Yeah, it’s pretty bad.
My wife’s from San Francisco, and she recently introduced me to that same website. At first i thought she was taking the piss, that the “gallery” was just some tasteless internet joke. But she disabused me of that notion, assuring me that there was a real Keane Gallery in the city.
So true! I have an old 70s paperback edition of The Midwich Cuckoos and the cover art shows several huge-eyed staring freaky cuckoo children in the same kind of style…
Survived, yes, but whether or not I’d be considered normal is debateable.
no, it’s none of these I don’t think… Jeesus those were creepy!
I remember one picture of a blonde girl with HUGE blue eyes. It was similar to the ones of the creepy babies, but I don’t think they were like that. They were kind of more seventies… I know I’m being terribly indescriptive, but I can’t think of anything else about them… sorry.
Was she standing in a field-type setting? I know I’ve seen something like that, but my mind has graciously blocked the specifics.
And I didn’t know that the little snippet of horror I linked to would cause such reactions… :o . Glad to see that it was, um, enjoyed.
Could it be Precious Moments? Here’s an example of the kind of nightmare-inducing crap* that they flood the baby market with.
*“Crap” is clearly in the eye of the beholder, as I received a comb and brush set for **ValleyGirl ** with Precious Moments “art” on it. It seems to be pretty popular.
I got a “Precious Moments” Bible as a First Communion present. It had numerous illustrations.
I remember the local Woolworth’s store always had a bunch of paintings along the wall near the luncheonette/counter with big-eyed paintings… creepy. Put you right off your hotdog or whatever.
But the paintings I remember were quite different in style: they looked like would-be illos for fantasy novels. In my memory, at least, there were often two figures, male & female, though pretty damned androgynous looking. Something like a male playing a lute to a female. They always had long, long silver-blond hair flowing down their shoulders, and were wearing ‘generic fantasy’ looking clothes (aka sort of mideval knocksoffs) in shades of blue and green.
And the eyes at least three times normal size. <shudder>
Actually, I think whoever painted them must be the major influence on the fan artists who paint all those pretty boy elves.
Anybody else remember these?
You couldn’t possibly be referring to Wendy Pini’s Elfquest.
If you are, I shall revile thee. :dubious: :mad:
I think I’m broken. Ryden’s stuff doesn’t seem horrible to me. I might not display it, but it’s interesting. Look at the conversation it’s started here.
Actually there have only been a few comments on Ryden. The OP said it wasn’t his stuff. I personally love his stuff and there are a few I wouldn;t mind having. A friend of mine owns a few numbered signed prints.
Ozz Franca is the first name that pops into my head whenever I think of creepy, big-eyed children (which thankfully isn’t often.
:eek: I got your creepy big eyes fix right here. :eek: