THE WITCHING TREE (2019) by Michael Whelan

The seventh installment in his 2019 LEFTOVERS & PALETTE GREMLINS gallery project

An accidental shape on a scrap of illustration board evoked a sort of Lovecraftian tree.

The board originally had a figure sketch on it from the work I did for Lucca Comics & Games. When I saw it turned 90 degrees sideways I was struck by the shapes and one thing lead to another…the figures turned into a “tree”.

Executed with leftover acrylics from an underpainting on a gallery piece that I’m currently working on.