Undeath: Birdheart

The newest piece in the Undeath series. I am working on the music for the accompanying CD tonight.

Horse's Spell

This is a one-of-a-kind book of automatic drawings. The drawings were done in ink and then transferred to archival printing paper via monotype process. The book is approximately 8.5"x11", spiral bound, with front and back covers made from tarpaper. There is a sheet of transparency film bound at the front and back of the book to protect the print paper from the tarpaper. There are 23 monotype prints in the book. This book will come with a 3" CDr that includes an exclusive song I have recorded for this project. This book is available for purchase here:

Horse's Spell

Undeath

Sometime in 2010, I started working on a series of ink drawings in my sketchbook. These are done with sharpie markers on paper. In the past, I've always used illustration board and drawing pens for my illustrations, but I found the sharpies somehow both challenging AND relaxing to work with. It's like using the cheaper paper and markers has taken some pressure off and I feel freer to experiment.

I am averaging about 1-2 images/week with some weeks bringing much more work, and some weeks bringing no images at all. Most of the images are about 8.5 x 5.5" - some work better than others, but as a whole, it's some of my favorite work I've done and it's gotten me very excited about drawing again.

The series is called "Undeath: ghosts, angels, and other spirits" which I plan on publishing in some form (hard copy, probably not digital) in multiple volumes. Each volume will come with an album of my music (probably on CD as that is easiest). I'll post some images here over time...

This was one of the first ten or so I completed and is, perhaps, my favorite so far.

reset

Well, I haven't posted here in over a year. Why? I think some other folks cover the fortean/paranormal thing with more regularity and a broader scope than I could ever hope. Check out The Daily Grail and Phantoms and Monsters for instance. I'm still interested in all of that, and I'm still writing about it - but not in any way that I think makes sense for a blog.

So, from here, I will turn this more into an artist's blog where I will post my pyrography, illustrations and, hopefully, some of my music. I hope the few folks who have been following me will continue...