You might've noticed the new link in my left sidebar...it goes to my new online gallery for the series I'm currently working on: "Oddfellows Orphanage". Like I've done with the last few series of dolls, drawing, and paintings, all of the Oddfellow work will be kept here, all in one place...so, come update time, you'll be able to see everything together. Here is the first painting I've added (though I've got lots more Oddfellow folks to who are in various stages of completion)!
It only seemed right for the first post to be this fellow:
The Headmaster Acrylic on vintage wood plaque 9"x12"x1"
Here we have a portrait of one Admiral Oddfellow Bluebeard, founder and headmaster of Oddfellow's Orphanage.
Through the Ordinary Forest, on the outskirts of Milkland, there stands a grand home for orphaned and wayward boys and girls, as well as other creatures in need of a roof over their head. Established in 1883 by the headmaster, Admiral Oddfellow Bluebeard, the orphanage teaches the school creed of "Friendship, Love, and Truth", as well as other necessary studies.
The series from The Black Apple is inspired by the real I.O.O.F., (Independent Order of Oddfellows), dancing bears, harlequin diamonds, signs and symbols, mysterium of all sorts, ragtime music, old-timey tap dancers, circus colors, and magic.
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