something different for this flashback friday ~
a long post 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
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