My holiday sale is ON! All month, enjoy 15% off every item and get a FREE 4x6" print with any purchase (no minimum spend) at my Etsy shop. Specify the title of the artwork at checkout. But that’s not all!
For TWO days only, use your American Express card to spend $20 or more on Etsy and receive a $10 credit towards your next purchase. Ends December 5 at 11:59 PM ET. Etsy credit expires Dec 31, 2018. *U.S. only.
My Black Friday sale is my biggest this year. 20% off every item! Prints, tote bags, magnets, and original art available at my Etsy shop. My paintings of Karen Black (no pun intended) in Hitchcock’s Family Plot, Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint in North By Northwest, and Madeleine Carroll in Secret Agent, all part of my 13 Hitchcock Blondes series. They are sold individually and also in a set with 10 other blondes.
My series of 13 Hitchcock Blondes is now also sold in two different size sets at my Etsy store! ➡️ www.etsy.com/shop/RuneWorksProductions. If you can’t decide, you can get all of the prints for a lower price than buying them all individually. For now, sets are sold in sizes 9x6" and 6x4". This purchase comes with a FREE Tippi Hedren Birds magnet! And remember you get 15% off every item ALL month long as part of my Hitchcocktober sale!
11 days away! New York Comic Conis just around the corner. Visit me at the Runeworks booth #1061 with writer RJ Huneke and artist Fred Harper. There will be prints from my Hitchcock series and other works (all with a special Comic Con discount), as well as new merchandise such as tote bags and shirts. We have a few surprises in store so please stop by and say hi! And check out RJ Huneke’s site www.powkabamcomics.com for reviews, interviews and all things comic book related.
Join me in celebrating Alfred Hitchcock’s birthday week with a one-of-a-kind experience: my HITCHCOCK BLONDES art exhibit at Class & Co! In the intimate gallery, enjoy my paintings of his fair-haired leading ladies and a classic film by the Master of Suspense. Originals and limited edition prints can be purchased. Get a free Psycho tote with every purchase! The first 50 attendees get a free Psycho or Birds magnet!
You can also find my entire Hitchcock Blondes series in my Etsy shop where I am offering free shipping all month long.
Celebrate Alfred Hitchcock‘s birthday week by joining me at Class & Co for a one-night only art show in Williamsburg on August 16! The Master of Suspense turns 120 just three days before the event and what better way to spend the evening than viewing paintings from my Hitchcock Blondes series with a glass of wine in hand. Limited edition prints will also be sold and films screened!
You can also find my entire Hitchcock Blondes series in my Etsy shop. Enjoy free shipping all month long.
Today, Summer Under the Stars is celebrating the always effervescent Natalie Wood! This recreation of a Japanese poster for her film Penelope (1966) is my tribute to my girl Natalia.
I watched it for the first time this morning and it’s exactly as adorable as this poster makes it seem. Natalie has just the right amount of Fujiko Energy for the plot. Edith Head’s costuming is as gorgeous as always and I would like to have one of each of Natalie’s costumes in my closet please and thank you.
What is Cosplay Under the Stars?
If you’re new here, every August, Turner Classic Movies celebrates Summer Under the Stars. Each day of the month, a different film star gets a full 24 hours of programming. In 2017, on a whim, I decided to put together closet cosplays of every woman featured that month. And so, Cosplay Under the Stars was born.
Elizabeth Taylor wearing a periwinkle and violet chiffon gown designed by Edith Head, at the 42nd Academy Awards at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California on April 7, 1970.
Elizabeth Taylor attends the 42nd Academy Awards in 1970 wearing a custom deep blue-violet chiffon dress designed by Edith Head, complete with the 69 carat pear-shaped diamond that Richard Burton purchased for her, originally as a ring, from Cartier.
Pocketful of Miracles / Hope Lange as Elizabeth “Queenie” Martin
Queenie wears this sparkling showgirl’s outfit for a brief scene at a bash celebrating the end of Prohibition–hence the flying streamers that sometimes get in the way of the camera. It was featured on the movie poster and also used for some publicity shots which ironically give us a better view of the costume than the actual film does.
The material seems to have an interesting sort of fish-scale texture, and the double halter straps add some visual interest. The fringes help to accentuate Queenie’s movements, as do the feathers on her headdress and fan.
This has some interesting similarities to Roxie’s silver showgirl outfit in Chicago, with the textured top and fringe skirt, but I’m sure it’s just because they’re looking back to the same set of 1920s/30s originals. (Costumes for this film are by Edith Head for the women and Walter Plunkett for the men.)
1. Grace Kelly in To Catch A Thief 2. Mae West in She Done Him Wrong 3. Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard 4. Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney in White Christmas 5. Hedy Lamarr in Samson & Delilah 6. Bette Davis All About Eve 7. Kim Novak in Vertigo 8. Sophia Loren in Heller In Pink Tights 9. Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina
A white sundress with Oriental-inspired yellow piping and a wide waist belt, worn by Grace Kelly in To Catch a Thief (1955) Dress sketch and design by Edith Head.
