#monthoffear

"Night", acrylic, ink, collage, and oil on canvas board, round, 30cm diameter. It was one of my contributions to the Month of Fear challenge and I came up with the idea of showing a city's glowing silhouette from orbit, and chose Kairo as my inspiration because it follows the Nile so wonderfully that the effect of an artery leading to a thriving heart was obvious. The city is created by collaging tiny snippets of brass foil onto the canvas. Other details are spirograph shapes drawn with ink pens to suggest the complexity of dark and light.

“Out of sight all pretenses fall. In the darkness, we are free to be who — and what — we really are.”

“Unmasked”

Done for Month of Fear 2021

I thought that the best first art post would be of a piece that did fairly well when I was last on here!

This piece actually won me a Chesley Award earlier this year under the category “Best Monochrome: Unpublished” !

Laura Siadak / Matthew Siadak

fallenlights.net / backwardsknight.com

When going through the list of music, I kept repeating the two songs about bones - Pet Sematary and Dead Man's Bones. My idea kind of literally spiraled, like Alice in Wonderland down the Rabbit hole. When I was a child, most of my nightmares were about falling down holes full of stuff, so for colors I went with how my mind usually tinges nightmares if there's any color at all. The piece was made with plant based watercolors. The writing was created at the same time as the sketches, which were then added directly into the piece, layer by layer.

Until Death Unites Us Again

Reiko Murakami

Inspired by "Don't Fear The Reaper". 

I always thought death is the end of our journey and something to be feared. However after watching a documentary about near death experiences, it changed my mind. One person on the show said she felt welcome as if she's going home, like the place was where she actually belongs. Thinking death as being reunited with our loved ones and spiritual peace makes it easier to live and appreciate everyday more I think. Knowing we will be welcomed home at the end allows us to drop our fear for future and focus on what we have in our current life. So, until the day comes, let's live in the moment.

It's been a blast to join the last MOF this year. It's such an honor to be in this community you started, thank you so much Kristina! I've had multiple pieces from MOF that pushed my career to higher level. Many of my Spectrum pieces are in fact from MOF as well. I also discovered and friended many artists through this. Thank you again for creating this community. I really appreciate it. Now I'm back in town, let me know when you have time to hang out!