‘nosferatu - the vampire with the morel hat’, collage, acrylic paint on canvas. This is just the first step in the collage. I saw the image of the morel mushroom and thought it would make a great hat. The ‘heart’, is actually a large image of an inner ear. It looks like an ancient nautilus to me.
I added a moon, and painted some flames for a wing, but I don’t like it, so I’m going to paint over it, or something. I like the rest so far.
I did some more work on the collage. I still have a lot to do to finish it. Looking for the imagery is fun.
I’m doing a layer of red on top of the black background. Not finished yet. I added a collaged bee to the left-hand side to balance the moon.
I added some curlicues to the fire/vapor/words coming out of the vampire’s mouth, and I painted a layer of colour on top of the moon. I also repainted the flames/wing, and added some black outlines to the heart/ribs. Maybe it’s finished, maybe it isn’t.