Tag: unusual art

  • Your Uncle Bee

    I am a huge fan of honey bees. I don’t particularly like honey that much but I love bees for what they do.
    If it was legal in Toledo, I’d keep bees but alas it is not.

    You can thank a honey bee for your even being here and if you would, think of them as family members.
    In fact, consider this your Uncle Bee. 😀

    Size : 6-inches by 4-inches
    Ink, watercolor on antique photo from early 1900s

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  • On August 3, 1901, Jebidiah Wrote the Funniest Joke EVER

    I am absolutely loved this guy’s face. He’s got the tiniest little smirk, like he knows something you don’t and it’s REALLY funny. He really looked like he was just holding back from busting into laughter.
    I imagine he was a pretty awesome fellow to know in walking life.

    My thought was that he wrote the funniest joke EVER – and now we have to wonder what it is.

    Size : 6.5-inches by 4.25-inches
    Ink, watercolor on antique photo from early 1900s

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  • Stalker Moon

    We were watching the movie “Arthur” and there’s this bit where the love interest of Arthur tells him when she was a little girl, she believed the moon followed her and it meant she was going to be something special.
    It got me thinking – what if it wasn’t an optical illusion, what if the moon really was following you?
    How creepy would that be?

    Size : 6.5-inches by 4.25-inches
    Ink, watercolor on antique photo from early 1900s

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    Shown larger than the actual piece for detail.
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  • Red Ribbon Guy


    I wanted to do something different with this guy.
    He had the usual hair and the usual suit and the usual expression you see over and over and over in vintage photos (yes i know why people rarely smiled in these old photos ).
    And so I wanted to make him special, unique even.
    Everyone deserves that.
    So i started with some amazing blonde hair then it needed something…. a hat? No…. a RIBBON.
    And here you have Stanley with his amazing hair with this amazing ribbon.
    He will be the envy of all your other art on your walls.

    Size : 6.5-inches by 4.25-inches
    Ink, watercolor on antique photo from early 1900s

    the story of what inspired this piece will be sent with your artwork

    Shown larger than the actual piece for detail.
    #specialpeople            
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  • Myrtle’s Donor Heart

    I liked the look of this old girl.
    I imagined that she was probably a good person. She looked like a type that knew right from wrong and expected everyone else to know it too and act accordingly. I can’t imagine anyone got out of line around her, but she didn’t come off hard either – just probably unbending.
    Then I was talking about being an organ donor with a friend and we were debating pro’s and cons.
    I thought about Myrtle on my art table in the basement, what if she got a heart from someone so completely good and awesome that the heart shone out of her chest with a light of a 1,000 suns.
    What would Myrtle’s regular day be like, she’d have to have sunglasses on obviously and she’d probably expect everyone else to act like they didn’t notice – she wouldn’t want special treatment.

    Size : 3.25-inches by 4.25-inches
    Ink, watercolor on photo from the late 1960s

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  • The Story of Nurse Zombie

    Nurse zombie was a very dedicated RN and then one day “that” patient was brought in.
    The one that bit her.

    She’d had patients flail and even bite before but this one was different – it was like he was tasting her.

    She cleaned her wound but 2 days later she ran a fever.
    Then 5 days after the bite she called in and said she was really in pain and thought she may need a few extra days off it was just a bad stomach bug or maybe even the flu.
    Then she didn’t call in at all on the 6th day.
    On the 7th day after the bite,  she came to work as always and people ran away in horror.
    She died sometime during the 5th or 6th day and was now a zombie.
    Sometime during the night

    Size : 6-inches by 9-inches
    Ink, watercolor on 140lb cold pressed paper.

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  • Where is My Sister? Twins Series Artwork

    This is Violet. She is looking for her sister Daisy. I have done several paintings of “The Twins” and this is the first where they weren’t together.
    #creepy, #horror

    Size : 6-inches by 9-inches
    Ink, watercolor on 140lb cold pressed paper.

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  • Zombie School Boy

    There was something about this kid.
    Maybe it was his sleepy, know-it-all eyes or maybe it was the fact I just really was fired up to paint a zombie today but this kid just screamed ZOMBIFY ME!
    And everyone knows I always do what people ask (my partner just stroked when I typed that)
    And so, I give you “Zombie School Boy”.

    Size : 2.25-inches by 3.25-inches
    Ink, watercolor on antique photo from the 1954

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    Piece is shown much larger for detail.
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  • Martha’s Actual Rule for Life

    I met Martha not long ago and she’s really an awesome lady.
    I did a painting about Martha’s rule – “Don’t be Mean” because of something she said, and then I realized it started with a negative (“Don’t”) – Martha wouldn’t do that and then she herself told me that her rule would be “Be Kind”.
    I like Martha’s rule and it’s really something we should all subscribe to.

    Size : 6.5-inches by 4.25-inches
    Ink, watercolor on antique photo from the 1900-1920s

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