Old reality: just as twisted as today

wowza

Found: On sale at one of the major auction houses.  As I recall, King Louis the 11th of France.  Quite a looker he is!  This is exactly the type and kind of distortion I'm looking to achieve and add to the images in my work.  The funny, scary, creepy all rolled into one package and it's 15th century?  Nothing much I can do to make it more of this.

A few more: taking on the old masters

A wee bit cat like

a wee bit cow like

It's quite a treat to f*ck with the old masters... or in this case the second rate old painters.  I love how the lace and brocade... with the updated and surreal edits transforms these folks into semi alien creatures.  enjoy

A little whak!

slip and slide

Here:  one of the more surreal visions of the last few days

other variations

Really pleased with the series of happy accidents that led to this creation.  Here are multiple versions of the image from the last post.

long view

dali surreal

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freaky for Monday

So I'm currently sourcing new material from a book of paintings from the Musee d'Orsay ...in Paris.  First freaky baby from this set.  Surreal enjoyment.

of two minds

The best surreal found image ever

Found this walking the high line in NYC ages ago.  Truly believe this is the best surrealist found image ever.  It's a painting attached to a chain link fence.  The painting is ripped & torn.. intentionally or not and you get to see the buildings (as well as the rustic fence supports)  in the background.  
Took my breath away when i saw it.  enjoy

perfect !!!

Mutant NYC

Here are a couple mutant bear like creatures from NYC

scary

scary's parent

Apple themed post + odds and ends

Here are a few variations on apples several of them mirrored...  old street graffiti found in NYC 10+ years ago.  Any time you mirror an image the result turns figural, based on our mind's need to find a pattern, make sense of what we see.  Pairings across the center line quickly convert into eyes, ears, mouths, limbs... 

Odds and ends... old & new work that doesn't fit with the current

Seurat goes vague teddy bear

egyptian gate

in the back yard

the price of excess

freaky monkey =3 freaky baby =3

Today:  It's all about freaky monkeys and babies... actually the monkeys rule by a wide margin.  This morning's work.

I know something you don't

hungry

the 3rd eye problem

From the archives: June 2011

A sample of images from one year ago.  I've tried several ways to organize my photos over the years.  I've tried to organize by theme, by date, by vacation, by size.  Right now I'm just grouping them by  the month they were edited.  So here are some examples from last June.
Quite a mix.   Enjoy

ghost killa

hungry ghost

arms and legs

early vampire.

totally unrelated to the others!

speaks for itself

Rockin out to the Yeah Yeah Yeah's

And here are the results.  Not sure if the music influenced the work but i sure am bopping and bouncing.

zombie chicken

mutant jesus

Karen O -- by association

On a hot Saturday

Here are a couple from yesterday.  The usual horror show tinged freaky shit... which gets a little old after awhile.
Seriously considering moving the work to a more happy and upbeat realm:  fluffy bunnies, rainbows, unicorns, kittens... but then I would most likely become a flaming rage bag of nastiness.  
Better to put all that energy into a creative place and stay my usual sweet self.  Enjoy

mutant hendrix

For your consideration

Not sure if I've posted this bad boy before.  Considering it as an entry to the Saatchi online surreal showdown.

anxious skull and a pig god alien

Here are two from the last few days.  I'm working thru older photo folders tweaking existing works... pushing them further into distortion.  aka creepy, scary, funny.

It's been a week since my last post

It's been a slow and blah week creating and editing images.  Something to do with good weather and a little burn out/ flagging of interest.  This morning however has been a good one.. so here are the results.  A few freaky faces plus some backgrounds.

freaky baroque

hungry devil

some lingam /yoni action

background b & w

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less lingam

Mutant snowman... three views

This one made me laugh like a mad man.  Three different stages, can't decide which one I like best.  Love the dingle between the legs.

In full

and cropped

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