Hallo Happyween!

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It seems that nearly every channel I flipped to on the TV this month has been showing horror flicks, in honor of Halloween. (I think I saw a psychotic Michael Meyers slash a young Jamie Lee Curtis about ten times on ten different channels.) My personal favorite was seeing George Romero's cult classic film (1968) "Night of the Living Dead" again.

Inevitably I always doodle on scraps of paper and envelopes while watching TV... posted here is a detail of one such doodle made recently, most likely influenced by all the campy, scary movies on the tube.

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What Do Witches Wear?

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Well... one must assume witches also want to look their very best when attending a Halloween Ball. So, a witch will fork over the big bucks and wear something special, no doubt from her favorite Halloween designer: Diane von Frankenberg, Alexander McScream, Calvin Crime, or maybe Jean Paul Guillotine.

This little painting of a witch I did a while ago was a sample image for a children's book project that never saw the light of day. It  was done in inks, gouache and pastel.