From the Begining HOW I DID MISSOURI STATE PEN
My trip to the Nick Groff Paranormal Tour of Missouri State Pen was amazing to say the least
My experience in the gas chamber led me to this work
It felt very HEAVY in there let me tell you. I plopped myself down in one of the seats there and I really didn't want to but it was something I wanted to do, just when I got there I was being set upon by something. I didn't see any ghosts or hear anything but by God I felt it there and when I tumbled out I had to sit on the bench that was outside and hold my head in my hands. My husband James watched me the whole time and he asked me if I was breathing ok. I do have breathing issues but I was fine, just oh my god what the hell WAS that you know. NOW I know what Ghost Adventures was talking about when being overwhelmed by Spiritual Energy. Even felt like crying when I was in there. Felt the dread of the last moments of death, heavyness in the pit of my stomache and I have never felt like that before. Felt pressed in. After that we went back to Gen Population but went up a few floors when I said I had to get out. My husband took me out and I sat on the steps outside just trying to shake it off. One of the Groff Tour guides was there and we told him what was going on with me. Eventually I shook it off. Was able to finish the night but I did feel like leaving but hell no. A Hall was cold as hell, serioulsy I was shaking and that place was cold in the afternoon, but the thing was the cold would shift, perhaps that's normal there but some others thought it might be a spirit on me, don't know.
Here is the series of WIP on the Front Entrance of MISSOURI STATE PEN
Here on Gesso board I started with drawing it down in charcoal, then I would paint the ground in Titanium White which helps in covering mistakes and drawing problems, once I start painting things come together better. I did a 'cartoon' and outline drawing based on the design on the shirt I got from there.
I didn't copy the design just used the shape as the 'bones' for the drawing.
I started painting in the windows first, when I started this I didn't have a set plan, this was a work that evolved on it's own, and I listened to Nick Groff's Spiritual War CD though the work, really helps to stay focused on this.
I wanted texture to the blocks of stone for this so when I did the titanium White I laid it on thick and let it dry. this is why I took so long doing this, that and the fact I have a family with four kids to take care of.
At one point I saw that the windows on the top were too dark, they were hard to see even with the red around it so I added Zinc White which is transparent when dried and that added to it's ghostly look. When I paint these kinds of places I am going for the sense of the spiritual energy of the place. I wanted to do red around the bricks cause this place is known as the Bloodiest 47 acres.
To experiement I added a bit of magenta to the lower square windows and blended with the zinc white and that added to it's spookiness.
Yeah almost done here, was very excited about that. this piece is 24 by 36 (inches) and I was ready to get it done.
And there it is, done, I am planning A Hall on an 11 by 14 but I have other artworks I am working on in my sketchbooks and my brain. I'm busy, LOL so I hope you like this.
I think it's awesome how on the outline of the place it has like this spooky glow. The pictures are good but to see it in person is sooo much better. This is done in 3 point perspective, quite a challenge for me. Here is the original photos of the place.
Yeah I really had a artist vision with this place.
