News from the show!
Hello!
I've just returned from New York, and had an excellent time at the show. The gallery was quite easy to get to, one can take the N or R train from Manhattan and it drops you off about three blocks from the gallery. Appropriately enough, this neighborhood borders Red Hook, where Lovecraft briefly lived. The gallery is a converted factory space, and it also includes an exhibit on the history of the area.
The show itself was cram packed with Lovecraftian goodness. I'd guess about 30-40 two-dimensional pieces and perhaps ten sculptural. Shortly after arriving, the place filled up right away- the irony of a good opening makes it hard to view any of the artwork!
This is me (left) with Dylan Thuras the show's curator:
Next to me is Dan Harding , a truly gifted painter of nasty creatures:
Here's Dan's excellent oil painting of Cthulhu:
I met Kurt Komoda , brother of artist Paul Komoda:
Kurt had two amazing sketchbooks on display. "Sketchbook' is a bit of a misnomer, because many pages were painted in color. There was nothing sketchy about it, and there was always a good crowd pouring through the pages. I am holding one of my paintings that couldn't fit in the show. My shirt is by Dave Carson , by the way, who had a print on exhibit.
Below is Matt Buck, fresh out of Ringling art school he shared a beautiful portrait of Lovecraft himself wearing a tentacle tie:
If I can get a larger image of his painting, I'll include it- it's very nicely done!
It was very nice to meet other like-minded artists, it's something I feel like I am lacking in my own local community. It's great to talk shop with those who tread a similar path. However, there weren't just artists there, also in the mix was Tom Lynch and Oscar Rios from Miskatonic River Press (publishers of licensed Call of Cthulhu game material):
The night went by way too fast and I was wiped out by the end, but I can't complain one bit. I made some new friends, saw some inspiring art and hopefully have some new opportunities around the corner. I couldn't have asked for a better night.
It's a little grainy, but here's a Youtube video to give you an idea of the gallery space and exhibition:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3KK6kXv0hk
Though the show is scheduled to go to July 23, it may extend though August. Thanks to Dylan Thuras for this amazing opportunity!
~Paul
I've just returned from New York, and had an excellent time at the show. The gallery was quite easy to get to, one can take the N or R train from Manhattan and it drops you off about three blocks from the gallery. Appropriately enough, this neighborhood borders Red Hook, where Lovecraft briefly lived. The gallery is a converted factory space, and it also includes an exhibit on the history of the area.
The show itself was cram packed with Lovecraftian goodness. I'd guess about 30-40 two-dimensional pieces and perhaps ten sculptural. Shortly after arriving, the place filled up right away- the irony of a good opening makes it hard to view any of the artwork!
This is me (left) with Dylan Thuras the show's curator:
Next to me is Dan Harding , a truly gifted painter of nasty creatures:
Here's Dan's excellent oil painting of Cthulhu:
I met Kurt Komoda , brother of artist Paul Komoda:
Kurt had two amazing sketchbooks on display. "Sketchbook' is a bit of a misnomer, because many pages were painted in color. There was nothing sketchy about it, and there was always a good crowd pouring through the pages. I am holding one of my paintings that couldn't fit in the show. My shirt is by Dave Carson , by the way, who had a print on exhibit.
Below is Matt Buck, fresh out of Ringling art school he shared a beautiful portrait of Lovecraft himself wearing a tentacle tie:
If I can get a larger image of his painting, I'll include it- it's very nicely done!
It was very nice to meet other like-minded artists, it's something I feel like I am lacking in my own local community. It's great to talk shop with those who tread a similar path. However, there weren't just artists there, also in the mix was Tom Lynch and Oscar Rios from Miskatonic River Press (publishers of licensed Call of Cthulhu game material):
The night went by way too fast and I was wiped out by the end, but I can't complain one bit. I made some new friends, saw some inspiring art and hopefully have some new opportunities around the corner. I couldn't have asked for a better night.
It's a little grainy, but here's a Youtube video to give you an idea of the gallery space and exhibition:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3KK6kXv0hk
Though the show is scheduled to go to July 23, it may extend though August. Thanks to Dylan Thuras for this amazing opportunity!
~Paul
Well that looked like a hoot and a holler. Tom Lynch is a character isn't he? I think MRP is a really exciting new start up, they seem to have some very cool projects just over the horizon.
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sorry for this criticism;in almost every
picture of the great cthulhu,i see his,sorry ITS face whit two frontal eyes.in the novel the call of cthulhu I read "whose face was a mass of feelers";
the creature is such a strange being,whith no link whith normal organic
creatures...frontal eyes are typical of
earth animals,especially mammals ones.
as you argue from hpl tales,he(or it?) has no needs about the perception of light,or any other section of elecromagnetic spectrum.so,why two eyes similar to others (and normal)creatures?he don't need of binocular sight,with two paired frontal eyes.your artworks are very beautiful on my opinion you are a great artist,sorry for such boreful things,but I am great enthusiast of hpl and cthulhu mytos.the above thinkings are to be addressed to a lot of myths artists.
let me know,ciao.
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Hello Umberto, thank you for your comments!
I enjoy the wide variety (and in seemingly increasing numbers) of artistic interpretations of Cthulhu. One can choose to take the octopus reference quite literally, or they could decide that octopi were referenced because that was the closest possible comparison. And, considering the era Lovecraft lived in and his general fear of fish and the ocean... how accurate an understanding of a living octopus would he have had? Your take sounds far more towards the alien end of the spectrum, which I also appreciate, in fact that is a direction I would enjoy exploring more. Lovecraft's own sketch includes three sets of eyes on each side.
cheers!
~Paul
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