Community Creative Center is currently showcasing some of my original work in an exhibition called “Wanderlust” in the McCoy Gallery in the Nadine Baum Studio Lobby. The exhibition is on show until December 4, 2013. Entrance is free and open to the public. Original works as well as limited edition prints are available for purchase. Much of the work is based off my travels throughout various countries.
"HEY-HO, LET'S GO." / Classic Horror Film Drawings Continued
What better way to kick off this post than with a Ramones' quote. Strait-Jacket is a 1964 film thriller starring Joan Crawford and Diane Baker that follows a mother and daughter and a series of ax murders. Released by Columbia Pictures, the film was directed and produced by William Castle (House on Haunted Hill). The screenplay was written by Robert Bloch (Psycho). During the original release of the film moviegoers were handed card board axes as they entered the theater. Also, at the end of the film a variant of the the Columbia Pictures logo appears with the torch woman's decapitated head resting at her feet and her torch is not shining. I've always enjoyed this fun approach production companies often took making the filmgoing experience more immersive and somewhat interactive.
Early thrillers such as this have a profound influence on my work. To access some past Halloween posts, check out my BLOG ARCHIVE.
ARCHIVE: CLASSIC HORROR FILM DRAWINGS CONTINUED
This week I thought I'd feature a little pen and ink rendering of one of my favorite Universal monster movies: The Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954) directed by Jack Arnold, starring Julie Adams and Richard Carlson and distributed by Universal International. The film was originally released utilizing polarized 3-D glasses and is considered a classic. The Creature is among the pantheon of iconic Universal movie monsters along with Frankenstein's Monster, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, The Bride of Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, Dracula, and Phantom of the Opera. In 2012 Universal announced a reboot is in the works and could be hitting theaters in 2014. As an interesting side note, the woman depicted in this drawing is the film's star Julie Adams. I had the pleasure to meet her at a documentary film festival a couple years ago while giving a talk on an upcoming documentary graphic novel. She was discussing her involvement in the film. To access some past Halloween posts, check out my BLOG ARCHIVE.