#punting

Eric Sloane (1905-1985) - December morning

Oil on board. 20 x 24 inches, 50.8 x 61 cm.

Estimate: US$6,000-8,000.

Sold Hindman, Chicago, 10 May 2022 for US$7,500 incl B.P.

Progress update on the Victorian Cthulhu boating party, that I started ages ago. Almost all of the elements that I’ve been working on over the past several months have come together.

- Deep One damsel and her Cthonic beau? Check
- grasshopper punter? Check
- servants in the water? Check
- menacing willow tree? Check
- swamp creature asking for tea? Check
- crocodile with sea tube worms? Check
- melting temple with tourists? Check
- foreboding cloud toad? Check
- unsafe stone bridge with pedestrians? Check
- toad fisherman fighting his catch? Check
- twisted manor house? Check
- creepy shadow bird? Check
- giant mutated turtle? Check
- lotus blossom fireflies? Check
- carnivorous lily pads? Check

Assembling them so each got a spot without blocking the others was an interesting puzzle.

Line work complete. Now for digital inking and color.

Another shot from a recent shoot with Jake Hold and L. A. Windsor in Cambridge a few weeks ago.