#leftoversandpalettegremlins

PARTY ANIMAL (2016) Oil on Canvas - 8” x 10” This “Leftover” was gleaned from a palette set up for a morning oil painting exercise (a horror riff depicting author Stephen R. Cox as one of the “rad leps” from his Mutant Hunter series). 1/3 #leftoversandpalettegremlins #horror

BETWEEN TWO WORLDS (2021) Acrylic on Illustration Board - 10” x 7 ½” This started with a piece of the illustration board that I was using as a backsplash for a series of small monochrome works. One morning I came into the studio and in the random lines and shapes that marked the surface, I glimpsed a finished space scene. https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/2021-leftover-8/ #leftoversandpalettegremlins #sciencefiction #illustration