I'm doing a series of paintings about the ghosts of Marlboro State Psychiatric Hospital for a solo gallery exhibition in the near future. They're all going to be pretty creepy and I thought I'd showcase one early just in time for Halloween. The textural effect of the figure is achieved using a heat transfer technique, a technique which I will be using throughout the series. This show will also see the largest series I've ever done, more than the usual 3 or 4, it will be closer to 10 in all. I will have more news soon on the location and date of the show as it gets closer.
This piece is entitled "Ghost 1" and is 8 x 10 inches
heat transfer, graphite, watercolor, acrylic and colored pencil
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I worked at the hospital. Some of your stuff is dead on. And yes... they did at one time house children.
ReplyDeleteI remember the tunnels, the morgue and feeling very scared alone in some places. But I was wasn't the blank eyed evil nurse. I liked my patients. They liked me, but there were some employees that were more frightening than ghost.