Gilthanas_Galanodel
First Post
Hi,
That is a really horrible picture, why would anyone pay money to own it? *shudders*
Cya
That is a really horrible picture, why would anyone pay money to own it? *shudders*
Cya
(OT) Now THAT'S a sales pitch
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MeepoTheMighty
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I don't know why the parents would put that thing in their kid's bedroom to begin with. That face is CREEPY!
Wow, I'm anything but a big fan of art, but . . . DAMN!
This painting kicks ass! So creepy! If I had $1000, I would have bid on it too!
BTW, here's a link with an interview of the seller,
http://www.surfingtheapocalypse.com/haunted_painting.html
For those of you pining for a re-print, never fear, they are available for $350 a pop
This painting kicks ass! So creepy! If I had $1000, I would have bid on it too!
BTW, here's a link with an interview of the seller,
http://www.surfingtheapocalypse.com/haunted_painting.html
For those of you pining for a re-print, never fear, they are available for $350 a pop
Teflon Billy
Explorer
Maybe I'm blind, but I'm unclear on what exactly is supposed be happening in the last two pics.
I mean, the picture itself is eerie, but come on, it's a picture as far as I can tell.
Enlighten me.
I mean, the picture itself is eerie, but come on, it's a picture as far as I can tell.
Enlighten me.
Teflon Billy said:
I'm not sure why they said to look at the last two pictures. All of the pictures but the last one just seem like close-ups of various parts of the painting.
The last pic though, looks like an infared shot. I'm guessing, but see how the girl's (doll's?) arm seems to blur. It looks like it moved upward a bit.
Mistwell
Crusty Old Meatwad
The original artist is Bill Stoneham, known for some of his digital artwork in several RPG-type games 
http://www.stonehamstudios.com/
http://www.stonehamstudios.com/
Krug
Newshound
It looks less sinister at the website. His explanation...
Where to begin? Well I've always had a connection to what Carl Jung called the collective unconscious. I think we all do. Artists, especially visual artists, are barometers for the currents which run through this collective. Dreams are a common experience people may have with this. Anyway, my own experience is a sensitivity to place– physical, geographical place. There are memories, echoes of all the life within a place. Maybe it's what's called channeling. When I painted the Hands Resist Him in 1972, I used an old photo of myself at age five in a Chicago apartment. The hands are the 'other lives.' The glass door, that thin veil between waking and dreaming. The girl/doll is the imagined companion, or guide through this realm.
Both the owner of the Gallery where 'Hands' was displayed and the Los Angeles Times art critic who reviewed my show were dead within a year of the show.
I'm sure it was coincidence, but some of what I paint resonates in other people, opening the inner door, or basement. By the way I still have no idea what happened to the character actor (whose name escapes me) that bought the painting at the show, or how it ended up abandoned in a building, though I could speculate. - Bill
Where to begin? Well I've always had a connection to what Carl Jung called the collective unconscious. I think we all do. Artists, especially visual artists, are barometers for the currents which run through this collective. Dreams are a common experience people may have with this. Anyway, my own experience is a sensitivity to place– physical, geographical place. There are memories, echoes of all the life within a place. Maybe it's what's called channeling. When I painted the Hands Resist Him in 1972, I used an old photo of myself at age five in a Chicago apartment. The hands are the 'other lives.' The glass door, that thin veil between waking and dreaming. The girl/doll is the imagined companion, or guide through this realm.
Both the owner of the Gallery where 'Hands' was displayed and the Los Angeles Times art critic who reviewed my show were dead within a year of the show.
I'm sure it was coincidence, but some of what I paint resonates in other people, opening the inner door, or basement. By the way I still have no idea what happened to the character actor (whose name escapes me) that bought the painting at the show, or how it ended up abandoned in a building, though I could speculate. - Bill
Tewligan
First Post
That freakin' painting...
It took me a while to get to sleep last night because I kept thinking of that horrible doll/girl/thing. I think I was actually a little afraid to go to sleep for fear of dreaming about it. Bah - I hate dolls, especially creepy ones! If I'm tired during my D&D game tonight, I blame the painter for painting that, and Shadowdancer for not considering my delicate psyche before posting that link.
It took me a while to get to sleep last night because I kept thinking of that horrible doll/girl/thing. I think I was actually a little afraid to go to sleep for fear of dreaming about it. Bah - I hate dolls, especially creepy ones! If I'm tired during my D&D game tonight, I blame the painter for painting that, and Shadowdancer for not considering my delicate psyche before posting that link.
Teflon Billy said:
The only thing I can think of is that if you look at the very last picture (where the painting seems to have a reddish tint), it looks like the girl/doll/whatever is holding a gun. However, the picture above shows that the "gun" is actually a combination of the bottle she's holding and a bit of the window frame behind her.
