Zombie Stromboli

Meow!

The woman in red is a consistent character in my collages. Here, she flirts with an octopus rather than have her morning coffee and donut and ice cream.

I designed this immediately following therapy.

I wouldn't want to see her in my bedroom, but on a mug, of course!

Zombie Barbie Spaghetti

That face. That amazing, beautiful, gorgeous face. I cheated and moved the face to a 1920s body. The layers upon layers in this: an altered photograph of woods to look like a painting, deep space, old photo of a closed roadside cafe, the medieval siren, the strange man-girl selling meats in the background, the egg.

Betty Grable and a Double Cheeseburger

"There's more to balance than not falling over." Anonymous Fortune Cookie

Another in my neosampler series. Sort of like your grandmother would have embroidered, here is my take on the embroidery art, updated and made weirder.

Dancing in the Sun

I worked on this for a couple of weeks (sometimes a collage comes together immediately). The hardest detail was Barbie's hat. The birds were there from the beginning and would stay no matter what. I had an ice cream sundae, a pizza, coffee. In the end, strawberries won.

Courtesy from the very lovely Hubble telescope is this filter-washed expressionist "painting" of Mars. Can you hear it screaming?

Illustrated by Brazilian artist Henrique Alvim Corrêa for the French 1906 edition of War of the Worlds. From the Public Domain Review website, “‘Alvim Corrêa’, Wells said after the artist had died, ‘did more for my work with his brush than I with my pen’.” Presented here with my own humble flourishes.

To quote NASA: "This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week features NGC4826 — a spiral galaxy located 17 million light-years away in the constellation of Coma Berenices (Berenice’s Hair). This galaxy is often referred to as the “Black Eye”, or “Evil Eye”, galaxy because of the dark band of dust that sweeps across one side of its bright nucleus."

The universe is getting smaller every day.

I have humbly taken NASA's image of Saturn and run it through many filters and Photoshop actions and created this faux watercolor, presented as well in a faux brass frame.

Kitschy, gloriously tacky, and beautifully nonsensical.

Thank you, NASA. Thank you, James Webb Telescope. Thank you for this stunning image of Jupiter and its rings that I have transformed into this improbable watercolor.

Pluto is four billion miles away. Its average temperature is -387 degrees Fahrenheit. It's largest moon, Charon, is half Pluto's size and causes Pluto to wobble in its orbit. Why has it been downgraded to a dwarf planet? It isn't big enough to assert "orbital dominance". There is a lot of crap around Pluto and it can't clean up its neighborhood.

Barbie's obviously hungry. I don't know what that bat wants. The astroman has landed on planet spaghetti. Sexy donut girl is flirting with the poisonous flowers. The Wife of Bath is noping out.

This faux watercolor has been created in part by the lovely people at NASA, and the even lovelier Hubble Telescope.

Illustrated by Brazilian artist Henrique Alvim Corrêa for the French 1906 edition of War of the Worlds. From the Public Domain Review website, "'Alvim Corrêa', Wells said after the artist had died, 'did more for my work with his brush than I with my pen'." Presented here with my own humble flourishes.

This collage is made of images from a French Silk sample book, very kindly digitalized and posted by the heroic people at Public Domain Review (a pdf copy of the book is available for free download). I selected those samples I thought very vibrant and fun, ran them through some filters to revive the colors, and assembled them here in a very organic, messy tribute. Backpacks, duffel bags and leggings available now.

We all do it.

Zir Majesty's Jupiter Probe

A medieval bestiary was a book that catalogued all of the beasts of the world, similar to an encyclopedia. It also included religious explanations as to why certain beasts existed. Here is a collection of four of the more interesting and beautiful I've encountered: (clockwise) a centaur, a two-headed serpent (possibly a dragon), a bat, and a siren. The borders are also of the period, but drawn by Victorian artists.

Dinosaurs did it first.

Now available in mini skirt form!

Illustrated by Brazilian artist Henrique Alvim Corrêa for the French 1906 edition of War of the Worlds. From the Public Domain Review website, "'Alvim Corrêa', Wells said after the artist had died, 'did more for my work with his brush than I with my pen'."

Illustrated by Brazilian artist Henrique Alvim Corrêa for the French 1906 edition of War of the Worlds. From the Public Domain Review website, “‘Alvim Corrêa’, Wells said after the artist had died, ‘did more for my work with his brush than I with my pen’.” Presented here with my own humble flourishes.

I will donate all of my proceeds to Polish Humanitarian Action, https://www.pah.org.pl/en/

I Want to Believe

Anyone remember the Muppet Show's skit "Pigs in Space"? This is my homage. It also seems like this would be a 1960s billboard advertising some kind of porterhouse special at a Vegas casino.

Title says it all.

It's fabulous.

Having Pan on your mask will make every day like a mad jaunt through the primordial wilderness.