Found Friday 88 - Merry Christmas

c.1900 scrapbook page

Bad Elf 5

Bad Elf 5. 2009. crayon on vellum. 10 x 7-3/4"

Apropos of Bad Elf - Krampus:

Found Friday 30

A century ago

Bad Elf 3

Bad Elf 3. 2009. crayon on vellum. 10-1/4 x 4 in.

Bad Elf 4

Bad Elf 4. 2009. crayon on vellum. 8 x 7-7/8 in.

Bad Elf 2

Bad Elf 2. 2009. crayon on vellum. 4 x 10-1/4 in.

Bad Elf

For the few remaining days leading up to Christmas I've decided to do a series of Bad Elf drawings. Why Bad Elf? Well, I think the idea started with an illustration of an elf found in an 1870's German-English picture dictionary that I picked up several years ago in Pennsylvania - I've always thought that this picture was a bit creepy:

Also, it's the holiday season and nothing says happy holidays like those two contemporary film classics, Elf and Bad Santa.

Bad Elf 1. 2009. crayon and shellac on vellum. 9-1/2 x 5 in.