Enlistee's art gallery!

[Meek]

     "The Creature From the Black Lagoon" was originally painted for my Brother but for some reason he didn't want it--odd really, since the Creature is his all time favorite Universal monster.
       Anyway, the old boy found a good home after being one of the silent auction items at Monster Bash a few years ago to help raise funds for little Noah's medical expenses.

     "Meek"

[Meek]

    Ah, two of my favorite actors in a scene with so much light and shadow at work--and sweat, those are sweat stains on the back of Fritz's shirt. Fritz's shoes have no heels on them and are too big and curl up at the toes--- his trousers are also far too big--he's got "friendly pockets" since they meet in the back.
    This was also one of my "Ghastly Greetings" Halloween cards with the text:

    "Whoever it is, don't let them in----and Fritz, if its those rotten kids again, tell them once and for all that we haven't got any candy!"
     
      "Meek"

[Meek]

     Roxor taking his repose was a commissioned painting for a friend and shows Lugosi at his matinee idol best. What a sly and handsome dog he was---and what a profile. I'm so glad that Roxor took five sans his turban.

     "Meek"

[Meek]

       Bela & Boris together again in "The Raven" but this time in a vintage glass and chrome frame from the 1930's. I haunt flea markets in search of this type of frame since it sets off the finished painting so well. This was also a commissioned painting and lives in Mexico.
        There now, I've exhausted my past files of all my horrible children from 1999 up until 2007(2008 hasn't been born yet)---some of my older painting scans are lost due to two faulty disks that insist that they aren't formatted.

     "Meek"

[MonsterArt]

Terrific stuff, Linda. I really liked the Dr. Pretorious piece of yours I saw on the CHFB. It was a little less photo-realistic and had a nice somewhat graphic feel to it.

I know what you mean about losing images due to failed floppies or CDs. I learned that lesson the hard way, lost a few over the years. Now I triple back-up almost everything, in different formats (Zip drives, mini-hard drives and data disks!)

Here's a new oil pastel of one of my favorite horror characters...



Frank

[Illoman]

Frank, the lighting is exceptional! You manage to really capture the essence of the subject with what appears to be just a few strokes.

Great job!

Mike

[Meek]

      Thank you, Frank for the kind words. If you like Dr. Pretorious as is, you should really see him in his frame--a wrought iron, double hinged door frame that puts him right in the crypt for his picnic. Oh, Elder Robert! Dr. Pretorious needs a photo op!
      Oil pastels, it has been decades since I tried them but I like the way you brought Dr.Phibes out of the darkness of the background--and his Visine eyes. Litho crayon I've tried and liked, but once again that's just shades of black & gray. Pointalism done with a Rapidograph technical pen--drawings take months to finish but the result is worth waiting for--got a few of those sitting around but I don't think they scan very well---all those microscopic dots, but will give it the ol' community college try on Monday and see how they turn out--a few gargoyles from Notre Dame, Olivier as "Hamlet" having a chat with Yorick and a scene from "The Elephant Man".
      Here ya go Frank, just for you---a little closer look at the good doctor. I love the up-turned pointy tip of Thesiger's nose.

     "Meek"
     

[Tom Smith Monsternut]

Here are a few of mine..

This was a pin up for the Black Forest BN (2003) I did it both by hand and then finished digitally..




This RE Animator  trade cover I painted back in 1993 for Anventure comics..



also from 93 ..This one hung in the art gallery at the 93 FM Con ..anyone see it ? Sorry about the fuzzy image..



Best..
Tom

[Meek]

     This is the only pointalistic drawing that would work on this scanner at work; "The Elephant Man" and "Hamlet" just overwhelmed the poor scanner and the elderly computer has no Zip drive.
      The stone Satyr was done in 1982 with a Rapidograph on illustration board--I was still searching for the right sort of signature for my work back then.
      Did pointalisim for a few years--guess that could be called my "dotty period".

      "Meek"(dit, dot, dash)

[Meek]

   
      Unearthed another pointalistic ink drawing from the depths of a bookshelf. A companion to the Satyr, this is a well known grotesque from Notre Dame . 1981--that makes me feel old. I was out of college for 2 years and cleaning out dog kennels for a living--a very bad case of being over-educated and underemployed, but it paid off my college loan(I only had two years of college so it was a small loan and a lot of dog diamonds).

    "Meek"

[Meek]

    This is a miniature portrait of Lugosi from "Dracula"--size about 2inches by 3 inches. Since my parchment paper is handemade I hate to waste even the smallest pieces of it. The Count now lives in Portland, OR. with a friend and fellow slave of the library system.

    "Meek"

[Meek]

    This should be the last one for a while. I was intrigued by Ygor attempting to lurk in a candlelabra. This same candlelabra must've been a popular piece of furniture at Universal and can be seen in "The Tower of Lodon" as well. There's at least one still of Mord lurking in the same.

    "Meek"

[vpdogjoe]

Meek...I love love love your work.  And Everyone else here too.  Just wishing I have that kind of talents. Thank you for posting them, for I enjoy looking at them.

[typhooforme]

Here's the piece I commissioned Meek to do for me--you've seen the image already, but here, for the first time, you can see how she framed it--a perfect setting for a priceless gem of art:

Closed, the crypt gates shade who knows what half-glimpsed horror....


but creeeeeeaking open they expose a cheerful scene!


Et voila! 


Thank you again, Meek, for creating this wonderful objet for me!

[Tom Smith Monsternut]

What a great framing idea ! Perfect 

Tom