Swamp creature
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Acrylic on canvas. Humorous take on any situation where we can scare ourselves by imagining what’s out there, or in there… When in fact the “swamp creatures” may be just as scared of us. Original sold.
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Thre’s a thing in the swamp and it only comes out at night…oooooo;) / Another in my collection of Vintage movie parodies…guess which one;) / Image copyright © 2008 Shanina Conway. / Copying and displaying or redistribution of this image without permission from the artist is strictly prohibited. /
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Dwork
by Julie MarksWhen narratives are cut off, I also post them in the writing section. / Lillian, Molly’s grandwitch has been in her room preparing potions, spells and other Halloween specials for the most important night in / her life, Halloween. I woke up this morning to encounter the most peculiar creature. Molly ran in horrified to tell me that Lillian tuned Mikey into a Boglin, swampy bog creatures that most people are not familiar with. Molly has continued to annoy her “Granny” despite many warnings that she will use her power to turn her or her beloved Mikey into a bizarre creature. It is fortunate that as part of my graduate work, I studied the science of Bogology. May all future Bogologists learn from my experience and go on to discover new things about this most intelligent and fascinating species. However, you must beware not to poke your fingers through the bars. Without knowledge of the larger species (boglinus humungus), they can become very nasty and if provoked will bite off fingers of those who have no experience with this peculiar species. Today I observed Dwork’s behavior and it is possible that Boglins may be the “missing link” to Human Personalities! Could it be that long ago, Boglins taught us how to laugh and cry…even how to Love? Boglins have been observed in the United States and European Countries, particularily France. Molly os fortunate that Dwork is the kindest of the larger species and loves to joke around. Vlobb can be nasty although he is the smartest of the large boglins. The small boblins subspecies (boglinus minimus) are vulnerable and not dangerous. There are six small creatures, Squidge, Shlump, Shlurp, Sponk, Squawk and Squeel. Lillian has told Molly that this is only the beginning of her reign of terror and threat to her canine friends since she also is thinking of turning Olympia, her Italian Greyhound friend into Squawk, the nosiest of the subspecies that will awaken us and all our neighbors with her shrieks and endless squawking. I told Molly if she wants her boyfriend back, she has to stop asking Granny to keep playing tag since the old hag is too old for Molly’s exhuberance and high spirited behavior. I am afraid that Molly is unable to control her antics and Boblins who were once an unknown species may become front page news. I am so glad that in addition to my choosing a career as a Psychologist that I also am a Bogologist and may have enough knowledge to create the antidote to Lillian’s spell. Poor Mikey. At this point he is in his cage as you can see in my photo and is totally bewildered although he still has a tail that he uses to scoop up his food. The Boglins that I have studied pick up human traits very fast and despite their occassional aggressive behavior, they are typically very affectionate. However, it is important to remember, they do get upset if not returned to their boxes I have built for them until they adjust to their environment. Our situation is unusual since Dwork is in reality Mikey who wants to come out of his cage and sleep with his family. Molly licks him incessantly thinking that her remarkable affection will soothe him and hopefully return him to his original body as an English Setter. I do have a strange and amazing toy collection and my first experience with these great monstrous hand-puppets began in the late-80’s. It was love at first sight when I first saw Dwork on the shelf of one of my favorite toy stores. I had to have all three Drool, Vlobb and Dwork. Recently Slobster, a strange hybrid of a lobster joined our family. Children are not afraid of these alien beings and love to play with their rubbery faces to make the most amazing and funniest expressions. Since I lived with the Boglin family since the 1980’s when they were first discovered, I eventually had to be replace the old and tattered Boglins by bidding against other adult collectors (I thought I was the only nut) on ebay to replace the well worn originals. They don’t come up very often so I was vigilant not to pay outrageous sums and it took me close to a year to replace my collection. They have to be the creatures made for Mattell in 1986 by a mysterious company known as “Seven Towns.” There were so creepy, that they were incredibly cool and I was proud of my new “family.” that lived in cages in my closet. How was I supposed to know that Lillian can change dogs and people into Boblins? I guess I could have chosen a few people that we would be happier if they were not commiting horrible acts against mankind and could have certainly saved the stress and money I bid on ebay if I knew Lillian’s secret. The odd type of flexible rubber feels like skin and to add to the cool strange appearance, their hanging arms are disproportionate. If that is not enough, they all had demonic faces and strange, elongated tails. Some even have patches of hair, but that pales in comparision to their most frightening feature that has freaked poor Molly:glow in the dark eyes!! For those who know Sophie Shapiro on RB, / you might not know that among her healing paintings and deep understanding of paranormal phenomenon that Sophie is one of the world’s most noted scholars on Bogology and a noted colleague of mine. Although Sophie Shapiro may be humble about her ability to communicate with Boglin spirits, she is also known for her ability to catch Boglins in the wild where they were first discovered in the UK centuries ago. I’m not really sure when the Boblins turned to crime and ended up imprisioned in the cage you see in the photo. What really fascinated me was that the box clearly suggests that you could shovel “mud and other food” into the creature’s mouth. Do these fools eat mud? Most disturbing, don’t we carve out their stomach and intestinal track to make way for our hand-puppeteering? I noticed that Mikey still wants his dog food and the vet has given me a special food to keep him comfortable until I figure out how to outsmart that nasty, but clever witch Lillian. You have not met Wanda and later I will consult with her to learn more about shape-shifting. I will provide you with more photographs to understand these fascinating creatures. Almost poetic in their sheer atrocities, Boglins served a few purposes. Aside from delighting children, especially if they were lucky to have the Halloween special editiion Boglins like Bag o’ Bones for the fun/scare factor. After the 80’s the whole Boglin phenomenon went a little nuts when Snish and Slobster were discovered. These are a rare find today, but they took Boglins to a whole new level. Owning Slobster, I realize that someone realized that Boglins didn’t all necessarily have to look like gargoyles. They could look like mutant sea life too!! Be careful not to be fooled by the plastic fakes that came out in the 90’s as cheap versions of the real Boglins. And people say Mattel never makes thinking toys. Just wait until you meet my other Mattel toys that unlike the coveted Boglins were discontinued. The larger Boglins can go for more than 100+ on ebay, but with patience you can find them for about $40.00. I don’t have the rarer ones since these puppets got so in-depth;there were skull Boglins, Boglins with pink hairdos, even Boglins that glow in the dark completely. The Boglin/Human ratio by the time 1988 rolled around had to be at east 4:1. If you do a search on ebay, you might be fortunate to find one and help me with our family crisis. Looking at Mikey’s new face, I realize this is no way for an elegant dog to live. I took some pictures of Molly holding Dwork trying to lick him back to his adorable canine self to no avail. Lillian looks self-satisfied so it is up to me or any information this group has on this subject. Scholary published studies on swamp life may help my Mikey who has been unfairly punished. I hope I don’t wake up as Slobster!
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Some odd forest creatures in the Cypress Swamp at Highlands Hammock State Park, Florida. A few touches of the smudge and clone tools were used to alter the characters
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Part one of a diptych Ink, tea and gouache on Somerset paper / .
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. / Ink and tea on Somerset paper / .
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Copyright © 2008 Linda Apple / “Dittles Disturbing Discovery” / approx. 7.5 inches high – 11 inches with base / Isle of Appleshire Series This was in the Summer 2008 issue of Art Doll Quarterly magazine with article of “The World of Appleshire”. This is Dittles, a green flit that lives near Whamp Marsh. Like most flits, he is married and has three little flits. One of his most important jobs is to gather honey for his family. These are very long and tiring days of work, as the most fragrant plants with the best honey, often grow in some of the most dangerous areas near the swamp. On this particular day, he had been doing very well until he found a dragon egg, hidden in a small cave, that had just hatched. He became very disturbed by this and did not know what to think….would the baby wake and eat him or would its mother return and squash him? What to do? Exposed parts are prosculpt clay with a soft stuffed body, glass eyes wire antennas. He is wearing a little leather tunic, acorn hat and carrying his corked container for honey, made from a dried flower pod. If you have looked at earlier work you will see that I have been developing the concept of more environment. It appears as though he is standing in mud at the edge of the swamp. There are tall flower pod stems, a cave and a baby dragon in an egg. Many parts of this set and Dittles come apart for shipping.
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by Alison MarshOne with its surroundings, sitting on the lilly pad, it embraces its place in life. Canoeing through some swamp lands in the Northern Territory of Australia, there was this one vibrant and impressive flower that owned the whole area. It stood up against all the odds and truly embraced it’s life and shared it with all living things to cross its path. The brolga (an Australian crane bird) was lovely, but this small yet mighty flower was more impressive to me on the day.
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a macro shot of an Emperor dragon fly with randomly a fly on her face. Taken at lake Nr Welsh St Donats South Wales Taken with Canon EOS 400D / ISO 100 / f/3.5 / 1/125sec / focal length – 100mm
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This painting was done years ago, is watercolor on illustration board, and hung in the San Diego art show. The big deal for me at the time is that, for some reason, Karen Berger, editor of DC’s Vertigo imprint, saw it and liked it. And, bigger than that, she found me, and brought my idol, Dave McKean, over to look at it. I can’t remember his reaction…probably something like ‘big whoop’ in some british vernacular.
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Really one of my first high detail creature drawings that I later colored with Color pencil and white ink.
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