Glyn Smyth, better known as Stag & Serpent is a multi-talented artist with an eye for the occult. His work is not only technically brilliant, but it's also profoundly beautiful and deeply intriguing. I can't get enough of it.
And from the open grave an exquisite horror blossomed.
Here's a blast to the past...if you want to know more about the story behind Wyrd Words & Effigies, give this interview conducted by the fantastic art blog Bleaq a read.
The fantastically frightening handmade dolls from American artist Chris Andrews appeared in my life last night...and I had to hold myself back from posting about them immediately. Using materials such as polymer clay, fur and wire, Chris crafts the kind of dolls that would terrorize your every waking moment, let alone your sleep. And the… Continue reading 365 Days Of Dark Art : 9 / Chris Andrews
You thought that image on the homepage was a photograph didn't you? Well, believe it or not, all of the images in this post are drawings. Yes. I know. It's fucking insane. The outrageously talented artist behind them is Zaria Forman, a resident of Brooklyn, NYC. I've been working on Arctic related material all day,… Continue reading 365 Days Of Dark Art : 8 / Zaria Forman
I have featured the fine work of Seattle based photographer Kindra Nikole before, but I'd be damned if I didn't feature her again this year. Her spectacular dreamscapes are not to be missed.
I want nothing more than to be blessed by the cold hands of the far north.
In this perfect, milky light of morning, depression salts my heart until it is heavy and heaving and rough to the touch.
Twenty two. That's the age of hugely talented Russian artist Anastasia Ilicheva, the woman behind these chilling yet simultaneously enchanting images. Incredible, right? To create her dark, fantastical worlds, Anastasia uses pencils, ink, watercolor and digital tools. She gathers much of her inspiration from Russian 19th and 20th century artists. My knowledge of Russian art… Continue reading 365 Days Of Dark Art : Day 6 / Anastasia Ilicheva
Captivated by the diverse and strange world of English artist Nicholas Hayward. His minimalistic website is utterly beautiful and it's well worth spending some time there.
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 