 2012 by elgraysoAeron Alfrey
Posted in Art, Satan with tags aeron alfrey, alfrey, art, black and white, creepy, detailed, joel-peter witkin, lovecraft, photoshop, scary, witkin on September 17, 2012 by elgraysoAeron Alfrey is a very interesting artist who uses collage and photography to create his hauntingly detailed black and white worlds. His work reminds me of a modern Joel-Peter Witkin using Photoshop as his medium.
Daniel Pielucha
Posted in Art with tags creatures, creepy, dianiel pielucha, fantasy, oil, painter, painting on August 20, 2012 by elgraysoJustin Bartlett
Posted in Art, Satan with tags black and white, detailed, drawings, ink, pen and ink, satan, satanic on August 13, 2012 by elgraysoTransfiguration
Posted in Art with tags clay, face, olivier de sagazan, performance art on July 30, 2012 by elgraysoEarlier this month I showed you some sculpture art by Olivier De Sagazan. His sculptures are amazing, however he is probably more known for his performance art.
Transfiguration
and a similar performance piece
Olivier De Sagazan
Posted in Art with tags artist, creepy, disturbing, french, painter, people, scary, sculpter on July 16, 2012 by elgraysoJules Germain Cloquet
Posted in Art, Science with tags 19th century, anatomical, anatomie de l'homme, anatomy, french, illustration, jules cloquet, paris, physician, surgeon on June 18, 2012 by elgraysoJules Germain Cloquet (18 December 1790 – 23 February 1883) was a French physician and surgeon who was born and practiced medicine in Paris. Cloquet was a skilled artist; in his best-known work, Anatomie de l’homme, most of the 1300 illustrations were drawn by him. He was the inventor of several surgical instruments, including an arterial forceps. He also had a keen interest in alternative medical practices such as mesmerism and acupuncture. [from Wikipedia]
Denise Grünstein
Posted in Art, Photography with tags children, creepy, grunstein, masks on June 4, 2012 by elgraysoThe Illustrated Book of Japanese Monsters
Posted in Art with tags japan, japanese, monsters on May 26, 2012 by elgraysoKamila Mlynarczyk
Posted in Art, Dolls with tags creepy, dolls, woodedwoods on April 3, 2012 by elgraysoMound
Posted in Animation, Art, Video with tags allison schulnik, animation, claymation, mound, schulnik, stop motion on March 22, 2012 by elgrayso
“Mound” by Allison Schulnik
Daisuke Ichiba
Posted in Art, Death with tags artist, japan, japanese on January 28, 2012 by elgraysoJacques Gautier d’Agoty
Posted in Art, Science with tags 18th century, anatomy, france, french, painter on January 20, 2012 by elgraysoJoe Coleman
Posted in Art, Death, Serial Killers with tags albert, albert fish, fish, painter on November 11, 2011 by elgrayso
For more on this artist, read my review of the Joe Coleman documentary, Rest In Pieces: A Portrait of Joe Coleman.