Coffeepaint at Spider Cottage

@coffeepaint.bsky.social

I need more time to make things that no one else cares about. I will post or repost things about: art, books, dolls, miniatures, sewing, cats, dogs, gardening, nature, science, human rights, climate change, gaming and baking. I have too many interests.

It's time for my final Halloween themed roundup. All my miniature practically shot photos posted this week in one big bundle hope you enjoyed the selection. All behind the scenes for each of these shots can be viewed in the original posts. #photography #movies

 of photos posted this week from top right
Samuel Loomis - Halloween
Frankenstein 
Macready - The Thing
Chucky - Childs Play 2
Freddy Krueger 
Trick R Treat - Sam next to School Bus
Ghostface - Scream

This morning I was sitting at a car repair shop waiting for them to fix our brakes. I was recognized by a Death Metal fan who loved my work for Obituary (!) and other albums; he shyly introduced himself and asked if he could shake my hand! Funny how life works sometimes... 🤘

Michael Whelan@michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 4w ago

ARISE (1990) Mixed media - 20” x 20” I took the opportunity with this commission—an album cover for Sepultura—to experiment and have fun. 

#art

A pair of spiky lobster-like claws pull a strand through a human brain. Suspended above, the abstract shape of a body hangs upside down, wavy and transparent. Inside appears to be human faces screaming in horror intermixed with internal organs (intestines and spine). The structure the claws protrude from is an amalgam of body parts, human and otherwise, including a pair of mismatched blue eyes, a deformed mouth full of uneven teeth. A path atop a winding stone wall leads up to the grotesque monument from the green, grass-like-yet-alien vegetation in the foreground. Behind the structure murky water gently ripples.