Heartbreak Hotel – a Revisit by Jennifer Weigel
Well, I’ve got myself a room here
at the Heartbreak Hotel,
down at the end of Lonely Street
past the Third Mission well…
For I was just so very lonely, sugar,
right here oh so lonely,
I was so lonely that I died.
Other ghosts do wander
crying out in the gloom,
floating here and there across
the lobby and main room.
For they were just so very lonely, sugar,
in this place so lonely,
they were so lonely that they died.
You see I’m brokenhearted
and so my ghost just roams
here around this forlorn place
that I now call my home…
For I was just so very lonely, sugar,
oh so very lonely,
I was so lonely that I died.
The bellhop and the desk clerk
just shrug it off to Fate
because they’ve been here for so long
they can’t see past the gate.
For they are just so very lonely, sugar,
Heartbreak Hotel lonely,
they are so lonely since they died.
So when you come and see me
you’ll just drift right on by,
we’ll pass through space and time alone
without a word or sigh.
For we’ll just be so very lonely, sugar,
here we’ll be so lonely,
we’ll be so lonely once we die.
Sculpture features a woman’s torso caged in wire mesh with a nail through the heart and red blood spilling out onto her feather skirt. The digital version is darker and more surreal, in an ethereal state.
The Ghost of Elvis, with his immaculate hair and cool cat sunglasses, actually glows in the dark. Ken’s eerie impersonated tribute is sure to get audience attention and steal a bit of Barbie’s spotlight…
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.
