My Kali goddess painting which was commissioned by US News & World report has been used again. This time it is the cover of a new poetry magazine called A Gathering of the Tribes.
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Kali Goddess
My Kali goddess painting which was commissioned by US News & World report has been used again. This time it is the cover of a new poetry magazine called A Gathering of the Tribes.
Tuesday, July 05, 2011
There's A Melancholy Mermaid Swimming In My Lake
Mermaid swimming, film and song remix by Cynthia von Buhler. I needed music for my mermaid tail swimming collage and this song by Amanda Palmer and Jason Webley seemed perfect. I illustrated the forthcoming graphic novel written by them titled Evelyn Evelyn, A Tragic Tale in Two Tomes. The book will be released in October by Dark Horse Comics. Pre-order the book on Amazon now. More info on the book and this music can be found here: http://evelynevelyn.com Note 1: This song remix was not authorized by my friends Amanda & Jason, but I don't think they'll mind. Note 2: This was shot on an iPhone (thank you Alex Farhang) and was manipulated into a film in iMovie.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Sleep Forever
I held my third annual Fur Gnarl summer party at my country estate this past weekend. I staged "Sleep Forever," an immersive theater mashup of Snow White & The Seven Dwarves and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. It was an homage to the wonderful "Sleep No More." Ours was more of a clusterfuck, but we all had a blast. I plan to stage another immersive theater presentation soon. The next one will be open to the public. I'm attaching some photos below. I'll add a few more when the rest of the photographers send their images in. All photos are by Paul Weiner unless noted otherwise.
Performers:
Cynthia von Buhler as Snow White
Katelan Foisy as The Queen
Rachel Boyadjis as The Prince
E. Stephen Fredericks as The Children Catcher
Katrina Galore as Truly Scrumptious
Scott Dakota as The Huntsman
Toot Sweet as Chiity Chitty Bang Bang
Walter Sickert as Baron Bomburst
Edrie as Baroness Bomburst
Julie Fotheringham as Creepy (Dwarf 2)
Dalya as Curvy (Dwarf 4)
Justin Moore as Drunky (Dwarf 3)
Joshua Fouts as Twitchy (Dwarf 5)
The Ninja House as Dwarf Cottage
Christina D'Alessandro as Squirrelly
Jeff Newelt as Caractacus Potts
Shahriar Shadab as Jeremy Potts
Sarah Coombs as Jeremiah Potts
Other Performers at The Fur Gnarl
Other artistic displays:
Additional photographs of the party by the lovely and talented Kate Black can be found HERE.
For additional photographs and commentary from the fashion designer extraordinaire Kambriel click HERE.
For a slideshow of the whole party, performers, and guests (photographed by Paul Weiner) click HERE.
Sunday, May 08, 2011
Evelyn Evelyn: A Tragic Tale in Two Tomes Heads to the Printer
It look longer than expected to complete the hundreds of pages of art for the Evelyn Evelyn graphic novel. It will be a two book hardcover set. We finally have a final release date, September 2011. Hooray! Here are the final proofs. They only needed a few tweaks here and there. I have been documenting my art process on a private blog. When the book is released I will open up the blog to the public. All of the drawings from the book will be available for sale. It was a pleasure working with the musicians/writers, Amanda Palmer and Jason Webley. Neil Gaiman wrote a wonderful afterword for the book. I also enjoyed working with Shawna Gore and Rachel Edidin at Dark Horse Comics. A big thank you goes out to my two art interns Meghann Pardee (darkening) and Fin Cramb (coloring)!
Friday, April 22, 2011
CulturePOP Photocomix: Cynthia Von Buhler
The talented Seth Kushner and I made an online comic about my life. We are working on extending it into a full-length graphic novel. See the bio comic here on Dean Haspiel's fantastic Act-ti-Vate web comic site. - http://activatecomix.com/104-24-1.comicFrom Seth Kushner's Blog:
This week's new installment of CulturePOP Photocomix Profiles of Real-Life Characters is the 24th and the season-2 finale. To mark the occasion, I present my profile on artist Cynthia Von Buhler.
Cynthia and I started work on the piece last fall. We discussed concepts and she soon sent me a first draft of a script, which is nearly identical to the final version. I read through it and learned about her history and the history of her family and was floored by the scope and with how well she broke down the beats of the story by page and text box. It gave me to perfect map for planning out the profile.
But, how the hell was I going to set scenes taking place during Cynthia's childhood and during the 1920s and 1930s? Cast actors and green screen in virtual sets? No, Cynthia had a far more ambitious idea. She would build miniature dollhouse sets and figurines for me to photograph. Wasn't that going to be difficult to do, I asked. No, she said, my last two books were done that way. If you haven't seen her books, But Who Will Bell the Cats? and The Cat Who Wouldn't Come Inside, you should check them out.
We did our first shoot in December, which comprised of most of the shots of Cynthia herself. I crossed off panels from the script as we worked. Then Cynthia began constructing the sets and our period characters. It took her some time to put together the prohibition speakeasy, a birth scene and a death scene, and her own childhood bedroom, among others. She also had to collect the various prop items; a bathtub still, gun, skunk, coffin, and many, many more. When I arrived at her Connecticut studio last week I was absolutely astounded by all she had wrought. But, don't take my word for it...
See it here - http://activatecomix.com/104-24-1.comic
Comments welcome and appreciated, as always. Hope you enjoy it!
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