Photos: The Crucible Fire Arts Festival

“Fishbug” by Rebecca Anders
Fish Bug

“Epiphany” by Dan Das Man & Karen Cusolito
Fire Girl

Fire Dancer from “The Rootabaga Opera” by Dan Cantrell
Rootabaga Opera

“Fire Vortex” by Nate Smith
Fire Vortex

Fire Poi performance by Amber Garrett
Silhouette

“Twilight Anima Rising’ by Mardi Storm
Unicorn

Masks

Posted by Sherrie Thai of Shaire Productions.

Here are some of my photos from The Crucible’s Fire Art Festival where fire and imagination reign free. More info is available on The Crucible’s site.

Artwork: Flying Monkeys of Oz

Flying Monkeys of Oz

Flying Monkeys of Oz Initial Drawing

Posted by Sherrie Thai of Shaire Productions.

I had the opportunity to catch Wicked last week–a visually compelling musical with a solid story–an interesting parallel to the classic L. Frank Baum’s “Wizard of Oz.” The Flying Monkeys stood out to me as compelling subjects, so I viewed the original 1939 Judy Garland movie and lesser known adaptations: “Tin Man” and the “The Wiz” with the late Michael Jackson.

My version explores the displacement of the creatures. The Flying Monkeys are an unnatural evolution–torn between worlds, but expelling fear in their path. The glow from the Emerald City lights the sky. Like many of my fine art illustrations, the coloring was added through a variety of Photoshop layers after the graphite drawing was scanned. The fur was a bit challenging as there was quite a few layers of subtracting/adding graphite through the kneaded eraser and pencil.

Wicked Poster

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