Mod Monsters

Autum is here. Leaves are falling. Multi hued piles spread across the sidewalk.  Fathers sharpen knives for carving. The costume’s final stitches are sewn. All Hallows eve is close at hand. Traditionally a time to take stock of the years harvest in preparation for winter.  In that spirit I offer up a few tid-bits that should keep you visually satiated for the bitter months ahead.

First up are these new print sets. I’m calling them Mod Monsters.  No, they don’t wear parkas and cruise around town on scooters. They are a nod to the golden age of modern design, and my latest attempt in shape exploration, and simplification.   It is quite liberating to focus on creating fun shapes and limiting the color palette to only three colors.

There are four prints in the set.  Each set of prints comes in a ready to hang custom paper frame. Yep! That’s paper. The cutting, scoring, folding and assembly, of the frames is rather labor intensive, but it makes for a nice little touch. Right out of the pack you can stick em on the wall.  If you get sick of looking at one of the monsters you can display a new one by changing the order.

Three of the characters I turned into 1 inch buttons.  Both items are now on my website.

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I just finished up a commission of two small paintings.  Commission isn’t entirely accurate. Paint on demand would be more suitable.  I had a minor mix up. I sold a painting and before I could mark it as sold another person purchased the same piece. The second collector was very gracious and we worked out a plan.  I sent along sketches from an intended series of bug paintings. He chose his favorite of the sketches, I dusted off the paint bottles and whipped up these critters.

It all worked out well, and it was nice  to push the liquids around for a change.