Sketch to Painting

In progress...

Pencil and Ink brush pen sketch in Moleskine WC notebook.

Acrylic on canvas.

When Monty Started Dealing With His Blanket Problem

Several years ago I worked a difficult scene in extremely squalid conditions at a homeless 

encampment. It was a very difficult removal, and thick brambles blocked my egress. 

I ended up getting cut up by the thorns pretty good, and one of the punctures brought MRSA with it.

There were many of those cheap fiber blankets with the decedent and around the camp. 

Since my struggle with that terrible infection, I find that I can't stand the sight of those blankets.

The damn blankets cause me to have psychogenic movements (tics, &c.) -- they freak me out.

I started writing some free verse about these blankets that scare me, thinking that might help.

A few days ago I encountered one of these blankets abandoned on the sidewalk, and I captured

the fragile sheet of lint. Bare-handed and twitching!

My plan is to complete my poem, and to use the orphan blanket for a sculpture.

Writing and sculpting.

               Gloved and twitching.

Studio Assistant

   She always stations herself in front of

   The easel I happen to be using.

[S]tache Noir Sclerotique -Watercolor Study for a Designer Toy Character

    Montgomery J. Nelson 2013 2016©

    Watercolor study on paper. 

[S]tache is a character I hope to do as a designer toy. He showed up in one of my 2013

 Moleskine Journal along with several other toy drawings that I thought might make up a 

group of postmortem superheroes I'd call THANATOYS (or the ThanaTeam ?!).

    Montgomery J. Nelson 2013©

   Montgomery J. Nelson 2013©

ThanaRangers! Decomp' Up!

Tache noir sclerotique is the drying of the eyes after death. Normally the decedent's eyes are partially open. When the orbicularis oculi muscles are relaxed, it creates the palpebral fissure which exposes the eyes to the air. This dries out the eye surface, and causes a brown to black line across the eyes. 

"Maggot King of Tarf" Poem and Two Paintings

     "Maggot King of Tarf" Montgomery J. Nelson 2016© 

     Acrylic study on canvas.

   "Chrysomya Defeats Phaenicia at the Battle of Tarf-Thorax"

    Montgomery J. Nelson 2014©

    Acrylic on Gessobord®.

The Maggot King of Tarf

Chrysomya was the Maggot King of Tarf

and ruled the best corpse on the forested river bluff.

He had defeated his enemy Phaenicia

at the Battle of Tarf-Thorax.

That made Chrysomya the ruler of his mass,

and the larval mass at Perineum too!

Then the King was forced to pupate,

and later there was eclosion.

And when the Maggot King of Tarf 

emerged from his amber-colored puparium,

he was still Chrysomya, but no longer larval.

Chrysomya was Maggot King no more.

He was just a God-damned fly!

Montgomery J. Nelson 2016©

Corgi Pic and Poem

    Montgomery J. Nelson 2016©

Corgi's gonna do,

what Corgi wants to do.

I can ask,

and I can tell.

But Corgi's gonna do,

What Corgi wants to do.

I can plead,

and I can yell.

But Corgi's gonna do,

What Corgi wants to do.

Just when I've had quite enough,

she rolls upon her back.

And then her eyes meet mine to say:

"a tummy rub will do!".

Montgomery J. Nelson  2016©

Watercolor

On vacation in southern Oregon.

I found a little table to spread out my art

stuff and move some paint around in a

Sketchbook.

Studio

Acrylic painting: Terminal Ballistics

Terminal Ballistics. ©Montgomery J. Nelson 2016

Acrylic painting: Nuts. Not Guts

Nuts. Not Guts, Montgomery J. Nelson 2016©

Sometimes gasses move from the abdomen to the scrotum. This can cause a rather dramatic and mysterious presentation of the scrotum to those who are not experienced with postmortem changes.

Portrait and Self-Portraits

India ink and pencil.

Watercolor.

Watercolor.

Oil Painting

Working on some projects...

Pen and Ink and Watercolor Dinosaurs

Dino decorations for Bjørn's birthday.

Gratulerer med dagen!

    

    First drawn in pencil on watercolor sheets and then inked.

   Then watercolored and cut-out with x-acto knife.

Clay

I've been wanting to see what the "Tumescent Neolithic Pre-Funk"

Guys would look like in clay, wire, and wax.

Started a clay piece today.

    ©2016 Montgomery J. Nelson

   

   Tumescent Neolithic Pre-Funk.  ©2015 Montgomery J. Nelson

    Acrylic on board.

Moving Paint Around On A Canvas

   Worked on a portrait, "Terminal Ballistics", and    

   "Helium is a Non-Renewable Resource" today.

   Moved around alot of acrylic paint today- we'll 

   see to what effect in the coming weeks.

Hotel Room Card Sketching and Painting

   We're talking about making some puppets for barnebarn. 

   Did a quick card for her celebrating / anticipating the project.

I've been painting and sketching

    Quick sketch on a walk. Photo by KBF.

    Acrylic painting for BKN. 

   Maybe too relaxed in the studio?

Painting

BKN Photo.

Finally getting The Maggot King of TARF on canvas.

Alabaster on a Rainy Day

Playing with a small block of alabaster on a rainy day.

The tap tap tap of the hammer and chisel is nice with the 

sounds of the rain. The sounds of the work and the reaction 

of the stone feel good. 

The violent noise, bucking hand piece, and terrible dust

storm of a rotary tool would be a very different experience.

Pen and Ink

A card for barnebarn. Pencil...pen and ink...watercolor.