It brings me nothing but the greatest joy in this world to bring Mrs. Death to life. As a little kid, I was always obsessed with skulls and skeletons (something which as weird as I am sure that my mom must have thought was, she still supported my unique tastes). I truly believe that problem solving is one of my greatest super powers… so what does that have to do with Mrs. Death? Back in late August I was at Michaels and they had just set out all of their Halloween decorations. I was browsing through to see if there was anything that would make a great prop. As I browsed and noticed that, of course, everything would make a great prop. I didn’t want to spend a lot of money on props that I might not use for a while. But, there on one shelf were styrofoam skulls. I could not help myself – one of them had to come home with me. Not knowing what to do with it, I would just trust that I would find a purpose.
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One morning, I got anxious. So anxious. I had just come home from a shoot that I totally bombed (didn’t time the light right) and my hair was straight. My general rule is that I do not let straight hair ever go to waste. I looked at the skeleton head (now named Skully so that is what I will refer to it as from here forth) and just began to think to myself, “What can I create with you?” I kept staring waiting for Skully to talk to me. Then I thought to myself, “Okay, I have this problem (prop) and I need to use it in a photo. What do I create with it?” So then I challenged myself to just come up with as many concepts as quickly as possible. I thought to myself, “Mrs. Death.” What would she look like? What would her personality be like? What would she do in her normal deathly life?
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I picture Mrs. Death as a somewhat sassy life force with plenty of attitude. She definitely has a touch of glamour and drama and a wicked sense of humor. While her husband (Death) is out there claiming souls she is no different. She is out there doing her soul bidding as well.
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In this portrait, “Mrs. Death Waits For No One” I really wanted to play on her attitude and impatience – cocked hips and arms on the waist. She is holding her head on the side showing a more playful side to her. The irony though, is that Mrs. Death IS waiting. This is my first of several Mrs. Death portraits that I have planned this month. I hope that you enjoy Mrs. Death and the adventures of Skully which I share regularly on my Instagram stories.
I also love that my Chihuahua, Betsy, is just as quirky as I am 🙂
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