Saturday, June 20, 2009

Mary Blair - Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman, 1949







"The Adventures of Ichabod Crane" Animation Concept Painting Original Art (Disney, 1949). Ichabod Crane finds himself sitting backwards on his horse with the Headless Horseman close behind. Rendered in tempera on heavy illustration paper, the art has an image area of 8" x 7".

Wikipedia article on the artist here.
Artworks found at the Heritage Auction site.

Friday, June 19, 2009

Gremlins in Outer Space, 1982

Acrylic on board, artist unknown.

Another Heritage Auction discovery.

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Statues Of The Damned





"Outside the Prasat sa Kamphaeng Yai temple there is a bizarre collection of concrete lifesize unpleasant characters. I guess this is their vision of hell and that it is there to scare people into the temple...which you can see in the background."

More photos from this unusual park here.

They need a Buddhist Hell icecream vendor nearby selling eyeball icecream and maggot candy sundaes.

Darin Shuler