Captain Spaulding
This is a gift for my dear ZOMBIE and the GRINDHOUSE group. A portrait of Captain Spaulding.
24×30 cm
Acrylics, Gouache & Watercolours on canvas board
Full view please
Captain Spaulding was born on April 13, 1918 in Ruggsville, Texas with the name Johnny Lee Johns. He spent a small part of his childhood in the Ruggsville County home for orphaned boys until being adopted by a black family. Johnny Lee would soon grow very close to his adoptive brother Charlie. Johnny Lee developed an interest in sideshow deformities and violent crime photography, foreshadowing his Captain Spaulding persona. He began his murder spree as Mr. Ding Dong a Bo-Bo using his clown character’s name. Charlie would refer to him as Cutter after Johnny Lee stabbed a man to death, which he would take as his name. Around the fall of 1947, Cutter met Mother Firefly, who at the time took the alias Eve Wilson. She already had two children of her own, Rufus and Tiny. Cutter lived with Eve Wilson, even raising their daughter Vera Ellen together. During the summer of 1965, Otis B. Driftwood, wandered into Ruggsville County. He and Otis quickly became close companions and rivals. The two would often fight for control of the family. Otis was asked to live with the family; whom Otis called The Fireflys and it was he who also nicknamed Cutter, Captain Spaulding.
This biography source is IMDb
Captain Spaulding is a fictional character created by Rob Zombie and portrayed by Sid Haig in the films House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil’s Rejects
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Captain Spaulding belongs to the following groups:
1 on 1: The Fine Art of Portraiture , !* Dark Cabaret *!, ***♂♥♥QUORN♥♥♀, Accentuate The Eyes, All Out Emotion, Art Up Close, Core [C.O.R.E], Dark artists, dark art, Deepest Darkest Fears, EMI - The Group, Fine Arts, Friends of RedBubble, GRINDHOUSE (A GO-GO), HALLOWEEN, HORRORAMA, Practising the Dark Arts, Realist Traditional Art, Shameless Self-Promotion, Strictly Human Faces , Unconventional Artistry - 3 per day and Villains and Villainesses: The darker side...
pmistric
Oh my…this is good. You made his eyes look so real..so much detail. Just WOW.
ROUBLE RUST replied
Oooooh thank you dear. I am seriously very very pleased with the work I did in his eyes xxx
pmn-photography
love it.brilliant :)
ROUBLE RUST replied
Thank you sweetie :)
pmistric
Yeah, it really is amazing. They look so lifelike. Was it hard to do?
ROUBLE RUST replied
Thank you xxx I wouldn’t say hard to do, only because it’s not from my mind.
I tried my BEST to paint exactly the real reflections he has in eyes – from the picture.
It’s very arduous for my right hand of course and you have to be 100% focus there to do it xx I’ve been looking in his eyes soooo many time – if you look carefully you’ll see the road (sky, sun, mountains…)
pmistric
Yeah, so much detail in his eyes..I still don’t know how you did all that, especially when the eyes are so small. Amazing!
ROUBLE RUST replied
I still don’t know either… he :)
It’s was a personal challenge – it would be more easy to do it in a laaarge canvas size but I wouldn’t care to do it really.
Thank you xx thank you xx thank you xx
Dani Dreyer
Another masterpiece, incredible art!!
ROUBLE RUST replied
wow, Thank you very much Dani, I appreciate it xxx
Alleycatsgarden
and don’t forget to take home some of my tasty fried chicken ! this is great
ROUBLE RUST replied
;D Thank youou xxx
Lynette K.
I knew who it was before I clicked on the link! Wonderful work hon.
ROUBLE RUST replied
Niiiiiice to hear that. Thank you hon xxx
Jen Cannella
Wow, I think I have seen him in my nightmares. You did such an amazing
job on the eyes…Fantastic!!
ROUBLE RUST replied
..me too!! Thank you very much, I appreciate it Jen :)
AnitaInverarity
My word !!! What an incredible piece !! Those eyes and teeth are so well done.
I cant stop looking at him- truly GREAT !! x
ROUBLE RUST replied
oooooh Thank you so much sweetieeee xxx I seriously can’t stop too!!! I’ve been staring at his eyes for million hours…. mwah mwah xx
robpixaday
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!! they’re somebody stadning behind this, looking out at us: those are REAL EYES!!!!!!
Gorgeous wonderful superb portrait and tribute!!!!
And what a sweet thing for you to do!!!
And those TEETH!!!!!
ROUBLE RUST replied
Aaaaaaw how can’t I do it for him??? :D
I don’t know from I should start thanking you xxx Thank you for your wonderful comment & thank you for the teeth too (the eyes are so real that I have the feelin that everything else in his face is not so good really!!!!!)
Hugs xxx
robpixaday
face is not so good NO!! the face is MARVELOUS!!! It’s perfect for the eyes…jarring, a startling combination: adding to the scare, for me, anyway. I love it just the way it is!!
ROUBLE RUST replied
aaaaaaw thank you sweet thing!!! :))))))
AnitaInverarity
He scares the life out of me, but I had to come look again lol- It looks like he’s gonna jump right of the screen. I think this may be one of your very best xx
ROUBLE RUST replied
oh wow I’m thrilled!!!!
My gosh I jump scroll up to see it again and !!!!!! everytime – his eyes are real xxx shivers… !!! Thank you sweetie again xx have no words really to thank you enough xx
Vim Lowenstein
“shit the bed”
this makes me wanna eat some fried chicken
ROUBLE RUST replied
hehehehhee Thank you xxx
Lizzietish
OMG!! this guy is freaking me out!!! you see, I don’t know who most of your images are because I don’t watch scary movies and films because I have nightmares (corny, I know) but even though I would watch them I really can’t, my heart palpitates awful, I would need a valium or keg of beer or something but your pix are really, really cool. You guys are VERY talented!
ROUBLE RUST replied
Believe it: I have nightmares too (but for a weird reason I love it hehehe)
Thank you very much dear for your wonderful comment really, much appreciated from both of us xx :)))))
Keith Reesor
Incredible work RUST!! Very freaky too!! :)
ROUBLE RUST replied
hehe Thank you my dear Keith xxx :))
MoxieNox
This is awesome. you’ve captured Capt Spaudlng here.. Instant fave.. I met the man who owns these eyes, and he is a sweetie!
ROUBLE RUST replied
hmm.. that’s amazing xxx Thank you very much MoxieNox xxx
catherine walker
Oh My god..amazing .. so freakish hhha!!
great eyes!
wonderful art!
ROUBLE RUST replied
Thank you very much Catherine :))) much appreciated xx
Colleen Milburn
BRILLIANT work, Rouble!!! And, at the risk of sounding like a broken record, OMG, the EYES!!!!!
ROUBLE RUST replied
hehehehe sweetie :D
I know, I know – I’m still shocked by the eyes too lol!!!!!!!!!1 THANK YOU xxx
Simon Sez
fantastic work
ROUBLE RUST replied
Thank you Simon!
kangarookid
i love it… it’s absolutely terrifying!! i love that char, and you captured such expression, too 8)...
ROUBLE RUST replied
Thank you kangarookid, glad you like it!
Derek Stewart
Fantastic rendition. Definitely captured the likeness and spirit of the character,
ROUBLE RUST replied
Thanks Derek, he’s such a complex character to capture!
whiterussian
Love Captain Spaulding, those eyes are incredibly vivid!
ROUBLE RUST replied
Thanks you very much! I am impressed with the eyes myself!
artistmind
HiLLs Have Eyes! Love it!!
ROUBLE RUST replied
:)))) Thank you xx
KristineNora
Really great work !!! ....k
ROUBLE RUST replied
Thank you very much Kristine xx
Josh Bowe
Love it!!!!!!
ROUBLE RUST replied
Thank you Josh x
midnightdreamer
Once again, WOW!!!
Amazing portrait my fine talented friend!!!
Peace,
Leah♥
ROUBLE RUST replied
Oh this is a gift for my ZOMBIE
I’m so happy you like it, I can’t thank you enough for your wonderful support xx
Matt Roberts
Brilliant work. The likeness is great. Info’s interesting too :)
ROUBLE RUST replied
Thank you very much, I appreciate it. He’s an interesting character xx
Cheers :)