flashback friday - ghost gallery

something different for this flashback friday ~

a long post from years back while i sit here trying to keep warm on this cold morning ~

so i've posted about how i started my gumbyland website over 20 years ago now ~

well i also began putting up my artwork up at my website at the same time ~

at first i called it the secret gallery ~

but as my online persona became known as 'ghost' i changed it to the ghost gallery ~

it has grown & grown over all the years ~

to include drawings & paintings in all different mediums ~

in all different styles from realism to abstract & experimental ~

from studies & sketches ~

to installations ~

that i like to call 'dollscapes' ~

& my photography albums ~

from down in socal to up here in the pacific northwest wonderland ~

& so you are invited anytime to visit my gallery online ~

there are 3 connected hallways ~

& wherever you see an X you can click to see details, extras or entire albums ~

but be sure to use a laptop & not a phone ~

or you won't hear the music playing ~

which is essential i have to say ~

so why not visit me in my wonderland ~

& slip down the rabbithole ~

into my own ghostly wonderland? ~

i'll leave a bunch of links here in this post to check out ~

but be sure to visit the entire ghost gallery up at gumbyland anytime for much more ~

note: the last hallway i call the 'rows of never opened doors' ~

on this page almost every image links to an entire album in itself ~

it has been my art therapy for many years ~

a guided imagery of sorts ~

i don't know how i would have coped with my strange life without the ghost gallery ~

look for special links for all of our mini houses ~

as well as our nature trails ~

or just peruse the art ~

the cemeteria album for example is particularly large ~

as i've been photographing old cemeteries & trees for decades now ~

feel free to let me know what you think in the comments ~

toxic was always drawing, painting or creating things out of boxes ~

so much of my artwork, like the lost & found toy blog, is inner child themed ~

for my fellow vintage kid friends ;) ~

also look for my kitty & backyard birdies albums ~

we are nature lovers here ~

there is also a special page linking to all of my photography albums ~

which includes a few of my films at the very bottom ~

just click to download them ~

they may take a little while to do this ~

i've encorporated many vintage toys into my installations over the years ~

many that i have posted about here at the lost & found blog ~

i think toxic was highly influenced by watching gumby as a very small child ~

it's as if my inner child grew up in gumby's toyroom along with him ~

& so many of our friends are old toys ~

there are many hidden things in the rows of never opened doors ~

this mandala/kaleidoscope i titled 'inner child' ~

this is a little cutout book i made called 'innerworld' ~

another photography album called 'january trees' ~

i love trees ~

toys are often our best friends in childhood ~

i'm like a cat in that i've always loved boxes & made many kitty houses & playhouses out of them myself ~

this album called 'paintdrinker' is for my inner child who i nicknamed 'toxic' many years ago.. lol ~

bren & toxic