Magic in the Air ...

My acrylic painting of a fanciful witch 

whipping up some magic

2014

Happy Black Cat Appreciation Day! ...

Our sweet resident parlor panther sends you this message of love!

Only 74 days until Halloween... in the meantime, enjoy a happy song!

***UPDATE*** I'm going batty! ...

I'm serious! This late summer hot weather has me hiding inside round the clock. A gal can get mighty bored, just outright stir crazy, ya know?

UPDATE:
I've been drawing a whole bunch of stuff these past few days. 
Adding a few more designs here that I plan to post also in my Etsy shop and on Facebook in the next few days.

My favorite is "Batilda," this little lady with a surprised expression on her face as a bat lands on her head. Or maybe it was there all the time, and she's only just realizing it. 
I dunno, don't ask me, ha ha. 

I added a very muted, pale green to her bow tie, which I intended to be subtle as I prefer to keep it mostly monochromatic.

Pencil and ink here, my usual when drawing. Considered coloring her in, but probably not; I do favor black and white monochrome for this particular piece. I think this would make a really fun sculpture as well, so that's the next thing I'm going to work on this week.

"Halloween Greetings"
A very simple design here includes a witch hat, broom, and big-eyed black cat surrounded by wee spiders. This is probably going to end up as a sort of sculpture too, a bas relief that will be framed.

And, as you'll likely notice, each of my designs here are featured inside a spider web frame. As you can guess, it goes with the name of my shop, Macabre Webs!

Ok, back to the drawing board as we count down the days till Halloween. Only 80 to go, woooo-hooooo!

PS: We're going to take another autumn road trip! Oh can't wait, can't wait, can't wait. This time it's to the northern part of the US, which during the fall is incredibly colorful, especially around the Great Lakes region. This year, we'll be attending 'Bewitching Peddlers of Halloween.' I look forward to finally getting to meet some of my favorite artists who will be in attendance; I have collected original art from so many of them, it will be nice to greet them in person!

However, nothing beats the road trip we took back in October 2017 - it was epic!
We went to Sleepy Hollow, NY, and then on to Salem, MA to meet up with our friends, Ethan and Abigail. Truly was the best road trip, ever, including a drive down the entire Eastern seaboard and making many stops along the way. It was incredibly beautiful. What they say about autumn in the east is true, it is astonishing. Tennessee and the south is quite gorgeous in autumn but it all pales in comparison to New England.

Me and the hubby have done a lot of road trips, and let me tell ya, going to Witch City during Halloween is something everybody needs to do at least once. Really love to go back there again when we can - hopefully, sooner rather than later!

Me, Mark, Ethan and Abigail peering into the magical crystal ball in Salem, Massachusetts

Halloween, 2017

Har-har! Harvest Humor

I'm growing an ornamental variety of corn in my garden this year, along with pumpkins (have many big fat ones already!), cucs, tomatoes, zucchini, several types of herbs, black-eyed Susans and of course, plenty of sunflowers. I have an amazing mix of sunflowers, from short colorful autumn-colored ones that grow from 4 to 6 feet, to the gigantic mammoth variety, which is at least 12 feet high now. 

Love looking out my second floor bedroom window to see these awesome sunflowers - my favorites for sure. So pretty!

What are you up to, during these hot summer days?

The countdown continues ...

Happy 20th Anniversary to Dr. Gangrene! -

Today marks the 20th anniversary of CHILLER CINEMA - the program that launched TV host, Dr. Gangrene - into the eternal annals of Nashville horror! 

We raise a toast (a Bloody Mary, of course!) to our good friend. Here's to 20 more years of frightfully good entertainment. 
Bwa-hahahahah!!!!!

Scaring up some fun with the Dr. in 2006

Halloween countdown continues! -

We've been experiencing delightful, autumn-like weather here in Tennessee the past several days ... it reminds me of Halloween! Gets me cackling all giddy and excited for fall to come (and it can't come soon enough for me!)

"Winifred, in her finery, presents a Pumpkin"

by Ellie Gee - MacabreWebs Studios ©

I love creating witches especially! You can be as colorful, fanciful, wicked, scary, silly as you wish. "Winifred" will always have a special place in my heart...

https://www.etsy.com/shop/MacabreWebs

SOLD! - Nosferatu, The Blood is the Life

Thank you to the art collector in Los Angeles for falling under the spell of Nosferatu!

Nosferatu: The Blood is the Life, by Ellie Gee 2017 ©

I created this extremely detailed piece in honor of the 97th anniversary of the 1922 release of NOSFERATU, by German impressionist film maker F. W. Murnau. Displayed at the 2017 Monsters & Merriment Halloween & Horror Art Show in Nashville, TN

Must say I will miss his eerie countenance and mesmerizing stare from the shelf here in my studio...

You all rock!!!

Sincere and most loving thanks to all!

Thank you ...

My dear friend Robert, posing with my art doll sculpture, 'Drusilla.'

All proceeds from this sale are going to help with my beloved friend Sheree's final burial/resting place. Sheree passed away on January 30 of this year, after a long and very painful struggle with thyroid cancer. She was only 50 years old.

(Her death came on the same day as my father's death anniversary, too.)

If you knew Sheree, you'd agree with me when I say, there were none other like her! A true Goddess, beautiful, kind, loving, funny, and totally bad-ass! We loved to cackle like demented witches together, dress to the nines, and go out on the town to have a blast. She loved makeup and fashion as much as I do - well, she took it to a whole new level I must say. 

And she was as big a Halloween freak like me! Every day was Halloween!

Scaree Sheree and me, getting spooky
at Dr. Gangrene's Horror Hootenanny - October 2011

There are no words for me to describe the feeling I have over her loss. Just no words. Any time I see photos of her or hear a story about her from one of her multitudes of friends, I get choked up inside ... much like I am feeling now, as I write this small remembrance of a big, fabulous woman who was larger than life. I feel this great sucking void where Sheree once was, and I hate that.

I know that she'd be happy to know that Drusilla, a combination of Vampira and Sheree herself (her nickname, after all, was "Scaree") is now residing in her fancy new Hollywood digs with a guy who totally loves her (thank you again, Robert!)

Hug your loved ones often.... and always tell them you love them. Tomorrow is never guaranteed.

I love you, Robert - we've been friends for about 30 years now, which means, you ain't getting rid of me any time soon. BOK!

And I will forever love you, sweet Sheree. You are my Boo, my heart. 

Rest in POWER, my dear Friend!

Rocking it as a blonde! 

Just us girls, hanging out in NashVegas - 2010

This is the last photo we have together, taken May, 2018.
It was during our surprise visit to Las Vegas to see her. CJ, her wonderful boyfriend, was my cohort in setting up this visit. I really thought she was going to beat cancer! I am angry that cancer took my wonderful friend from this earth. But I do feel her presence every so often - including as I was writing this paragraph: David Bowie's "Let's Dance"  just came on the radio! We were both total Bowie fans. 
Thank you, Boo, those goosebumps tell me everything.

Good cheer and best wishes to all!

Happy Ostara/Easter to all!

(Did you expect anything less from me? Lol!)

And, I just wanted to say thank you to all who voted! 

I am humbled and remain eternally grateful to you.

Final week to vote for Rondo Awards ...

Thank you for voting for us.

 Fingers, toes and eyeballs are crossed that we win!

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