Lynda gave me an image she found on the internet and asked me to paint it. It was by an artist that goes by the name, “3 AM Horror.” I so love his art that I have pained his work on several occasions; this is simply the latest one. As I do often when painting an image I don’t fully understand, I come up with a scenario as to what the painting could be about. In this case, I decided that this is the old dilapidated home where this man once lived. Since he died, the house has succumbed to the earth around it, and has started to fall into ruin. In death, his spirit returns to the same bench he spent many years sitting on as he continues in death what he did in life.

This one affords you the opportunity to play a little game. I’ve been a Munsters fan since childhood, and decided to paint them. The image you see doesn’t exist anywhere except here. I read something about the Munsters which gave me the idea that you see. I allowed fantasy to play into this one as if the Munsters were a real live family. Based on what I read about the show, I created this image in my head. Everything you need to figure out the scenario of this setting is in the picture you see. I will share a bit of a hint; there is an easter egg buried somewhere in this painting that is the key to figuring out the scenario of what you see. If you have a guess, put it in the comments below. Have fun!

This one is based on the Disney animated film, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” of which my daughter Amy is a massive fan. I painted this one for her birthday. The image you see doesn’t actually appear in the film. I loved the image of the henchman’s horse rearing back as the horseman swings his sword, while Ichabod and his horse come to a screeching halt in fear. I had to use these two images that came from different parts of the film, and I simply paired them together. Painting an animated image is a bit different from most other painting I do because there is very little traditional shadowing in this. Animation artists like to outline the image with a white or black line, which I found to be a challenge since I don’t have the steadiest hand.