Greetings, everyone!
This is the part where we are most excited, because it means we get to reveal the cover for our Fall 2024 issue of Autumn Brilliance, available in September.
And, as you know, it also reveals this issue's esteemed Spotlight Artist. That's his magical art here on the cover. Is it not fabulous?!
Welcome to David Everett, of Chicken Lips!
You've all seen David's artistry - it's instantly recognizable and one of the most sought-after of its kind in the Halloween collector's world. The image you see on the cover was made specially for California amusement park, Knotts Berry Farm's annual Halloween event in 2022. As you can well surmise, it sold within a matter of moments, literally. Lucky be the person who claimed this charming creation for their very own!
David's incredible imagination transforms mere clay and paint, perfectly mixing spooky with silly, humor with horror, creating endearing characters that look like they stepped right out of a movie or animated feature. We can never get enough of his fanciful skeletons, hags, witches, crows, zombies... the list is wondrous and extensive, and brings on a serious case of the Halloween happies. If we had a bigger office, we'd get up and do some zoomies around the room!
We're very proud and again honored to feature a truly stellar artist such as David Everett.
This extraordinary issue also features an awe-inspiring who's who list of seasonal folk artist whose talents with varied mediums abound (including paint, fabric, textiles, cotton, clay, and even edible food art) who will knock your socks off:
- Stevi T's fabulous fiber art
- Mandy Palumbo of October Oddities
- Lori DeFazio of Dogs Over the Moon studio
- LeeAnn Kress of Charmed Confections
- Food Network champ & competitor, Corinda Baum of Corinda's Cakery
- Lurena Williamson of Tattered Moon
- Lisa A. Wolf of Wolf Folk Art
- Gioconda Pieracci of Pupillae
- Christopher Cox-Thayer of October Rds
- Jill Chambers of Chambers Art
- Anna M. Allen of Aw Shucks Annie
- Maren Owens of Mimi's Ole Nickel
- Carrie Jahnig of Lichen Lane
- Sharon Bloom of Sharon Bloom Designs
- Yelena Hall of DarkGyre7
- Lori Haney of Running with Scissors
- Gemma Whittle of The Toadstool Keeper
As always we also present our ongoing regular features:
- Our true ghost story section, Aether (this one is a real doozy of creepiness that you don't want to miss)
- A visit to the ancient Scottish legend, Beware! The Tattie Bogle
- And coverage of live events from around the country, including the spooky fun of the 2023 Sleepy Hollow Halloween Parade in Tarrytown, New York.
And on that note, we're positively ecstatic to mention that Autumn Brilliance is one of the sponsors for the 2024 parade - more about that later!
Look to this page (and our Instagram & Facebook pages as well) to feature more in-depth presentations of these magnificent artists in the days and weeks to come!
Find more of David Everett's world of Halloween wonder at his Instagram page:
https://www.instagram.com/chickenlips_davideverett/
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