13 Days of Krampus: ‘Twas the night before…
There is a faint ringing of bells in the distance. I’m sitting here staring blindly ahead.
Pay no attention to the agents in the black suits with the dark sunglasses. The light in your field of vision in the night sky is most assuredly the planet Venus, for it is the brightest object visible to the naked eye. Jolly old men in red velvet suits don’t ride around in unregistered metal aircraft identified by civilians as “sleighs” pulled by flying reindeer… Now just smile for the camera…
Wait, where was I going just now? Oh right, here I am, sitting at a traffic signal, on my way to the grocery store to buy a half-gallon of eggnog for the party tomorrow. The light turns green and I’m back on track. I turn left into the parking lot and pull through to a space cattywampus to the front entrance.
I park, get out of my car, and lock the door. The parking lot lights stare down at me like UFO search-beacons. A pair of overly amorous teenagers spins through the parking lot. They obviously have other things on their minds. They choose a dark, secluded spot where they can go more or less unnoticed.
Several shadowy figures in black suits with dark sunglasses approach the teenagers. The teens point to the UFO searchlight parking lot beacons and gesture wildly. The agents point to the night sky and flash a photo of the couple before they get in their car and drive away.
The store is nothing to write home about. It’s too late at night for bell ringers. There’s pumpkin spice everything everywhere, but that’s not at all unusual this time of year. I get my half-gallon of eggnog and stroll through the only remaining third shift checkout with its zombie-eyed cashier staring blankly ahead of time and space. I leave and return to my car.
Seriously, where are my keys?! The door is locked. I had them just a moment ago. I hope I didn’t drop them when I got out. It’s night and it’s foggy and it’s pitch black except for the glare of those spaced out parking lot spotlights. Oh wait, here they are, in my hand…
The faint glimmer of celestial objects twinkles at the periphery. A faint tintinnabulation of sleigh bells sounds softly as a brighter pinpoint of light becomes clearer, almost like a red reindeer nose… But it must certainly, most assuredly, be the planet Venus, for that is the brightest object in the night sky visible to the naked eye.
So I happened upon this very cheesecake-heavy premiere issue of Extremes of Violet, complete with pinups by some of the comic book greats of the time, and decided to make some Peeping Toms collage art by incorporating the voluptuous vixen into various crystal pieces to create a sort of fishbowl effect centered largely on her bosom (which is unavoidable).
Each of the Peeping Toms is shown from three angles because of how much the pieces shift as the light plays off the crystal. I started with these star forms.
The second bowl was even a bit iridescent, and violet at that!
Next I did a series of really perky busty bowls, which really get the feeling across that you are looking through the tiny peephole in a door as well as exemplifying the content even more. Note: these are shown in two rows with side details as well, so there are a lot of pics here…
I experimented a little and tried a couple of other scenes, like the portrait, as well. She’s staring back at the Peeping Toms…
I also tried this more square bowl form.
And finally, I found this little heart, which is my personal favorite of the group.
These works are a continuation of my Creepy Comics collage series, shown on Haunted MTL here.
Creepy Comics 5
Feel free to check out more of Jennifer Weigel’s work here on Haunted MTL or on her writing, fine art, and conceptual projects websites.
So I probably should have taken a before picture, but I found a faux wood stained plaster Jesus statue and turned it into Zombie Christ. Because it’s the second second coming. Or something. It’s kind of an offshoot of my nail polish paintings reappropriating thrift store art…
Anyway without further ado, I present…
I was a little concerned that I made him too green at first, but I’m happy with the finished result. This statue just looked so anguished. It’s eyes had been closed but I like them better open and even painted them with blacklight reactive nail polish so they will stand out even more and be interactive in other ways to add creepy factor.
Sadly I don’t have a blacklight anymore or I’d share a picture that way too. Oh well. I’ll leave you with a fun detail shot instead.
Next time I may make him more gray than green though. We shall see…
Feel free to check out more of Jennifer Weigel’s work here on Haunted MTL or on her writing, fine art, and conceptual projects websites.
So it’s been awhile since we’ve looked at some of the things I have gathered, so I thought I’d bring back my art collection for another round… Here are the first and second highlights in case you missed earlier explorations.
From left to right: M Pena Windstone Editions bat-winged flap cat, bone mask by Terry and Susan Wright, wood cat in skull by labcreature, real hair art by myself, pencil drawing of Barbarois Elder for Vampire Hunter D anime cel
From left to right: Barbarois Elder for Vampire Hunter D anime cel, Turn Me Royal portrait of my father and stepmother as Frankenstein’s monster and his bride, painted horse skull
Left to right: Overgrowth by Ellie Bradley, heart by TenderFlesh, praying devil girl by Torman’s Treasures
And a vintage plastic 2-foot Jack O Lantern I got at a yard sale and have kept on display on his very own stool in the living room since. So happy.
Anyway, there are some more highlights from my art collection, as it is always growing and evolving. I have lucked into several of these pieces at antique and thrift stores or acquired them from the artists or more. And yes, I still have Da Ting the taxidermy shih-tzu from the first of these posts.
Jennifer Weigel
December 18, 2020 at 9:14 am
I am really enjoying this series of the 13 Days of Krampus and hope to see more like this in the future.