8 Gallery is Go
8 Gallery will be a place to show all our new and old images in new contexts with new juxtapositions. We'll be adding several new pictures each week, so be sure to subscribe and set a bookmark!
May 81 min read
Sleep is No Escape -- New Lovecraftian Horror Image Gallery
We approached this new series, "Sleep is No Escape" wanting to explore horror themes from the Lovecraftian tradition -- with a little HR Giger if he flesh-melded with a demon-possessed Andrew Wyeth, all slathered in chicken skin. These pieces were bounced back and forth between Ideogram and Gimp until they were moist and scabby. Some came together quickly. "The Garden of Heavenly Dismay" turned out to be massive and took several weeks!
May 11 min read
Texture Foraging
I went out one overcast morning with Raven Storm looking for fun textures. Sought out spaces where rusty metal meets weeds. Collected a ton of images from which to make "finder compositions."
Apr 131 min read
Zoo Trip. One Ticket.
Coming up, I drank some water. Sat on a bench. Watched kids watch gorillas watch people. Picnic of children and mothers in dresses pick nits from the fur of the family tree.
Feb 131 min read
Desideratum Black and White Digital Gothic
Desideratum is a series of gothic noir black-and-white digital images drawing on visual elements of stone, mist, shadow, exploring the mystic spaces between day and night, and drawing on themes of silence, longing, innocence, and unease.
Jan 261 min read
Have a Good Day - A Journey
There was a young man of the village whose mother sent him on a long journey. "This cat catches no mice. You must take the animal to my sister, who lives at the base of the mountain. She knows herbs which will coax the cat to accept its own nature as a hunter. Only a stupid son would bring home a cat that doesn't know how to be a cat."
Oct 27, 20257 min read
The Obedient Ape: Could Humanity Thrive Under Canine Leadership?
Humans and dogs have lived in symbiosis for tens of thousands of years, each adapting to the other’s psychology. But what if that balance tipped fully toward the canine side? What if dogs, with their pack logic and clear hierarchies, became the ruling species — and humans, willingly or not, became their loyal companions?
Oct 14, 20256 min read
