Artwork & Words © Richard Ewing all rights reserved

Artwork & Words © Richard Ewing all rights reserved

Sunday, September 4, 2011

IF ...mysterious

In an appropriate parallel to his macabre fiction, Edgar Allan Poe left this world under mysterious circumstances: incoherent, delirious, and wearing someone else's clothes.
Flew the coop, as it were, a possible victim of cooping...
~~(from which he never recouped).
© Richard Ewing all rights reserved
© Richard Ewing all rights reserved
© Richard Ewing all rights reserved

© Richard Ewing all rights reserved.
Thank you and enjoy

13 comments:

  1. "It will be found, in fact, that the ingenious are always fanciful, and the truly imaginative never otherwise than analytic."




    I love the mysterious little head hanging on the string....

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  2. Why I have to be ALWAYS the first one who comments?
    :D

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  3. brilliant as always richard. didn't know that about poe.

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  4. I love it! The color, the composition, the fanciful inking. You've achieved a really nice balance between mystery and whimsy, Richard. Your use of the white paint is very effective – it feels just like cobwebs and really 'ups' the creep factor. And the shadow is a nice touch. Truly, it's a beautiful piece.

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  5. poor Edgar Allan Poe, he gave us many amazing works yet he had to suffer a miserable life and a miserable death.
    I really like how you use the colors on his face to express the situation he's going through.

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  6. Always learn something here..this week cooping! Good poe caricature!

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  7. "Ghastly grim and ancient raven..." His has turned into his own creation! The quill, now pen, coming out of his collar is truly a creepy touch, but just one of many in that picture. Exquisite work.

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  8. Love Poe, and love your work... Really good illustrations on your blog (excellent Freddie Mercury)! So nice to see the entire process as wel, from sketch to finished work.

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  9. Love this! Poe was such a tragic figure, and his stories were tragic too. I love the way the light moves through your painting.

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  10. I love the play between the ethereal and solid forms. The raven hair is a nice touch.

    In the second sketch, I can see the suggestion of the pelvic bone and more of a " normal" body cavity, however I am also drawn to the decapitated transcendence of the final which breaks those logical bonds.

    nice work!

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  11. Nice use of red and green on the face and the way he is being sucked up into the light. His head seems to echo a "Tell Tale Heart". Funny it looks like your signature on the first big drawing is a hand waving goodbye. Well done again.

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  12. Always love your work, but I'm a big Poe fan, so this is a favorite!

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