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| "Pan's Labyrinth" |
~by Marie Robinson
Visual art is timeless. Paintings set into frames serve as windows
into different worlds, and into their creators’ minds and hearts. In our
new ongoing feature, Dark Arts, we would like to open the portals into
dark and forbidden places. We want to highlight the artists who bring
nightmares to life and create images so grotesquely gorgeous they remain
in our thoughts long after we’ve looked away.
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| S. Caruso |
Argentinean artist
Santiago Caruso is not only a master of the surreal; he has also found
himself a high rank in the horror community.
I wanted to feature him in
celebration of the recent cover unveiling of Undertow Books’ upcoming
anthology
Year’s Best Weird Fiction: Volume One, upon which Caruso’s
artwork is featured.
His art has adorned the faces of dozens of other
books, among them
Holes for Faces by Ramsey Campbell,
The Wide
Carnivorous Sky by John Langan, and two volumes of
Best Horror of the
Year. He has also illustrated a number of books, including a version of
Lovecraft’s
The Dunwich Horror and
Historias de Vampiros.
Take a
look at the pieces I have selected above and below, and go to his website here: (
http://www.santiagocaruso.com.ar) for further nightmarish inspiration.
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| "Lamia" |
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| "The Spectral House" |
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| "Illustrations from Miss Christina" |
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(cover) Year's Best Weird Fiction
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| "Aquelarre" |
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"Illustrations from Miss Christina"
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*Are you or someone you know artistically talented and would like to be under consideration for our spotlight? Let us know how to reach you in the comments! Thanks!
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