Oz The Great and Terrible

Still think you are good at painting too :))

oh my gosh… wonderful… new nightmares for the little ones…......... b

I’m really enjoying this drawing and the previous one of the goat, they sort of reminds me of the old grotesque etchings by Goya which I absolutely adore. And I really enjoy the companionship of the works to a piece of literature. Not a book I have read myself, but I appreciate it all the same.

Is there a quote you could post up in the description that shows a little bit of what inspired this work? Are you allowed to do that here though… Mmm… I’m not too sure if that might breach copyright or not.

I love how you present this in such exquisite detail through Elphaba’s eyes. I am cheering here. what a beautiful homage.

Wow! Great work !!!!

gorgeous work, love to see more

brilliant textures and tones, you really captured the mood with this, and I love how that sense of macabre comes through

Wow thats so fucking perfect I cant hardly stand it!!!

So brilliant, such a great & vivid drawing of Oz himself, he is wonderful Paul & you brought him to life most excently, Bravo!!!!!!!!!

I adore that tone of green – the subdued colours are perfect!
Tim Burton would love your stuff!

the compositional hierarchy, use of colour and symbolism gives a real sense of a prestigious charleton figure-head – yet again – an amazingly metaphorical, well-rendered pictorial depiction

Absolutely fantastic Paul. I haven’t read the book, but my wife dragged me to stage play recently. If it had been even half as visually interesting as your illustration I might have liked it more. ;)

Perfect work, Paul! And the word ‘perfect’ is such an understatement for this work. It is so rich, full of depth, interesting and expressive. Bravo Paul!!!

Wow! So much depth and rich colors! I love love love it!!! This book sounds great I might have to find it and read it…

geez I thought this was a bit Freemason like, love it.

amazing work again, so great at creating a broodiness

brilliant!! love this Paul…I dont see the wizard of Oz in this painting,,,I am a nurse, who used to work in the trauma unit of a large busy hospital… what I see is a car crash accident victim!! very macabre I know,,,, again brilliant work, well done

i love skulls
lovely work

tea?! even more amazing
ha ha

wow paul, thats an intense picture, ill have to read this book, if its only half as good as your drawings of it ill love it :-)

this is excellent.

Nice to see some new work.. Paul !

Your the wizard artist of Oz !

That’s terrific work, Paul. Great title. Excellent image!!!

I can just see you colouring in those teeth in.. with the contents of an old tea bag. ;)

paul you have an amazing artwork! love it
cheers man!

Fkn Coooooooooooooooooooooool!

Brilliant! Love it!

This is a really interesting image, very well done!

very poe like….its wounderful!!!!

really neat style you have with your illustrations.

this is fantastic… heyyy i think i know that guy..lol

I think you secretly get paid commission for every copy of Wicked you persuade people like me to buy ;)

Not to forget your castle in Northumberland, where I can visit you for a cup of tea and a buttered scone with fresh cream and strawberry jam on it.

...thats fantastic work Paul….something else I wantt o say…but can’t quite get it out….will have to think about it…but really great…and I almost missed the eye in the chest… ; )

This would make a fantastic engraving!

this is wicked!

Love it
I am a performer by trade and I can just imagine the voice to go with your fabulous creation

Spooky, creepy and the things children’s nightmares are made of. Great work.

brilliant. a darker drier pans labyrinth

It is only after reading the decription of the wizard in wicked that I realise how close Paul has stuck to the story. Brilliant work.

thats really twisted.
nice effect

Very cool piece, Paul!!!
Your drawing and inking (and tea staining) style is fabulous!!!!!!!!
mel

This is soooo awesome!

What can i say paul u always set the standards with all your work
Very nice – I like it!!!!
Keep them coming paul

wow… love the detail, and overall design =)! terrifying indeed! might have to read the book ;)...

have you contacted the publishers of this book? a wonderfully illustrated version could happen..

wow boi! good lookin piece! im gonna check your p’file…i think ive ran across ya here bfore …ur favd on my list i think?

favd *(again? lol)

Simply brilliant, so much creativity and talent here…such great textures and colours are perfect…..AWESOME!!!

Interesting, great detail it looks hand drawn. I like it.

Lol I wouldn’t have said it looks hand drawn if I didn’t think it was. I just can’t be sure on here.

love this piece of yours!! i like the colors and textures.. i especially love the drapes and the skull.. awesome!! =D

hehe.. am a sucker for the darker style of arts.. i started out drawing more on the darker designs myself.. it’s so nice to see a dark piece well drawn here.. kinda really hard to find you know.. =D

Well cool and nice style of painting.

THIS IS FABULOUS , YOU ARE A GREAT TALENT
and such a baby too neva realised u were only 24 !!!!!

Yes, Oz the great and tacky! I thought he was presented well in the book, and love this drawing of Elphaba’s meeting with him :)

Love your interpretation. brilliant style

fantastic illustration! beautiful

very good draw job!!!!

This is downright brilliant.

Hello Paul , enjoy your week …...kind regards ( always ) andre
great???? of course !

Great work!

Love this!

I read that book. Parts of it annoyed me, but mostly it was very well put together and entertaining. Much like your piece here, except it doesn’t annoy me a bit.

Awesome work. Well Done.

Uhm .. osme of the sentiments and propagandast qualities annoyed me; that, and, hm.. how do I say this? I much prefer the ways of Alfred Hitchcock to whomever it is that makes the ‘Saw’ movies. A good writer doesn’t need to give a detailed account of every last thrust of puppet sex to get the idea across that it was both crude and fascinating, anymore than a good comedian need resort to vulgarity just to get a laugh. They still do, but they don’t need to, and, to me, that’s a lowering of an art form. I don’t even remember the author’s name, but whomever they were, they were obviously talented. The story was very well written, but it could have been even more so if it didn’t fall into bouts of bad porn. The rest of the book, I could and would read to anyone.

Well, that’s my point, yes. Shock value wasn’t needed, because anyone in their right mind (supposing people in heir right mind read books about Oz) would know it’s a grittier, more real, different sort of Oz.

Although, really, it isn’t. It is told from a different viewpoint, as much of history is anyway. IE: The grand and glorious George Washington vanquishing the oppressive English bastards versus the traitorous scum George Washington rebelling against the Crown. A rather large elephant,pissing on rocks and posing as a human, the way the birth of the Wicked Witch of the West came about, an assassinated goat, etc. was more than shocking enough, methinks. Wow! That makes me want to read the story all over again, just thinking about all that. lol

Totally agree about the films. But, then, I would also find ‘The Piano’ infinitely sexier than, say, ‘Debbie Does Dallas’ and yet many would not concur.

Goodnight, interesting person!

fantastic detail…... love it!

simply amazing. how incredibly creative.

I like that it leaves a fair bit of room for peoples differing interpretations

wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is way cool

cool piece
dude i’m from louisiana so to me this reads
VOODOO
all over it
i like this alot
...and what you said you used tea…..how was that applied to this piece
nicely done!!!

i’m going have to try that technique
I LOVE THE BUBBLE
just for the simple fact i get to meet so many extradinary artist
such as yourself
and learn so many new things
KEEP PRODUCING AWESOME WORKS OF ART COMPTON!

Will DO
will Do!!!

Very impressive, I love this!!

Paul, you are brilliant and your work is extremely impressive!!

No, not really being kind just feel super impressed by your RB gallery. :-D

Wonderful!

wow… so many comments since i made my first one…great to see this image again mr paul….. it still ranks up there as one of the best…............b

You are a special talent Paul, i love your drawings… even The great and terrible Oz has a certain bonhomie about him! Thanks for the favouriting also… know any good art consultants??

Thanks for the complimemt and the advice Paul, I like your style. RB is a good way to meet like minds! Im new in Melbourne and I like attending art shows, please drop me a line if you know any good ones coming up… All the best in life and art :)

wow, this is very creepy but very cool. Awesome work. :o)

Ohhh I absolutely LOVE your imagination Paul…Missed you my friend!

Oh definately to stay,lol…I missed it TO much!!! xoxoxoxo

this rocks man

i love this so much i got it as a gift from my wife as a birthday card its on my wall only card i ever kept from anyone!

Yeah, with everybody else on this one. It’s an awsome piece of work!!

THIS IS AMAZING!!!

This is wonderful. It reminds me of the scary books I used to pick up in the kids section of the library, where all of the illustrated spookies were very dependent on line and shade to convey the emotion of the piece. Nice work.

This is absolutely wonderful…love it!

amazing!

Heehee… love the eye!

I dont think that they could have ‘used your mate’ as the Wizard of Oz in the cuddly film version :o) They had to go for white haired man and his ‘scary voice’ on the microphone. I love it when artists are inspired by a movie or book theme and take on their own version of it. Its like ones imagination when one reads a book and imagines what the characters look like and what their office looks like and so forth. The colour GREEN brings me back to the Oz movie – somehow I
remember the GREEN curtain opening with Oz moving all the switches :o)
The flurorescent tubes of Oz are replaced with more gothic candles burning.
Gothic and cool at the same time, Regards, Paul (gottheshot)

This is just amazing!!! Stunning detail.

Fantastic image Paul…the detail is brilliant, must read the book now;)

THIS IS REALLY COOL….;)
INSPIRES ONE TO WANT TO READ THE BOOK….;)

This is perfect!!

AWESOME WORK XOXO

what a fantastic illustration/great detail

Nice one!

Blimey Paul.. never seen so many comments !
P.S. its Lancashire you want to visit not Yorkshire. Loads of Comptons in Lancashire !