Happy Halloween 2018: "Trick or Treat"

Happy Halloween!

The night is still
And the frost, it bites my face
I wear my silence like a mask
And murmur like a ghost

"Trick or treat"
"Trick or treat"
The bitter and the sweet

The carefree days are distant now
I wear my memories like a shroud
I try to speak, but words collapse
Echoing, echoing

"Trick or treat"
"Trick or treat"
The bitter and the sweet

I wander through your sadness
Gazing at you with scorpion eyes
Halloween... Halloween

A sweet reminder in the ice-blue nursery
Of a childish murder, of hidden lustre
And she cries

"Trick or treat"
"Trick or treat"
The bitter and the sweet

I wander through your sadness
Gazing at you with scorpion eyes
Halloween... Halloween

http://siouxsieandthebanshees.co.uk/

Bats In Lightning

BEAUTY: Painting for Halloween--Marie Marfia

For Halloween here is the skeleton art of the wondeful Marie Marfia. But she does not paint any old skeleton in any old place or position...she places her skeletons in classic paintings by such legends as Degas, Matisse, da Vinci, and Edward Hopper! Hilarious, sweet, and perfect for this time of year!

Here they are with their accompanying inspirations:

Marie Marfia--Au Moulin Skelly
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec--At The Moulin Rouge

Marie Marfia--Green Stripe Skelly
Matisse--Portrait of Madame Matisse (Green Stripe)

Marie Marfia--Ground Skel
Edwward Hopper--Ground Swell

Marie Marfia--Madame X-Ray
John Singer Sargent--Portrait of Madame X

Marie Marfia--Skelly Dance at Bougival
Renoir--Dance at Bougival

Marei Marfia--Skelly With Ferret
Leonardo da Vinci--Lady With An Ermine

Marie Marfia--The Kiss (Skelly Lovers)
Gustav Klilmt--The Lovers

Marie Marfia--The Skelly Dance II
Matisse--The Dance

Marie Marfia--The Skelly With A Peral Earring
Vermeer--The Girl With A Pearl Earring

Marie Marfia--Vincent Van Skelly
Vincent Van Gogh--Self Portrait With Bandaged Ear

And you can buy prints of these pieces! Visit her website and click on the art work of your choice for buying info!
https://mariemarfia.com/old-dead-masters-series/

Skeletons and Skulls For Halloween 2018

BEAUTY: Painting for Halloween: Michael Reedy

For Halloween, here are the skulls of artist Michael Reedy...rendered in gouache, watercolor, and glitter!

Top to bottom: Done; Everybody knows your fate honey Didactic; Everybody knows your fat honey ice blue; Everybody knows your fate honey orange; Everybody knows your fate honey redrum; Everybody knows your fate honey; Undone

http://www.michaelreedy.gallery/

BEAUTY: Photography for Halloween--Darla Teagarden

For Halloween, here is the witchly, ghostly, spooky photographic work of Darla Teagarden.

"Darla makes her portraits (primarily self portraits, unless otherwise stated) by crafting small theatrical vignettes out of wood, paper, chalk , plaster and projection, creating in camera effects. These serve abstractly as her as means for communication, protection, ritual and a sense of place. Her images are either faceless or in character. She uses symbolic gestures as the narrative communicates common experience and unity."

Top to bottom: Easter; Ghosts; Hidden Room Theatre; Sweetie; The Summoning; Vigil for the Harvest Suitors; Vigil for the Homestead Grave; Vigil for the Suffering Heart; WINTER Hex; Witch Wife

https://www.darlateagarden.com/