Oct 2008
GATLINBURG,TN, INSPIRATION
05/10/08 16:23 Filed in: Work
This is the spot where my Halloween collection first
came to life. The long drive in heavy traffic from
I40 on hwy. 66 into Sevierville and on into
Gatlinburg was an experience but it surely had it’s
rewards. The collection of Halloween images which
came from it brings royalties to this day. Here are
some of the displays which are on the road today. You
can see how the ideas were born.
The road sides and the shops, the restaurants and the hotels all deck out in truly creative displays of scarecrows and pumpkins. Every kind of pumpkin or gourd know to man must be displayed. The fall festivities open with flair and excitement. These kinds of displays together with a rich imagination and I started to build my Halloween. Image after image. Witches, scarecrows, ghosts, haunted houses, and funny crows and mice that dressed up for Halloween. I loved Halloween when I was a child and I love the idea for all those things coming to life full of pranks and laughter and silly things. I painted each year in the mountains building a collection of images which I licensed for many products. These images were created in card sizes at 150% and in welcome mat sizes of 18.5 x 28 inches. They were painted in gouache. Later a couple were painted in acrylic on canvas.
If you click the site map for this site and then go to the ‘Shops” page you can see what I am doing with the images today. I am also planning on putting all the portfolio out for sale. I just have not had the time to tend and learn together. I spent all my time building images for my portfolio and licensing and absolutely none learning how to use a computer. That was a bad mistake. So I will try to learn now as fast as I can.
The road sides and the shops, the restaurants and the hotels all deck out in truly creative displays of scarecrows and pumpkins. Every kind of pumpkin or gourd know to man must be displayed. The fall festivities open with flair and excitement. These kinds of displays together with a rich imagination and I started to build my Halloween. Image after image. Witches, scarecrows, ghosts, haunted houses, and funny crows and mice that dressed up for Halloween. I loved Halloween when I was a child and I love the idea for all those things coming to life full of pranks and laughter and silly things. I painted each year in the mountains building a collection of images which I licensed for many products. These images were created in card sizes at 150% and in welcome mat sizes of 18.5 x 28 inches. They were painted in gouache. Later a couple were painted in acrylic on canvas.
If you click the site map for this site and then go to the ‘Shops” page you can see what I am doing with the images today. I am also planning on putting all the portfolio out for sale. I just have not had the time to tend and learn together. I spent all my time building images for my portfolio and licensing and absolutely none learning how to use a computer. That was a bad mistake. So I will try to learn now as fast as I can.
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HAUNTED HOUSE
01/10/08 11:03 Filed in: Work
I just took this huge gouache illustration, 17.5 “ x
24.5”, and edited the color tones just a bit and put
it in OCTOBER 31 for a poster. The second is a
smaller gouache painting of another haunted house
which is regular size, 5” x 7” @ 150%, and it is now
available as a card.
Trying to keep the Halloween and Christmas up and having to edit each one individually is very hard. I am making it but slowly. I have just done my first Squidoo. It is a lens on Halloween images and their availability on Halloween products. I hope to learn how to develop this connection for all the categories in my portfolio and for the paintings I am hoping to be able to start in the spring.
Trying to keep the Halloween and Christmas up and having to edit each one individually is very hard. I am making it but slowly. I have just done my first Squidoo. It is a lens on Halloween images and their availability on Halloween products. I hope to learn how to develop this connection for all the categories in my portfolio and for the paintings I am hoping to be able to start in the spring.