Very Eerie Pre Halloween Art for the 12th of October in the 2026 fall show . . .

Sparking on air as an avenging angel on a winged horse makes her way past the moon . . . things awry and needing to be made better and that right away . . . sent by the ancient gods who live in the last planet on the other side of the sun a few galaxies over . . . better be careful . . . sent to do the gods’ bidding . . . the new gods ignored for too long and the old no longer waiting to return . . .

my series post for today published to my Substack at the link if you’d like to see it. https://sarahbguestperry.substack.com/p/very-eerie-pre-halloween-art-for-6da

Saul and the Witch of Endor. 1777. American. Benjamin West, painter (1738-1820). via fineartamerica.com.

Very Eerie Pre Halloween Art for the 11th of October in the Year of Our Lord MMXXVI

sparkling on air as a ghostly ship from a long-ago time sets sail on a frozen sea . . . a wraith at the wheel, one for a lookout and more to man the dories . . . the ice melted through and closing up behind . . . where next . . . the seals asleep and the polar bears too . . . prey in human form this time . . . not whales

my series post for today published to my Substack at the link if you’d like to see it

https://sarahbguestperry.substack.com/p/very-eerie-pre-halloween-art-for-e6a

Feathered skull from the series My Lovely Bones. Contemporary. French. Resin base with feathers sourced from animals farmed for the food industry in Europe. Laurence le Constant, artist, via laurenceleconstant.com.

Redecorating so Mary Todd Lincoln or the Empress Eugenie would feel right at home. Imagery from the 1865 pattern and sample book by Hippolyte Gruz titled “Motifs de peinture decorative pour appartements modernes.”Hippolyte Gruz was a prominent French interior decorator and painter known for his ornate decorative schemes for fashionable hotels and residences.

Frontispiece, Image 7 of Motifs de peinture décorative pour appartements modernes par Hippolyte Gruz Peintre – Décorateur. MCXXXLX. C. Claesen, Éditeur, printer and lithographer. PARIS – LIÉGE – BERLIN. Published in 1865. Collections of the Caroline Simpson Library, Museums of History, New South Wales. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/Gruz11378/page/n8/mode/1up
Front cover, Image 1 of MOTIFS DE PEINTURE DECORATIVE POUR APPARTEMENTS MODERNES. Hippolyte Gruz, author. C (Charles) Claesen editor, printer and litographer. Collections of the Caroline Simpson Library, Museums of History, New South Wales. In the public domain due to age. via \https://archive.org/details/Gruz11378/mode/1up
Venteaux de Porte: Genre de Louis XVI; LA PEINTURE DECORATIVE. Designed and drawn by H. Gruz. Charles Claesen Éditeur, printer and lithographer. PARIS – LIÉGE – BERLIN. Image 12 of MOTIFS DE PEINTURE DECORATIVE POUR APPARTEMENTS MODERNES by Hippolyte Gruz. Published in 1865. Collections of the Caroline Simpson Library, Museums of History, New South Wales. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/Gruz11378/page/n12/mode/1up
Panneau Tenture – Dessus de Porte; Genre Louis XVI. LA PEINTURE DECORATIVE. Designed and drawn by H. Gruz. Charles Claesen Éditeur, printer and lithographer. PARIS – LIÉGE – BERLIN. Image 24 of MOTIFS DE PEINTURE DECORATIVE POUR APPARTEMENTS MODERNES by Hippolyte Gruz. Published in 1865. Collections of the Caroline Simpson Library, Museums of History, New South Wales. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/Gruz11378/page/n24/mode/1up
Ecoincons a motif; Genre Louis XVI. LA PEINTURE DECORATIVE. Designed and drawn by H. Gruz. Charles Claesen Éditeur, printer and lithographer. PARIS – LIÉGE – BERLIN. Image 30 of MOTIFS DE PEINTURE DECORATIVE POUR APPARTEMENTS MODERNES by Hippolyte Gruz. Published in 1865. Collections of the Caroline Simpson Library, Museums of History, New South Wales. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/Gruz11378/page/n30/mode/1up
Motif d’Angle – Motif d’Entourage – Motif dans Partie Cintrée; Genre Louis XV; LA PEINTURE DECORATIVE. Designed and drawn by H. Gruz. Charles Claesen Éditeur, printer and lithographer. PARIS – LIÉGE – BERLIN. Image 66 of MOTIFS DE PEINTURE DECORATIVE POUR APPARTEMENTS MODERNES by Hippolyte Gruz. Published in 1865. Collections of the Caroline Simpson Library, Museums of History, New South Wales. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/Gruz11378/page/n66/mode/1up
Fond de Tenture; Louis XIV; LA PEINTURE DECORATIVE. Designed and drawn by H. Gruz. Charles Claesen Éditeur, printer and lithographer. PARIS – LIÉGE – BERLIN. Image 88 of MOTIFS DE PEINTURE DECORATIVE POUR APPARTEMENTS MODERNES by Hippolyte Gruz. Published in 1865. Collections of the Caroline Simpson Library, Museums of History, New South Wales. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/Gruz11378/page/n88/mode/1up
Motif d’Incrustations; Genre Louis XIV; LA PEINTURE DECORATIVE. Designed and drawn by H. Gruz. Charles Claesen Éditeur, printer and lithographer. PARIS – LIÉGE – BERLIN. Image 116 of MOTIFS DE PEINTURE DECORATIVE POUR APPARTEMENTS MODERNES by Hippolyte Gruz. Published in 1865. Collections of the Caroline Simpson Library, Museums of History, New South Wales. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/Gruz11378/page/n116/mode/1up
Plafond – Chambre a Coucher; Genre Louis XIII. LA PEINTURE DECORATIVE. Designed and drawn by H. Gruz. Charles Claesen Éditeur, printer and lithographer. PARIS – LIÉGE – BERLIN. Image 126 of MOTIFS DE PEINTURE DECORATIVE POUR APPARTEMENTS MODERNES by Hippolyte Gruz. Published in 1865. Collections of the Caroline Simpson Library, Museums of History, New South Wales. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/Gruz11378/page/n126/mode/1up
Lambris – Salle a Manger – Lambris – Salle de Bain; Genre Renaissance; LA PEINTURE DECORATIVE. Designed and drawn by H. Gruz. Charles Claesen Éditeur, printer and lithographer. PARIS – LIÉGE – BERLIN. Image 172 of MOTIFS DE PEINTURE DECORATIVE POUR APPARTEMENTS MODERNES by Hippolyte Gruz. Published in 1865. Collections of the Caroline Simpson Library, Museums of History, New South Wales. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/Gruz11378/page/n172/mode/1up
Lambris – Salle a Manger; Genre Renaissance; LA PEINTURE DECORATIVE. Designed and drawn by H. Gruz. Charles Claesen Éditeur, printer and lithographer. PARIS – LIÉGE – BERLIN. Image 210 of MOTIFS DE PEINTURE DECORATIVE POUR APPARTEMENTS MODERNES by Hippolyte Gruz. Published in 1865. Collections of the Caroline Simpson Library, Museums of History, New South Wales. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/Gruz11378/page/n210/mode/1up
Plafond – Fumoir; Genre Renaissance Moderne. LA PEINTURE DECORATIVE. Designed and drawn by H. Gruz. Charles Claesen Éditeur, printer and lithographer. PARIS – LIÉGE – BERLIN. Image 222 of MOTIFS DE PEINTURE DECORATIVE POUR APPARTEMENTS MODERNES by Hippolyte Gruz. Published in 1865. Collections of the Caroline Simpson Library, Museums of History, New South Wales. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/Gruz11378/page/n222/mode/1up

Lambris – Panneaux – Genre Renaissance – Grec -Moderne. LA PEINTURE DECORATIVE. Designed and drawn by H. Gruz. Charles Claesen Éditeur, printer and lithographer. PARIS – LIÉGE – BERLIN. Image 262 of MOTIFS DE PEINTURE DECORATIVE POUR APPARTEMENTS MODERNES by Hippolyte Gruz. Published in 1865. Collections of the Caroline Simpson Library, Museums of History, New South Wales. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/Gruz11378/page/n262/mode/1up
Frise Courants en Feuillage. LA PEINTURE DECORATIVE. Designed and drawn by H. Gruz. Charles Claesen Éditeur, printer and lithographer. PARIS – LIÉGE – BERLIN. Image 282 of MOTIFS DE PEINTURE DECORATIVE POUR APPARTEMENTS MODERNES by Hippolyte Gruz. Published in 1865. Collections of the Caroline Simpson Library, Museums of History, New South Wales. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/Gruz11378/page/n282/mode/1up

99% of the works, folios, and books involving art lithographs, engravings and later chromolithographs and pochoir prints were done in Paris. As this was. Where the superspecialists were who could make your work truly sing.

A bit of prettiness for a pretty autumn Sunday. Illustrations from the long forgotten “Nicodemus.” Published in Boston in 1895, it was written by Grace Shaw Duff and illustrated by Frederick Charles Gordon.

Front cover. Image 1 of Nicodemus. Grace Shaw Duff, author. Frederick Charles Gordon, illustrator. Published in the United States in 1895 by the Arena Publishing Company, Copley Square, Boston. Collections of the Library of Congress. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/nicodemus00duff/mode/1up
Page 8 of Nicodemus. Grace Shaw Duff, author. Frederick Charles Gordon, illustrator. Published in the United States in 1895 by the Arena Publishing Company, Copley Square, Boston. Collections of the Library of Congress. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/nicodemus00duff/page/n8/mode/1up
Page 13 of Nicodemus. Grace Shaw Duff, author. Frederick Charles Gordon, illustrator. Published in the United States in 1895 by the Arena Publishing Company, Copley Square, Boston. Collections of the Library of Congress. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/nicodemus00duff/page/n13/mode/1up
Page 17 of Nicodemus. Grace Shaw Duff, author. Frederick Charles Gordon, illustrator. Published in the United States in 1895 by the Arena Publishing Company, Copley Square, Boston. Collections of the Library of Congress. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/nicodemus00duff/page/n17/mode/1up
Page 27 of Nicodemus. Grace Shaw Duff, author. Frederick Charles Gordon, illustrator. Published in the United States in 1895 by the Arena Publishing Company, Copley Square, Boston. Collections of the Library of Congress. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/nicodemus00duff/page/n27/mode/1up
Page 29 of Nicodemus. Grace Shaw Duff, author. Frederick Charles Gordon, illustrator. Published in the United States in 1895 by the Arena Publishing Company, Copley Square, Boston. Collections of the Library of Congress. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/nicodemus00duff/page/n29/mode/1up

Very Eerie Pre Halloween Art for October 3rd in the 2026 fall show . . .

smouldering on air on a whiff of patchouli incense in a long abandoned attic as somewhere between Hadrian’s Wall and the Hebrides in the mists of Scotland the Roman legionaries shiver . . . dusk and a fog, hail and something slippery that sticks . . . a yowl that is not human and then another . . . like the wild cats in Sinai but different . . . these shooting poison from the tips of their whiskers and not purring for sure . . . funeral mound of a long lost king and steps that ascend a few paces ahead and somewhere to hide . . . maybe whatever it is can’t climb . . .

my series post for today published to my Substack at the link if you’d like to see it . . . the pumpkins are from katytrailmo.com

https://sarahbguestperry.substack.com/p/very-eerie-pre-halloween-art-for-90a

Very Eerie Pre Halloween Art for October 1st in the 2026 fall show . . .

smoldering on air as somewhere at the edge of a faraway galaxy the feasting gets underway . . . gone soon in rockets with women with horned helmets for figureheads on the bow and mad dogs hissing lava and smoke on the stern . . . earth ready or not ready but no matter . . . sea storms to start up with giant pitchforks and a sun to play with and toss out into the Milky Way . . . fun . . . mead for now and the other tomorrow . . . the earthlings with one more day and then.

my series post for today published to my Substack at the link. The image is from the Instagram of @gardenclubbackbay.

https://sarahbguestperry.substack.com/p/very-eerie-pre-halloween-art-for-a99

Wall of pumpkins at Wilson Farm. 2024 image. Photo credit and © properbostonian.

Very Eerie Pre Halloween Art for the 30th of September in the MMXXVI fall show . . .

whistling in on a demonic wind making the sirens that lure sailors to ruin pull their sea otter wraps closer as the carved owl on top of the ancient sepulchre stretches her wings and takes flight . . . another dive bombing attempt and the funerary priest slips . . . into the grave he goes with the owl chasing after while the mourners flee . . .

my series post for today published to my Substack at the link if you’d like to see it

https://sarahbguestperry.substack.com/p/very-eerie-pre-halloween-art-for-ec0

Classic Harvest glass pumpkin. 2021. Leonoff Art Glass, maker. @leonoff_art_glass on Instagram. via Instagram.

Very Eerie Pre Halloween Art for September 28th in the 2026 show . . .

sparking on air as in the back of the lumberyard somewhere in the east a whisper and then a shriek . . . a geyser of boards up into the sky followed by pieces meant for staircases and then whatever is left . . . something beginning to inch back . . . wood better sold on a different island perhaps . . . doesn’t seem to want it here.

my series post for today published to my Substack at the link. The image is from @dennisonarchivist and is part of the Dennison Manufacturing Company Archives.

https://sarahbguestperry.substack.com/p/very-eerie-pre-halloween-art-for-354

Dennison Stalking Cat placecard. Early 1930s. @dennisonarchivist on Instagram. via Instagram.

Plates of palm trees leading their best 1864 life. Imagery of palm trees found in the Bible in the book “The Palm Tree,” written by Sophy Moody and published by T. Nelson in London. There were/still are/probably have always been lots of tourists heading for what was then the Levant and is now called the Middle East so a major need for items for them to buy and take home or buy after they got home.

Title page. Image 5 of The Palm Tree by Sophy Moody, author of What is your Name, The Fairy Tree, etc. with illustrations by the author. Published in 1864 in London by T. Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row; Edinburgh, and New York. Collections of the Boston Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/palmtree00mood_0/page/n5/mode/1up
Palm of the Plain. Image 51 of The Palm Tree by Sophy Moody, author of What is your Name, The Fairy Tree, etc. with illustrations by the author. Published in 1864 in London by T. Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row; Edinburgh, and New York. Collections of the Boston Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/palmtree00mood_0/page/n51/mode/1up
Palm of the Forest. Image 176 of The Palm Tree by Sophy Moody, author of What is your Name, The Fairy Tree, etc. with illustrations by the author. Published in 1864 in London by T. Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row; Edinburgh, and New York. Collections of the Boston Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/palmtree00mood_0/page/n176/mode/1up
Coco Palms. Image 231 of The Palm Tree by Sophy Moody, author of What is your Name, The Fairy Tree, etc. with illustrations by the author. Published in 1864 in London by T. Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row; Edinburgh, and New York. Collections of the Boston Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/palmtree00mood_0/page/n231/mode/1up
Image 232 of The Palm Tree by Sophy Moody, author of What is your Name, The Fairy Tree, etc. with illustrations by the author. Published in 1864 in London by T. Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row; Edinburgh, and New York. Collections of the Boston Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/palmtree00mood_0/page/n232/mode/1up
Palm of the River. Image 247 of The Palm Tree by Sophy Moody, author of What is your Name, The Fairy Tree, etc. with illustrations by the author. Published in 1864 in London by T. Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row; Edinburgh, and New York. Collections of the Boston Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/palmtree00mood_0/page/n247/mode/1up
Palm of the Mountain. Image 338 of The Palm Tree by Sophy Moody, author of What is your Name, The Fairy Tree, etc. with illustrations by the author. Published in 1864 in London by T. Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row; Edinburgh, and New York. Collections of the Boston Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/palmtree00mood_0/page/n338/mode/1up

Very Eerie Pre Halloween Art for September 27th in the 2026 fall show . . . a stormy day here with the sun shining somewhere but not on me

meandering on air as behind the altar in the old abandoned temple a mighty roar tears the old crack asunder . . . the ancient gods never really gone . . . a world and it’s old ways just behind the veil of this one . . .

my series post for today published to my Substack at the link if you’d like to see it.

https://sarahbguestperry.substack.com/p/very-eerie-pre-halloween-art-for-32f

Ceramic pumpkins. British. Penkridge Ceramics, artist. Taken from their Instagram.