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| In 2005 I had my first solo show in Belgium at the Luchtbal Cultural Center. I was flown out for a week and put up in a fancy hotel. I also got to meet some amazing people including Pieter who put on the show. It was about 50 pieces, including shirts, record covers and even some pencil drawings. Pieter was a great help and I would not have been able to hang a single drawing if it weren\'t for Adriane. She helped me more then she realizes. I did four original drawings based on female ghosts/mythological creatures from around the world.
This was the poster and the card below were done specifically for this show. My friend Caroline posed for the referance and I'm not sure she knew what the final product would be.
I have no options. I cannot stop drawing. This is what I live for. This is what makes me get up in the morning. I will keep doing this forever. Hence, the title of the show. The drawings on this card were all done just for this piece except for the girl with the hearts. That was a rejected Poison the Well design.
This is the first of the "ghost" pieces. The subject is Anne Boleyn who was beheaded by King Henry VIII so he could marry someone else. Her ghost is said to appear in Blickling Hall holding her severed head in her hands.
The second piece is a Japanese demon. Rokurokubi, as they are known, have the ability to stretch their necks in order to spy on people or frighten them. During the day they live normal lives and some are even married, hiding their true nature from their loved ones.
This is the only piece where I deviated from how the creature is described in myth. Coatlicue is an Aztec goddess said to be mother of all the gods. She has two snake heads and wears a necklace made of the hearts and hands of her victims. The myths also describe her as wearing a snake skirt and with sharp claws. I went for a more streamlined version and I think the simplification works with the other pieces.
A friend forwarded me a story from the Miami Times about Bloody Mary or La Llorona.
One demon is feared even by Satan. In Miami shelters, children know her by two names: Bloody Mary and La Llorona (the Crying Woman). She weeps blood or black tears from ghoulish empty sockets and feeds on children\'s terror. When a child is killed accidentally in gang crossfire or is murdered, she croons with joy. "If you wake at night and see her," a ten-year-old says softly, "her clothes be blowing back, even in a room where there is no wind. And you know she's marked you for killing."
  
 
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