Screeching eyeballs from hell
is what my friend called it, It never had a title before that, but Screeching Eyeballs works well for me
✌️ Original Hand Drawn Art by ElRat
I draw a lot of eyes, and mouths, and spirals. This comes partly from my Aphantasia I think, I often have no clue what I want to draw, I just like drawing, and I have a tendency to start with eyes, and I never have a clue where they are going to go., I didn't expect this picture at all, but it happened, and I posted a pic online and forgot about it. A few weeks later my friend asked if he could buy it, and... nobody has ever asked me that before. I dug it back out again and was surprised by it, had completely forgotten it (as usual) and thought It might make a cool print. So here it is offered to the world. 🖤
🎨 Hand-Drawn, Hand-Pulled Screen Print
I have Aphantasia, which means I can't visualise in my head, so I have to draw something, to be able to see it, sometimes I get it right straight away, but sometimes it takes a while for me to find what I need. This was one of those that just organically came from an unplanned drawing session, grew from an initial eyeball into something else entirely. I love making unplanned drawings, they're so calming for my head, no stress, no anything, just the joy of drawing, and because I don't remember the pictures, they just disappear from me as soon as I turn the page, had i not posted this online, and my friend seen it and asked me about it, it would just be another one lost in a sketchbook somewhere. Hand-pulled with archival water-based ink on thick 300gsm card, all prints are supplied unframed.
💰 Affordable Original Art
These prints are probably cheaper than they should be for genuine hand-pulled screen prints, but I want to find that balance - getting my art into the world while keeping it accessible. Every Hersh purchase directly funds Kristin Hersh studio time. Every ElRat purchase supports my art and my ability to keep doing what I do.
🖤 The ElRat Paradox
I am an artist who doesn't "love" visual art. I would never go to an art gallery, never look at an art book. I know nothing of other artists, or their work. Aphantasia means I have no visual memory, and it's hard to love something you can't remember. I *LOVE* drawing, it calms my head like nothing else, and I do like the pictures I make, but I can look back, even just a couple of days in my sketchbook, and have absolutely no memory of the picture there. I only really make art for the love of making it. They are intense, and scrappy because they have to be, I can't come back to a picture because as soon as I turn away, I forget it exists. So when I start, I have to finish before I lose concentration. Because for me, drawing is the point, not the pictures. If other people like it, I consider that an honour.
🌱 The ElRat Experience
Every order ships in plastic-free packaging I usually have some extras hanging around - test prints & the like, I love to send you something a little extra in your package. I always want ElRat packages to be a little sliver of light in the chaos, I only send packages I would love to receive. All prints are supplied unframed.
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