David Hartman

I figured I would have written a post on him sooner... Artist David Hartman (at www.sideshowmonkey.com)  is one of my favorite contemporary artists, producing the type of slick horror art that would have appealed to me as a youngster (had I known him then).  His work is similar enough to the style of the"Castle Dracula" Colorforms art which I so enjoyed as a boy (see post dated 3-25-2011)!  Hartman has created art for film director / musician Rob Zombie, but I wasn't really familiar with him until I saw that he is a friend of Bryan Baugh, another fine horror geek whose instructional drawing books I have purchased.  Hartman and Baugh seem to make a point every year, to create their own Halloween costumes.  I would salute them for staying true to the meaning of Halloween (in my opinion) in that they dress like HORRIBLE SCARY MONSTERS, and not like salt and pepper shakers, or fuzzy dice, or some other silly thing as people are wont to do.  :)   


Saturated colors, damsels in peril, and shredded body parts are common features of Hartman's illustrations.  (To the degree that they are not common, they should be).  I love it!  Plus, as I noted yesterday about Richard Sala, Hartman doesn't have to draw hyper-realistically in order to be successful.  His artwork represents the very heart of horror.  I may have to wipe bloody goo off my glasses after looking through his gallery, but I figure that I have running water for a reason.  


I hope you enjoy Hartman's website and gallery, as unfortunately I don't know of any good salt and pepper shaker websites.