Shannon Stamey

#PhilipAlexiusdeLászló
Helen Beatrice Myfanwy Hughes (1931)

A vintage style champagne ad of a Victorian-looking man pouring stars from a tap on a crescent moon.

Little Dipper.
2007.
Charcoal and pencil over oil on paper.
16”x20”.
SOLD.
This was a revamp of a poster design I did at my first art director job.

Green Halo Absinthe.
2024. SOLD.
Pencil and oil on paper. 18”x24”.
With details.
The only thing in oil is the outer green border. Everything else is rendered in Derwent lightfast pencil with some of the tiniest flecks of white in the wings, hair and sugar cube in ink.

Treebeard.
2023.
Private commission.
Pencil over watercolor wash on Arches watercolor paper.
11”x17”.
With details.

Illustration of Capt. Vimes from Discworld. A surly, middle-aged man in Conquistador-style helmet, battered breastplate and chain mail with a scarlet cape.

Captain Vimes.
Private commission.
2024.
Oil and pencil over watercolor wash on paper.
11”x17”.

Cthulhu Mona Lisa.
Private commission.
2019.
Sepia and dark brown pencil on tea-stained parchment.
11”x17”.

Illustration of the poem “Wynken, Blynken and Nod” by Eugene Field. 3 small boys piloting a wooden shoe through a sea of clouds, meeting the man in the moon.

Wynken, Blynken and Nod.
2006.
Pencil, oil and pastel on paper.
16”x20”.

Illustration of an anthropomorphic fly holding an umbrella as a giant spider approaches. They are surrounded by flowers and foliage.

The Spider and the Fly.
2014.
Prismacolor pencil on paper.
12”x18”.

Porcelina. 2020.
Black and white edit.
Oil and pencil on toned paper.
10”x20”.
SOLD.

Finished artwork. 2022.
Oil on canvas. 18”x24”.

Awesome.

Thanks, Kate! We’ll see if any of them end up as finished pieces.

Some studies that never made it to their final form.
1. Sir Phelopod of Pungent Pond:
2011. Watercolor on paper.
2. Headless Horseman: 2023. Ink and pencil over watercolor on paper.
3. The Mad Hatter:
2023. Watercolor and pencil on paper.

Son of a birch.

🥁

Hanging out at the lumber yard on a Friday. Now turn this into a wood jokes thread, you degenerates.

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The spring and summer clouds in western North Carolina get pretty photogenic.

I know you’ve been through this more than a few times.

I’ll be fine. The timing/uncertainty of this is just a kick in the taint.

Some shots at the barn from last year.

“And it’s right next to the bodega for all your shopping needs.
And by ‘right next to’, I mean, behind that lamp’.
And by ‘bodega’, I mean, ‘suspiciously damp box of expired ramen.’”

“It’s considered very chic in Kowloon Walled City.”

“Can I bring my cat?”

“There are no pets allowed as the space comes furnished with plague-riddled vermin. But you’re welcome to name them if you like.”

“The sink also doubles as a bathtub.”

It’s such a predatory market all around.
“You’ll get unlimited natural lighting with this sun room…”

“That’s just a big fucking hole in the roof.”

They know. Bitches.

Apartmentsdotcom:

“We know this listing is grossly out of the price range you submitted in your decade-old user profile; but aesthetically, it’s perfect for someone with tastes like yours and an actual job.
We just do this periodically to crush your spirit, you destitute fucking piece of shit.”

Thanks! It’s still hanging in their hallway.

Medusa’s Rusted Tears and Patina Lips.

A quick peek at rendering the jacket.
I'm doing it in a more mottled, sort of punching the brush against the paper to create uneven texture with about 11 different variations on this fatigue color.
I want the fabric to feel rough and worn in contrast to the more buffed metal appearance of his body.