Hello, ladies!
Happy almost Halloween! I am SOOOO happy it’s Halloween season! The trees are all changing colors and beautiful, the air is cool, and we have a wonderful excuse to eat candy! Halloween is the best holiday ever. J Plus it’s your uncle Patrick and my 10th anniversary! So I am quite happy this week. You must send me pictures of yourselves in your fabulous costumes!
I keep forgetting to mention, if you want to send something back (like pictures of you in costume! Or of your artwork!), all you have to do is send an e-mail to pshaughnessy1313.newpost@blogger.com and it will show up as a post on this blog – that’s easier than getting a password to comment, I think.
So for this week I’m going non-traditional again, and in honor of my favorite holiday, want to introduce you to the world of Ray Villafane, one of the most famous pumpkin carving artists in the world!
Ray is from NY, and actually was an art teacher and decided to try making a sculpture of a comic book character – Wolverine – and ended up becoming a pretty famous sculptor of comic characters, but he’s also a brilliant pumpkin sculptor and sand castle artist! I love that he’s able to do a lot of different things, and his pumpkins are just amazing. I love to carve pumpkins, but it’s always SUCH a mess, and the goop on the inside always feels so cold and yukky….so I don’t always do it. But seeing things like what Ray Villafane can do totally inspires me to try it more! He’s a seriously amazing artist no matter what medium he’s working in!
Here are a few of my favorite Ray pumpkins. My favorite from a technical perspective is the last one, with the zipper, because it actually looks like soft, moving fabric as the zipper opens….but I really love the monster fish the best. I had one of those painted on the side of my old car!
In any case, have a wonderful Halloween, and know that I love you and think that you’re awesome.
Hugs and kisses,
Auntie Paula
XOXOXOXOXO
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