Alien Art Genre

CRYPTOZOOLOGY ONLINE: Still on the Track: CALLING ARTISTS WITH A TOUCH OF VINTAGE DERRING DO!

2012-01-28T18:24:00.000-08:00

CRYPTOZOOLOGY ONLINE: Still on the Track: CALLING ARTISTS WITH A TOUCH OF VINTAGE DERRING DO!

Need An Artist Statement?

2012-01-13T19:25:00.000-08:00

Of course you do! Here's mine:

Artist Statement
My work explores the relationship between acquired synesthesia and copycat violence.
With influences as diverse as Rousseau and John Lennon, new tensions are crafted from both explicit and implicit discourse.
Ever since I was a student I have been fascinated by the endless oscillation of relationships. What starts out as undefined soon becomes corroded into a manifesto of defeat, leaving only a sense of nihilism and the chance of a new synthesis.
As wavering replicas become clarified through studious and personal practice, the viewer is left with a new agenda of the corners of our condition.

For yours, go here.

UFO-Mary: Deviant Moon Tarot: Ace of Wands as Madonna Figure

2012-01-13T07:27:00.000-08:00

Ace of Wands, Deviant Moon tarot, Patrick Valenza, artist

I just bought myself the Deviant Moon Tarot deck, and am very glad I did. It's even more beautiful and weirdly wonderful than expected. Here's one card that really stood out for me: the Ace of Wands. I wrote more about this on my blog UFO Mary:UFO-Mary: Deviant Moon Tarot: Ace of Wands as Madonna Figure

The Gralien Report - Art of the Anomalous: Does Interest in the Unexplained Promote Artistic Abilities?

2011-10-19T14:12:00.000-07:00

Micah Hanks has an item on his excellent Gralien Report:The Gralien Report Art of the Anomalous: Does Interest in the Unexplained Promote Artistic Abilities?

I think it does. I've been a creative type since a kid, am now a writer and a painter. I've also had UFO and paranormal experiences since childhood. As has my spouse; also a writer and artist. As well as a musician. We both were reading at a very early age; I was reading by the time I was four. (We repeated first grade but that was due, not to academics -- we both were above our classmates in reading, etc. -- but birthdates and "social developmental" blee blahs.) Both reading above our level, and interested in subjects "normal" kids weren't interested in. Like Micah, interest in UFOs and the paranormal were considered by most as "not healthy."Writes Micah:

Indeed, when I was very young, I found that reading came very easily. Even as early as first and second grade, my teachers expressed to my parents that they were very interested in my ability to comprehend reading material that was several grade levels ahead of my peers. While my teachers found this interesting, I think my parents were thankful, since they had obviously worked very hard to facilitate a good understanding of language, mathematics, science, etc. However, even that far back, I can recall today that I was nonetheless preoccupied, at times, with something else my parents had also instilled in me, though perhaps unintentionally: a fervent interest in strange phenomena.

In fact, I had a few early experiences where teachers advised me (and my parents, to be honest) that this interest in things like UFOs was scientifically unfounded, and maybe even unhealthy. Looking back, I attribute these sorts of attitudes to my eventual pursuit of understanding these mysteries more fully, and thus providing the foundation for all the sort of madness that gets featured here at The Gralien Report on a frequent basis. In other words, when I was young, my early attempts at raging against society’s machine didn’t involve wearing trendy clothing, playing loud rock (okay, there was a good bit of loud rock) or stupid things like vandalism and the general behavior of a lot of today’s youth: instead, I decided to show everyone that there was, in fact, merit to studying UFOs, Bigfoot, and Loch Ness Monsters.

Happy Halloween! Bride of Frankenstein

2011-10-15T19:58:00.000-07:00

Classic film, with Elsa Lanchester as Frankenstein's monster's bride. The film: 1935, directed by James Whale, who also directed, among other films, The Invisible Man and Frankenstein.

I don't know if the studio or Whale intentionally photographed Lanchester as a Silver Screen Siren -- typical studio pose of the day -- but I'm sure they did:

Halloween Season

2011-10-11T08:04:00.000-07:00

Halloween is only one day, but for me, it's a season -- the whole month of October. Actually, as I posted on UFO Mary about my Day of the Dead inspired altar, the season -- "witchy," Fall, Halloween, magick, senses, flames and lights, -- begins around the early September and ends in early November.

I love vintage Halloween images, and decided this year to try and post an image a day (though probably won't achieve that) on some of my blogs, with a theme. On UFO Mary: devil themes, on Mothman Flutterings, bats, etc. So here at Alien Art Genre I thought I'd post monsters and other images that won't fit elsewhere.

The image posted here isn't vintage, and it isn't a monster. But it has a Halloween vibe to it. I love this painting; it's by my husband, James (Jim) Rich, painted about ten years ago I think. It's titled Bruja. Right now it's in the studio but I want it in our bedroom... maybe I can convince him to put it up soon. Happy Days of Halloween everyone!

Bruja, James Rich, acrylic on canvas

UFO Mugs on Mugs: UFOlogistoons

2011-10-06T19:06:00.000-07:00

Dennis Rano's artwork, depicting various people in UFO Land, are now on coffee mugs. Get your own of your favorite UFOlogist here:UFOlogistoons

Saucer Head Cartoon

2011-08-16T19:45:00.000-07:00

My sweet niece drew me this little cartoon the other day!

Diana Pizzuti in UFO Magazine

2011-07-12T19:48:00.000-07:00

Diana Pizzuti's art work is in the current issue of UFO Magazine. Pizzuti is the subject of my column The Orange Orb for this month's issue, complete with images of her paintings.

Be sure to get yourself a copy -- better yet, subscribe :) -- Alfred Lehmberg's art is also featured in this issue.

OZUFO Kansas, UFO Reykawvik Summit

2011-07-09T14:52:00.000-07:00

Alfred Lehmberg in UFO Magazine -- aside from his regular column he writes for the magazine each issue, we are treated to his artwork as well! OZUFO Kansas, UFO Reykawvik Summit

Moon and Concrete

2011-06-27T19:05:00.000-07:00

I have a recurring memory-image from childhood: white concrete, the moon, the deep deep blue of night sky, Mt. Hood, feeling the cold of the rear window glass in my grandmother's car at night. They're all related, all connected, but I don't know in what way. Within all that are the memories of my "friends," the small beings that came in the night to float me through doors and walls and out the front of the house and up into the large fir tree in our neighbor's front yard. There, in that tree, I'd wait for "them" to come.

I did go to Mt. Hood when I was very little; younger than the age I was in this memory. And at that young age, we did not live in the house where these memories take place; that came about three years later. Furthermore, the concrete (front yard torn up and replaced with white concrete) -- that too came later, after we'd lived in the second house for some years. So the memories are all true, but mixed up...

I said I'd been to Mt. Hood when I was very young, that I know because I was told so, but only remember seeing it as were drove away. And it was late at night. Why my grandmother would be driving just the two of us (for it was only herself and I that went up to Oregon at that time) in the Mt. Hood area late at night doesn't make sense... but I have a clear memory of the glass all around, the night sky, the moon, and the looming silent white of Mt. Hood's giant peak.

These memories have been nagging at me, as well as the images, and I was impelled to write this poem, without thinking of anything, just letting it come. The ending surprised me a bit.

Moon and Concrete
a stream of consciousness regression. . .

hard white
harsh, bone
rough
glittering, shimmers
stark light
chalk like
silence
pool of stone, reflecting a heavy Prussian-blue sky -- invisible

round white soft with gray
following
through windows
bouncing off cold cold snow mountains
at night

pretending sleep in my wool coat
gliding silently through cold snow white blue night light

moon and concrete,waiting, breathing
watching...

Dia Sobin's New Blog: Trans-D Digital Art

2011-06-23T19:07:00.000-07:00

Dia's work is beautiful. Visit and see. Trans-D Digital Art

Patrick Valenza's Deviant Moon Tarot

2011-06-21T17:31:00.000-07:00

Deviant Moon Tarot, Patrick Valenza, artist

I love this deck! Feeling the need to acquire a new deck, I went searching on-line for one I liked. A few spoke to me to varying degrees, but Patrick Valenza's The Deviant Moon Tarot is one I just love. Here's a brief description of the deck from the Aeclectic Tarot site:

It's [Deviant Moon Tarot] inspired by (and incorporates) images of cemetaries and mental asylums, and designed to illuminate deeper parts of the subsconscious. The talented illustrator [Patrick Valenza] is also a tarot student, and the deck is the result of three years of artistic work.

It's a bit odd choosing a deck without being able to handle it first, but I'm going with my intuition on this one. I read a few reviews on Amazon; one related how they appreciate the art very much but it's "too dark" for their personal taste. I can see that, though for me, it doesn't seem that way. Choosing a Tarot or Oracle deck is so very personal. For example, I like the idea of the Mermaid deck, (Tarot of Mermaids) loving mermaids, but found the actual deck rather creepy. As much as I wanted to buy into that deck, I just couldn't. I found it too gloomy and negative for my use.

David Normal

2011-03-07T19:38:00.000-08:00

Absolutely fantastic, detailed and beautiful artwork by David Normal. I'd use one of his amazing paintings here but I haven't contacted him so don't have permission. (Yet, hint :) But you can visit his site: David Normal and see for yourself.

Thanks to Lesley at The Debris Field for the link.

Professed UFO Abductee Brings His Story and His Artwork to Balance Salon | The Jersey City Independent

2011-02-26T13:46:00.000-08:00

Professed UFO Abductee Brings His Story and His Artwork to Balance Salon | The Jersey City Independent

Old Poems and Images

2010-12-12T14:30:00.000-08:00

I've been going through some of my poetry and creative writing with the idea of e-zines, or chapbooks, or something, not sure yet where I'm going with this. I noticed that some of theses early poems from the 1980s have recurring images of orbs, night skies, and feelings of disconnection. In re-reading them, I realized many of these were written around the time I saw the orange orb. In fact, this poem refers to an orb, although it's a sliver orb, not orange. The imagery is interesting: moon women, orbs, shadows, and the end, sweet jesus, "capturing my frozen eyes." ?! What was that about? I also noticed that I wrote a lot of these kinds of poems during the late summer and the fall, which is the time frame for our orb sighting. And in going back further, reading poems I wrote while living in L.A., the imagery of orbs and night and planets, etc. were present. As Jim and I know now, we had UFO related, and/or high strangeness events occur when we were living in L.A., before the orange orb sighting. And, of course, going back to our childhoods, independent of each other. Are there clues in these poems, signals from the subconscious? No doubt, lol.

unconnected with moon women

a silver orb waits silently in a
musty corner on a wooden shelf,
hidden by sharp shadows like Chinese meat cleavers poised
on thick pegs above labeled spice jars, corked and racked,
full of the herbs of mid-wives, now forgotten.

on the windowsill, tart purple grapes, hot and shriveled
grapefruit and pomegranate exposing their soft pink and secret glistening red waiting to be eaten.

unconnected with moon women i wait,
a single artichoke on a a scalloped plate, my tips half chewed, strewn about the cream white edges

the sliver orb shifts forward slightly in the night, and
one sliver gleams bone white

capturing my frozen eyes.

~ 1982

Al Jamming on a Peaceful November Sunday...

2010-11-07T11:45:00.000-08:00

I love Alfred's music; here's a clip of Alfred playing his gutair, lovely

Art of Nate Wragg

2010-11-05T21:50:00.000-07:00

Just discovered a blog new to me, via I Love the Yeti blog: artist Nate Wragg, who does wonderful retro type (to my eye) illustrations of things Yeti, and more. . . check it out.

Poem For the Halloween Season

2010-10-24T11:04:00.000-07:00

Recently I've been writing poetry and fiction again, it feels good. I'm not sure where this poem came from or exactly what it's about, but here it is. It has an eerie Halloween supernatural feel to it, so in time for the witching season, and all that's spooky in the night, here it is:

Blue Lights

unexpected, blue lights appear
in this isolation, and through
the thin cracks in the rough wood,
glowing mists invite, even while repelling

a cold silence makes itself known, waiting
we hear its breathing

dreams, night walking, forgetfulness
only slivers of mists and light beams remain

jarring realities intrude, mundane violences, abrupt commands
we don’t understand, we don’t remember
but sense invisible connections anyhow

we believe there’ll be a reveal in the retelling, no matter
how fragmented

memory has a sentience all its own

~ regan lee, october 2010

[Photograph by Regan Lee]

Art on C2C

2010-09-30T19:37:00.000-07:00

This artist shares his view of a gray which looks a bit reptilian as well, on Coast to Coast.

Low Brow Tarot Deck

2010-09-02T15:46:00.000-07:00

Several surreal artists and their interpretations of various Tarot cards; really beautiful and amazing work! Thanks to Boing Boing where you'll find more info and link.

David Huggins and Crescent: Artistic Synchronicities

2010-08-23T14:26:00.000-07:00

Untitled, Regan Lee, oil pastel on paper

UFO researcher Farah Yurdozu was the guest on Coast to Coast last night. Much of the interview concerned her book Love In An Alien Purgatory:
The Life And Fantastic Art of David Huggins; the story of abductee/contactee and artist David Huggins. One of the gray like beings he had many interactions he called Crescent; an interesting name, I thought.

Huggins described some of the beings, including Crescent, as white, typical gray-like aliens, but wearing a dark wig. That description startled me. It reminded me of my Geisha Alien dream, where I am sitting in a domed space ship in space, sitting across a large, thin, white alien/woman, wearing a black "geisha style" wig. My friend Lola had an experience with a tall, white woman entity wearing a dark wig -- I wrote about that for my Trickster's Realm column on BoA. (Lola and I have a strong pyschic connection; we've experienced some tineresting things togehter including both of us being aware of "them" -- an alien intelligence/presence -- appearing, though invisibily, in my living room.)

A few weeks ago, she [Lola] called me to tell me she felt a presence in her bedroom. ... There have been times when, even over a long distance, one of us can sense what's going on. In other words, get a psychic confirmation of something. This experience Lola had was bothering her, and she asked me if I had felt anything. I truthfully told her I didn't see anything either way.

Then there was the time Lola was talking on the phone to a friend, and looked up to see a very, very tall entity just looking at her. Just watching her. Lola had the distinct impression this thing wasn't human -- or ever was, as in, it was once a human, now a ghost -- but was trying to pass itself off as a human. She said it reminded her, in a typically goofy Fortean way, of the characters in the children's series Arthur. Long, long face, her eyes were up high, and her hair was fake looking, like someone pretending they had real hair. She said the eyes were very round, and very dark. I asked Lola about the shape of the eyes; she said that, while large, they were round, but it was the very deep darkness that was so strange. (Random Bits of Weirdness on the Oregon Coast on BoA)

Untitled, Regan Lee, acrylic on canvas

Lola's experience parallels in some ways Huggins descriptions, as well as my Geisha-Alien dream, and the imagery in my drawings.

Another startling thing: when Huggins said he called the being Crescent, I was reminded of an image I keep drawing and painting over and over. The faces in these paintings and drawings are somewhat inverted triangle like, or thinly oval, often white, pale, often featureless, or with very slight, brief features, and, holding a crescent shape. The two images here were ones I could find easily; the others are packed away. One oil pastel drawing I did of a white faced woman holding a moon boat, or crescent shaped -- whatever, I don't know what it is, I just draw the shape -- I gave to a friend years ago. I have several of these images that I've either drawn or painted somewhere around here...

The drawing shown here I did about twenty years ago, and the painting is in the beginning stages and one I started about a year ago but haven't gotten around to completing.

Huggins is an artist, and an excellent one, from the images I've seen on-line. He said during the interview that he thinks there's an important connection between artists (singers, musicians, writers, painters, etc.) and this whole alien/UFO/abduction/contactee experience. He made it a point to say that he thinks it's an overlooked area of UFO/abduction research. I think there's something to that. . .

A fantastic interview and I'll be ordering Farah's book today.

Related links:
Kay Wilson's review of Farah's book on Alien Jigsaw

David Huggins artwork, and interview with Farah on the Jerry Pippin show

Douglas Egolf

2010-07-27T19:45:00.000-07:00

Artist and paranormal researcher

Douglas Egolf agreed to share this image titled Dark Moon. I hope he'll submit more of his work, I like it very much!

Art Cards on ETSY

2010-07-27T12:40:00.000-07:00

The Ghost Sheep of France, no.1 in series, mixed media on 3x5 card stock

Inspired by Richelle Hawks, who sells her handmade cards and jewelry on ETSY, I thought I'd give it a try as well. I used to sell vintage books on ebay and amazon.com (including a self-published book on Bigfoot!) I'm finding I have literally hundreds of books in the back room; no organization at all. I'm getting there. So on my Venusian23 shop on Etsy you'll find books and original art cards.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/venusian23

The art card (ACEO) shown is the first in a series. Other series to come:

Octopus Confessional Series
Episodes From The Journey Of The Orange Orb
Haunted Visits

That's what I have planned so far, but I expect to have more soon.

I like Etsy over eBay and amazon because it seems more personal and allows for individual and unique items; a nice place for artists who do their own self-expressive thing and less commercial and chaotic than eBay, etc.

Original Work by Richelle Hawks

2010-07-26T12:53:00.000-07:00

WOE contributor Richelle Hawks, aside from being an outstanding writer of esoterica, makes jewelry using vintage beads and other materials. You can find her work on Etsy.

(Richellealso contributes to Binnall of America, where she has her own column: Medusa's Ladder.)

I told Richelle not only is her jewelry unique and lovely (so many items I want!) but so are her descriptions, which are like little poems.

I stole this image from her Etsy site: The Face on Mars Red Hemp Necklace, shown here.

Richelle also offers original art work, handmade cards, (ACEO or "Art Cards, Editions and Originals") like this one titled Mercy of the Deceived--Decameron Series, No.2.

Images shown by Richelle Hawks.

UFO Houses

2010-07-09T00:58:00.000-07:00

A house in Taiwan, China that has a definite UFO vibe!

Mike Clelland

2010-07-08T14:20:00.001-07:00

No reason, other than I like Mike's work and feel like promoting him:Little Boing Marks Mike Clelland's art blog.

On Saucer Blast!: "Are Flying Saucers Art?"

2010-07-05T23:59:00.000-07:00

Are Flying Saucers Art?

I think so, what would be a good term for that, like steam punk is for that genre --- houses have been built using the UFO flying saucer motif/idea, buildings, furniture, lamps, etc.

Something about the classic round shape of an old fashion flying saucer; discs and domed spheres and all the rest...

Dia Sobin; Post-Mac Blues Blog

2010-06-28T17:07:00.000-07:00

I was glad to receive an email from artist and writer Dia Sobin, who manages the Mac Tonnies memorial blog (Post-Mac Blues.) She also did the cover to Mac's book THE CRYPTOTERRESTRIALS : A Meditation on Indigenous Humanoids and the Aliens Among Us.

Dia sent two images, along with some background:

(one was) conceived for one of my "lost" tales entitled "A Matter of Increments"!... about an alienated woman who happens to find an actual "alien" in a cave in the woods behind her home. His name is Aaron (aaron.jpg) and he originated from the "planet" Araqinta, though it is never really determined if the planet is an actual location in our 3D space-time. Aaron wears a labradorite earring... (in my experience, labradorite is the stone of the "other") (aaron's earring.jpg), which is pictured discarded on a cave ledge and mysteriously reflecting an image of the city of Petra (now considered an official "wonder of the world". Petra also figured in the story. (don't ask me, I just draw these things). . .

If you haven't visited the Post-Mac Blues blog, please do so, there is a lot of neat and interesting work there.

Hopefully, there'll be more to come!

Adam Gorightly: New CD Release!

2010-06-27T10:55:00.000-07:00

Adam Gorightly's CD Transmissions From a Dying Planet is now available!

I Love the Yeti

2010-06-22T10:31:00.000-07:00

I'm linking to I Love The Yeti because it's a blog with a lot of great artwork. Check it out.

Budd Hopkins on Coast to Coast

2010-06-20T22:52:00.000-07:00

Budd Hopkins is the guest on tonight's Coast to Coast, with host George Knapp. Hopkins will discuss his book Art, Life, and UFOs.

Flatwoods Creature by Alfred Lehmberg

2010-06-07T21:56:00.000-07:00

I'm assuming that this is Al's interpretation of the Flatwoods creature. I really like it and stole it off his Picassa album. Alfred, let me know if there's a title or story to this. Anyway, here it is:

Alfred Lehmberg: UFO ART

2010-06-04T19:41:00.000-07:00

I really like this one! New image from Alfred Lehmberg.

Terrifying Dream Inside a Tent: Mike Clelland

2010-05-23T10:48:00.000-07:00

Visit Mike Clelland's hidden experience blog for his post on a recent experience he had, shared with another. Mike's included artwork of the images and experience.

Extraterrestrial Art by Chris France

2010-04-10T23:02:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Chris France, an artist, who emailed me these three images recently. I like the Insectoid one, espeically considering my recent post on my blog The Orange Orb about "grasshopper canyon." I don't know what medium (other than digital) this is or if Chris has a website; if I find out more I'll post the info here.

TRANSDIMENSIONAL REPTILIAN ENTITY, 2008

INSECTOID #2, 2010

STARBEING, 2009

Bigfoot and Other Crypto Art

2010-04-05T19:28:00.000-07:00

On Loren Coleman's blog Cryptomundo, a post about Bigfoot art. Thanks to Lesley at The Debris Field for link.

The Image of the Owl

2010-03-24T20:53:00.000-07:00

In UFO and related, supernatural, esoteric lore, the owl figures in a big way. The owl has been used, ironically, as the symbol for rational explanations to the anomalous by uber-pathological-skeptibunkies, like Joe Nickell. Nickell has concluded not once, but at least three times, that the owl is what witnesses to such strange events had seen. The owl, Nickell has smugly decided, is the solution to the Mothman phenomena, the Flatwoods creature, and the Kelly Hopkinsville entities.

But owls also appear in UFO abduction encounters; Whitley Strieber has written about his experiences with owls and other birds, like ravens, in his books. The owl has become a sub-cultural image of the mysterious, the unexplained, the "dark" side. The television series Twin Peaks was aware of this. As one character said: "The owls are not what they seem."

My Trickster's Realm column for BoA this week is on owls, and Lesley's Gray Matters column is also on owls. We didn't know about each other's topic choice beforehand. And, richelle hawks, also a Binnall of America contributor (and both are contributors to my blog Women of Esoterica) wrote about motif of birds. (Related post: Lesley and Regan on Owl Synchronicity.)

What does this have to do with art? In a round about way; Mike Clelland, of hidden experience, has a deep connection to owls. Mike, whose art has appeared here on Alien Art Genre, posted the following link on WOE about an upcoming movie, which, as he commented:"The owl as mystical bird is gunna find it's way into pop culture - for good or for bad - after THIS movie comes out this fall:

Legends of the Guardians. Usually YouTube lets you embed the clip but it's been disabled for this promo. Check it out; I liked what I saw, but will have to wait for the movie of course. Either way, the images and animation are beautiful. It seems worth seeing just for that. I wish I could post images from the clip but follow the link to see the trailer.

Interesting the owls are guardians, I assume . . . in other lore, owls are, well, "not what they seem."

Alien Eyed Madonna With Child

2010-03-24T09:52:00.000-07:00

This image has been around for years. I don't know who the person is that did this, so can't cite the source. I just realized today that it seems to be only Mary that has the alien eyes.

'Regan's Windcatcher' by Alfred Lehmberg

2010-03-22T16:11:00.000-07:00

This isn't alien, but it's related in a round about way. Alfred had some very kind comments to make about my recent Trickster's Realm column on Monster Quest's Flatwoods episode, and he created this piece for me, which I love.

Mike Clelland

2010-03-07T20:49:00.000-08:00

UFO Mystic gives us: Laughlin and UFO Art with Mike Clelland Tonight, a nice blurb about Mike's blog hidden experience blog, and Mac Tonnie's book The Cryptoterrestrials. Mike has another blog devoted to alien inspired art: Little Boing Marks.

2010-03-06T18:20:00.000-08:00

Tim Beckley's reprint of the classic Contactee book Over the Threshold has just been released. I love the cover; very retro! I just love the colorful, vintage vibe. The artwork is by Carol Ann Rodriguez, who also did the cover for Beckley's first reprint in the Dana Howard series, Up Rainbow Hill.

I like this edition, and I'm not just saying this because I wrote the introduction. This copy includes photos and an interesting article by Sean Casteel on angel hair as well, it's all very nicely presented.

Mac Tonnies Celebration Memorial Art Page Blog . . .

2010-02-25T07:54:00.000-08:00

In memory and honor of Mac Tonnies:"The Mac Tonnies celebration/memorial art/writing/general creativity page." Thanks to Lesley at The Debris Field for link.

Mike Clelland: Aliens in the yard. . .

2010-01-27T21:46:00.000-08:00

Mike Clelland from hidden experience has a lot of nice art work of his on his blog that relate to his dreams and experiences. Mike writes about this experience that goes with this image <here.

"Our Alfred!"

2010-01-23T19:23:00.000-08:00

Image by Dennis Rano.

Alfred Lehmberg, UFO Magazine columnist, artist, musician, blogger, and for some odd reason I've never been able to understand, bane of not a few pompous self-appointed would be UFO Police types, has been added to Dennis Rano's collection of UFOlogists.

Cool beans Alfred!

Alien Ant

2010-01-23T16:01:00.000-08:00

Alien Ant Watercolor, James Rich

(This post and image appeared on my Saucer Sightings blog awhile back, with some very minor alterations, here it is:)

This is a watercolor painting Jim did many years ago, when we were first together. I remember when he painted it. It's a small watercolor on paper; about 18" by 18".

I told him it was an "interesting painting" and that it reminded me of an alien; some kind of alien painting. He said he had no idea what was going on when he painted that; what he was thinking or why he painted it. No recollection of the inspiration or what he was trying to do.

He asked me what I meant by "alien painting" I said, well, it immediately, for some reason, just screamed alien and spaceship at me. I have the impression the ant is female, very large, "alien," and is holding something, some sort of tablet. Jim looked at it and said he saw what I meant. I reminded Jim of all the giant insect alien stories; usually praying mantis type creatures, or giant grasshopper type beings some speak about in connection with UFO encounters. After he looked at it he said it reminded him of a female being as well; probably because of the way it's sitting and the long robe or whatever it is it/she is wearing.

It was at that time, when he painted this, that Jim and I were experiencing a lot of unusual UFO events, including an episode of missing time. I had my "Geisha Woman Alien" dream during that time frame. This painting reminds me of that awful image in my dream, even though there isn't much comparison. (Someday I should try to draw or paint the "Geisha Woman Alien" . . .)

Speaking of alien insectoid beings, in a bit of synchronicity I was listening to George Noory last night on C2C. (By the way, say what you will about him, and I have, he is a goof ball in many ways, but he was defending the medical marijuana use law in California, so good for him) and he and a caller were sharing praying mantis stories. Not in the context of aliens or UFOs however, more mundane than that. And earlier today I read Richard Thomas Room 101 column on Binnall of America, where he writes about Ghosts, Aliens, Yeti and the Late Great Nigel Kneale British "father" of sci fi television and movies. Which inspired me to post something on my blog Frame 352: The Stranger Side of Sasquatch with this image:

I'm deathly, pathologically afraid of insects. I had some chilling experiences as a child -- I won't go there, far too personal and wrapped up in family dysfunction abuse horrors -- but at the same time, I don't like to see people just stomp on insects for no reason. (There was also a weird event in Crescent City, California, involving a Japanese beetle, alcoholic abusers though not to me, hmm, a theme here I see, and I kid you not, a real life scene with "Deliverance" type redneck hillbillies, complete with shotguns and a truck full of pitbulls. But I digress.) (And there was another thing with a bumble bee when I was a kid, and my sister as well, I found out years later, that has to do with missing time and high strangeness.)I'll certainly go out of my way to kill bugs in the house, depending on what kind; wasps, etc. Others I take outside. Well, okay, I try to get Jim to take them outside, but the point is, I don't like killing things if I can help it.

Well, that all took a weird turn, I see. As disjointed as all this might seem, one thing stands out: a conflicting relationship with insects. I like some of them, they're pretty, many are harmless, etc. Others I am fearful of to the point of vomiting. People with encounters with giant insectiod alien beings report both terrifying experiences, as well as ones of learning, wisdom and beauty. Why this contrast? Are our mundane encounters a reflection, on a symbolic level, of these experiences?

Regan Lee: Night Visitor

2010-01-11T08:09:00.000-08:00

Night Visitor, Regan Lee, acrylic on masonite, approximately 40" x 24"

Earlier today, when I posted this, I wrote that the image was over exposed a bit. Thanks to Insteller Housewife, who tweaked the above image, it looks better and closer to the actual image. (The original is below.)

As I wrote on my blog Saucer Sightings, this painting represents something that, while not exactly literally encountered, was encountered on some level nontheless:

This is a painting I did several years ago. At that time, I was trying to paint images of beings/visitors from my childhood. The ones I tried to do of the "aliens" that floated me out the door always ended up like stick figures, with inverted triangle/oval outlines for the face, but no features. I realized the other day I've made many paintings and drawings of figures, usually female forms, with these inverted triangle/oval faces, always featureless. I seem to place them alone in a room by a window revealing a night sky.

The painting shown here is a little underexposed, but it's the only image I have right now; the painting is big and heavy (painted on a large thick piece of Masonite) and packed away somewhere. At the time, I just started painting it; I remember feeling compelled and it just all came out very quickly; this large "Night Visitor" and at the time, the full title was "Night Visitor on Sherbourne Street" (even though the name was actually Sherbourne Drive but I thought Street sounded better.) That was the house I lived in in Los Angeles between the ages of six to about fourteen, and the house where the fuzzy puppet wolves and beings that floated me out the door came.

As to this being in the painting, I never saw anything like this, but I remember the feeling. . . it's as if the image came up from my subconscious in a very vivid and strong way and represents something that has a connection to all this.

An OOBE Painting

2010-01-06T21:41:00.000-08:00

Leaving Her Body, James Rich, acrylic

James Rich: Sentinels

2010-01-06T20:43:00.000-08:00

Sentinals, James Rich acrylic

This is an old painting of Jim's, painted in the late 1980s. The painting reminds me of the Contactees and their meetings with friendly, wise and good looking Venusians and their space ships. Indeed, Jim has agreed to my using this painting to accompany an upcoming article on that very subject! The objects (beings?) in the painting don't look like Space Brothers or Contactees, but it reminds of that time in UFO history nonetheless.

Alfred Lehmberg: Hyper 174

2010-01-06T20:11:00.000-08:00

Hyper 174, by Alfred Lehmberg

The First Nano-Second

2010-01-04T16:53:00.000-08:00

The First Nano-Second, James Rich, 40" x 30", acrylic

In person, this pointillism (yes, it's all dots!) is a very trippy version of the Big Bang.

Diana Pizzuti

2010-01-03T20:56:00.000-08:00

Artwork by Diana Pizzuti

Diana Pizzuti is a California artist who paints images of UFO encounters; hers, family members, friends. The above painting was inspired by her mother's encounter on a California highway in the 1940s.

Diana will be sending more of her work our way soon.

My column for Tim Binnall's site, Trickster's Realm, will be up sometime tomorrow. It's about some of the pre-1950s encounters of Contactees; I give Diana a brief mention, and included the above painting.

Alfred Lehmberg

2010-01-03T15:52:00.000-08:00

I love this image from Alfred Lehmberg; I don't know the story behind it but it gives me a feeling of peace and assurance, as well as exploration and discovery.

Mothman Pencil Sketch no. 1

2010-01-03T13:18:00.000-08:00

Mothman Pencil sketch no. 1, Regan Lee 2009

This is the original color pencil sketch of Mothman I did. The colors are pretty much the same; a very slight manipulation. The size is just about true as well. I like this one, but the previous manipulated image with the brown tones has more of a mothy vibe, I think.

Mothman

2010-01-03T11:14:00.000-08:00

Mothman pencil sketch no. 2, by Regan Lee 2009

A few weeks ago I had the urge to do some Mothman images. This is a slightly cropped pencil sketch I did. The origininal sketch was in greens and blues; it came out lighter than I had wanted, so I manipulated the image on my computer.