Finished Cthulandia woodcuts awaiting signing and numbering
Join me May 3rd through 5th at the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival in Portland, Oregon!
We’ll have my usual display in the vendor’s room, packed with Lovecraft-inspired woodcuts as well as the brand new Arcanum Bestiarum series. The print selection will include beasts not yet available online including trial proofs, a few unique hand-colored pieces, framed works, and a couple otherwise sold out surprises one of my dealers forgot they had! A few standard copies of Arcanum Bestiarum will also be available, and I’ll be happy to oblige if you already have a copy you’d like signed.
Since I’m also an artist guest this year, I’ll be part of Panel 6: Makers of Arcane Artifacts on Sunday from 12:30 to 1:30
Unearthly objects once glimpsed in nightmares can now be purchased in shops and held in your tentacled limb. Artisans, crafters and makers discuss their inspiration and process. (Rainey-Smith, Phinney, Soles, Koi)
Last, but definitely not least, join me Saturday from Noon to 2pm for the Pickman’s Apprentice Art Competition!
Armed with a number of sharp knives and a block of wood, I’ll be facing off against eldritch artists Mike Dubisch, Nick Gucker, and Lee Moyer.
Some of the best Lovecraftian artists working in the field today will have 90 minutes to create a masterpiece based on a theme suggested by the audience. Last year’s theme was “Shoggoth Circus” and Lee Moyer, Nick Gucker, and Mike Dubisch raced to complete images of both horror and hilarity. Attend this fascinating event to help choose this year’s theme and watch the process of creation right on the stage.
The audience will judge the winner of the competition, and all pieces of art created will be auctioned off to festival attendees, with 100% of the proceeds benefiting Animal Aid, Inc.
To be quite honest, I’m not 100% certain I can make a woodcut print from sketch to finish in 90 minutes, but I’m crazy enough to try! Come cheer us on as we duke it out for the title of Pickman’s Apprentice 2013.
What will I be carving this Saturday at the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival? Join us there and give us your suggestions!
