Cryptozoographic Vicissitudes
Posted by: Loren Coleman on January 8th, 2009
Lochness Starrynight
A San Francisco art exhibition “Mythographic Vicissitudes” opens today, and at least two pieces have cryptozoological themes.
When: Thursday, January 08, 2009 At 07:00 PM
Where: Fifty24SF
248 & 252 Fillmore Street, San Francisco
DOWNSTAIRS GALLERY: “Mythographic Vicissitudes” by Ron English
The show features new drawings and paintings and “Mythographic Vicissitudes” will be on display at the lower level of the FIFTY24SF Gallery from January 8 – 29, 2009.
For “Mythographic Vicissitudes,” Ron created a series of paintings based on variations on modern mythologies. Applying a sense of reverence to his patented mash of religion, history and art, English gives equal weight to all mythologies, from Jesus to Bigfoot to Expressionism. “Loch Ness Starry Night” depicts the emergence of the Monster as seen through the eyes of Vincent Van Gogh. “Bigfoot in the Garden of the Gods” exposes the mythical missing link in his Colorado Springs lair, the epicenter of American hardcore Christianity. Marilyn and a mysterious Mickey Mouse, his face obscured by a gas mask, are bathed in Toulouse-Lautrecian light. And, a portrait of Jesus, the fisher of boys, fills in the messiah’s missing years.
Bigfoot Garden
About Loren Coleman
Loren Coleman is one of the world’s leading cryptozoologists, some say “the” leading living cryptozoologist. Certainly, he is acknowledged as the current living American researcher and writer who has most popularized cryptozoology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries, Coleman began writing to share his experiences in 1969. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983, and in subsequent years, that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other international organizations. He was also a Life Member and Benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct).
Loren Coleman’s daily blog, as a member of the Cryptomundo Team, served as an ongoing avenue of communication for the ever-growing body of cryptozoo news from 2005 through 2013. He returned as an infrequent contributor beginning Halloween week of 2015.
Coleman is the founder in 2003, and current director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.
I sold a Loch Ness painting in San Francisco when I lived there years ago. The Bay Area loves its cryptid art.
I’d love to share my series of paintings of The Adirondack’s mystery hominid, the Stone Giants, when I’m finished.