The Hatbox Ghost

The Hatbox Ghost

This infamous resident from the Haunted Mansion in Disneyland is named the Hatbox Ghost.  His special talent is to make his head disappear from his body and reappear in the hatbox as you pass by him.  He is a new member of the 999 happy haunts that fill  the mansion but, this is not his first time there.  Part of fame comes from the fact that he was an original character when the ride opened.  He was there for just a few days and just like you would expect from a ghost, he disappeared completely.  In, fact, the animatronic of the character was completely lost!

For the fans, he was that character that we had to know more about.  We would crave those photos that surfaced to try and imagine what the Mansion would be like with him in it.  I believe that old video footage of him has recently surfaced.  Thanks to Disney we no longer have to imagine what the Hatbox Ghost was like because they have made a new version of him and he currently is haunting the attic of the Mansion in Disneyland.

For more great info about the Mansion, you should checkout the greatest Haunted Mansion website-Doombuggies.com

This is a 6″x8″ ink and watercolor painting

This painting has been sold

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Everybody’s Got A Laughin’ Place

Everybody’s Got A Laughin’ Place

Everybody’s got a laughin’ place
This is a painting of the final scene of the ride, Splash Mountain. It features the largest animatronic(the boat, which rocks back and forth) and a bunch of animatronic characters from the America Sings attraction. It is a oil, ink and watercolor painting.
This is for sale and will be on Etsy soon.

Splash Mountain is one of the rides that I love going on but will sometimes have to skip.  It’s always a last second judgement call on if I’m willing to walk around the park with wet pants and shoes.  But, the theming and ride itself is so great!

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Mad Balls- Oculus Orbus

Madballs

Here is the next entry into my Madballs paintings.  This big eyeball’s name is Oculus Orbus.

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30 Paintings in 30 Days – Day 9

5″x7″ ink, watercolor and oil paint on a gesso board

30 Paintings in 30 Days – Day 9
They’re back!! The Madballs have returned to the 30 Day challenge. This ball is named Skull Face (of course). This is another 5″x7″ ink, watercolor and oil painting on a gesso board, just like the other Madballs that I have done so far.
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30 Paintings in 30 Days- Day 6

5″x7″ oil paint and ink on a linen panel

30 Paintings in 30 Days – Day 6
Ink and oil paint on a linen panel. Today’s painting is a quick little 5″x7″ Marilyn Monroe portrait. I also thought I would bust out some of the linen panels I had. And I have been wanting to try these out for a while. And on first try I was not pleased with it. There is way too much texture for my taste. I figured they would be smooth panels but you live you learn.
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30 Paintings in 30 Days- Day 3

5″x7″ ink, watercolor and oil painting on gesso panel

30 Paintings in 30 Paintings day 3
Today’s painting almost did not happen which would be disappointing since it’s only the third day. But as my Bay Area friends know, it’s been stupidly hot these last few days. And being in a house with no air conditioning sitting under lights and painting does not come easy. But, I’m forcing myself to work tonight.
This painting is another Madballs painting. This lovely is named Aargh. It is a 5″x7″ ink, watercolor and oil painting on a gesso board. #madballs #aargh #30paintingsin30days #oil #painting #watercolor #ink #art #artist #painter #illustration #1980s #ilovethe80s #toys #80stoys

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30 Paintings in 30 Days- Day 2

2017 watercolor and oil paint

What I was worried about happening with day 1 came true.  My Moleskin painting project hit a snag when it comes to drying times.  So, it looks like I will have to pepper those in throughout the month along with other paintings.

That brings us to today.  I love the 1980’s and a lot of the things that I draw and paint have a tie to that time period.  Growing up in the 80’s has exposed me to many things that have stuck with me and I still enjoy today. One of those things are toys and this painting is based on one of those toy lines, The Madballs.  Screamin’ Meemie is the name of this character.  He is the second character from the toy line that I have recently painted.

I have plans to do a series of art and posts detailing the history of several 1980’s toy lines and I will go into the Madballs toys and histories then.  This will begin in January  and I plan to run this for all of 2018.

This piece started as a ink drawing on a gessoed panel.  The under painting was in watercolor paint and then glazed with oil paint.

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Inktober-Day 24

inktober-24

Get to dancing for Inktober day 24.  This is a scene from Viva Las Vegas with Elvis and Ann Margret.

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Inktober-Day 22 and 23

inktober-22 inktober-23

Here are this weekend’s Inktober drawings.  Two different subjects with two different feels.  I did not plan for it but there is a Beauty and the Beast feel.

 

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