Anxiety and Spirit of the Times

Spirit of the Times oil on panel 6" x 6"

Anxiety oil on panel 6" x 6"

Hallowrench

Halloween oil on panel 6" x 6"

It's been some years since I've done Halloween themed paintings so I thought I would post a few.

Halloween Jacks Part Two

Chicharron Jack oil on board 7" x 5"

Banana Jack oil on board 7" x 5"

Watermelon Jack oil on board 6" x 8"

Chicharron Jack was carved from another snack. Yes, I'm ashamed to admit that occasionally I eat chicharrones, which are sort of ghoulish. I found out it's not a very good carving medium. Banana Jack was carved from a bananito, or apple banana. The cut edges oxidized, turning black and thus adding a cartoonish look to the face. Fitting to the ghoulish theme, bananas are naturally slightly radioactive due to small amounts of potassium-40. Watermelon Jack was carved from a personal sized melon. The red meat adds a nice sense of mayhem.

Halloween Jacks Part One

Foil Jack oil on board 5" x 5"

Pretzel Jack oil on board 5" x 5"

I thought I'd do a few Halloween themed paintings and since I didn't have a pumpkin at the studio I decided to do some Jack O'Lantern faces out of other things. The first thing I saw was a bit of orange foil I'd been saving so I modeled a very rough little face out of it. It's tiny, being about an inch in diameter and the face is a little difficult to distinguish. About the same time I was snacking on some pretzels when I realized that the pretzels themselves looked like a face. Again, this is a small object, being a mini-pretzel.