Frank N. Stein

8x6" oil on canvas, SOLD 

My friend and fellow Daily Painter, Chris Beck challenged several of her artist friends to do a special painting for Halloween. I, of course, went through many pages in my sketchbook of pumpkins, witches and black cats. But ultimately Frank won me over--lovable and creepy at the same time. And a really good excuse to paint a guy with a ghoulish-green face. Scary stuff, right? Hop on over to Chris Beck's blog or Pablo Villicana Lara's blog to see all the Halloween paintings created by this group of talented and diverse painters or you can visit each artist's individual blog for a real treat. Happy Halloween!

Artists participating in the Halloween Challenge: 

Janet Belich

Debbie Cannatella

R. Garriott

Jeanette Jobson

Ron Morrison

Diahn Ott

Suzy Pal Powell

Terry Rafferty

Kay Smith

Deb Ward

Brenda York

Punkin' Head

5x5" oil on canvas, SOLD

So for most kids Halloween is is probably among the top five days of the year, falling somewhere just behind Christmas, birthdays and the first day of summer vacation. You get to do all those things your parents insist are the kiss of death on a regular, run-of-the-mill day. Like taking candy from strangers. And eating three and a half pounds of candy before dropping into bed way too exhausted, of course, to brush your teeth. All OK on October 31st--actually, more than OK. The parents actually facilitate the sugar intake by marching their little goblins right up to the strangers' doors and encouraging the candy consumption. "Whadayasay?", the parents chirp. On any other day, if their five year old was at the dark door of an unknown middle-aged woman wearing a black hat with spiders on it and sporting a green warted nose enticing their child with god-knows-what's in it candy, the parents would hope that said five year old would remember the drill, so carefully and thoughtfully practiced. A swift kick in the shins, a scream for help and run like the devil! Happy Halloween!