Animal Magnetism

I'm honored to be a featured artist for 2nd Saturday gallery walk this month (Dec 13, 2014)
at ARTicles Gallery (www.articlesstpete.com)

threads of strange

so...  we all have differing degrees of normal and differing sources of inspiration...  one artist that i hold as a touch stone of encouragement is Edward Gorey... but before Gorey there was Alfred Kubin... not the graphic contrasting black and white impact that i love Gorey for but seemingly a kindred spirit, perhaps an influence...obviously there have been "weirdos" for all ages. this rant brought to you by the article i read in today's paper about tim burton filming in my area next year and how off beat he is... and the reality check i had to make about what is normal to me and how really unimaginative a lot of the world lets itself be... 

shown here "male sphinx" 1903 by alfred kubin