Cornish litany postcards  are sometimes called by other names – Devon Litany, West Country Litany, Scottish Litany – but they all have the following text (or slight variations) in common:

From Ghoulies and ghosties
And long legetty beasties
And things that go bump in the night
Good Lord deliver us!

I was hired to paint a modern interpretation at actual postcard size – 4″ x 6″. This is it!

Turns out Shadow Man wasn’t skull-focused enough for the MF Gallery show I NEED YOUR SKULL!!! They were kind enough to offer to let me show it in their upcoming zombie-themed exhibit ZOMBIES ATTACK BROOKLYN and, in the meantime, I whipped up UNDEAD for I NEED YOUR SKULL!!!

MF Gallery in NYC invited me (earlier in the year) to participate in their upcoming I NEED YOUR SKULL skull-themed group show. I’ve been kicking around the idea of doing an interpretation of  Baron Samedi / The Shadow Man for a while, so this seemed like a good time. The image above is the result.

As it turns out, though, Shadow Man wasn’t skull-centric enough for I NEED YOUR SKULL. However, it’s zombie enough for the next show they’re doing ZOMBIES ATTACK BROOKLYN, so look for it there!

ZOMBIES ATTACK BROOKLYN opens June 26, 2010 at the MF Gallery. Visit them online for details about the show and the gallery location at http://www.mfgallery.net.