Larry Blamire
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Larry Blamire
@larryblamire.bsky.social
Filmmaker, artist, writer and so much more. LOST SKELETON OF CADAVRA, DARK AND STORMY NIGHT, STEAM WARS, THE ADVENTURES OF BIG DAN FRATER.
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That time I started painting surrealism and it crossed into horror. "It Wasn't Until He Turned," acrylic on canvas.
Upcoming so far:

Wolf Point High School, Wolf Point MT 4/10-4/12

Patrick Henry College, Eden Troupe, Purcellville VA 4/16-4/19

Tracy High School EB Theater, Tracy CA 4/17-4/25

Wadham College Drama Society, University of Oxford, UK 5/06-5/09

Trinity School of Durham/Chapel Hill, NC 5/15-5/16 2/2
February 6, 2026 at 3:20 PM
I’m grateful that for 35 years my play of ROBIN HOOD (Samuel French/Concord) has been performed hundreds of times around the world, the majority by young people. This year I’m particularly psyched about the one at Oxford which will apparently be outdoors like our original production. 1/2
February 6, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Current painting inventory.
February 5, 2026 at 4:17 PM
DARK AND STORMY NIGHT old dark house stages 2/2.
February 4, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Thought it might be fun to look at the stages of our old dark house in DARK AND STORMY NIGHT, from my early Photoshopped promo art, to Anton Tremblay’s beautiful concept drawing, through his design and build (with his team) to fruition. 1/2
February 4, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Photo of an actual rock taken by an actual phone with an actual camera, by an actual rock scientist who'll study it until it cannot be studied any longer. In fact I’ve already discovered it’s completely hollow on the inside which leads me to one conclusion.

I might not be an actual rock scientist.
February 3, 2026 at 2:25 PM
4th & final painting of batch of my recently recovered science fiction illustrations, this one for “True Magic” another story by imaginative Robert A. Metzger for Aboriginal Science Fiction mag. Acrylic on 16X20 canvas. Definitely one of my favorites. Once again of course I hired the cheapest model.
February 2, 2026 at 3:11 PM
From SCTV, to SCHITT’S CREEK, and beyond, few people made me laugh as much as Catherine O’Hara did. Sheer brilliance and unbridled creativity. RIP.
January 31, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Really enjoyed this dazzling short film THE LORD OF ALL SPACE AND TIME, produced by my friend Dana Guerin. An audacious, amusing and engaging dissertation on time and space, with a bag that appears from nowhere and some Old West vengeance. Now on YouTube.
January 30, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Trying again, this time with pic... Another recently acquired painting, this one illustrating the story IMAGO by Mary Kittredge in the May-June 1987 issue of Aboriginal Science Fiction Magazine. Will be putting these up for sale on eBay fairly soon. Acrylic paint on 16” X 20” canvas panel.
January 29, 2026 at 4:04 PM
No small feat for an indie to get even limited theatrical release so I want to give a little signal boost to WORLDBREAKER the new scifi-horror film produced in Belfast by friend Tracy Mercer, directed by Brad Anderson (SESSION 9, MACHINIST). Opens in theaters this Friday. Let's support indie film.
January 28, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Another painting I’ve recently come by, an illustration for Aboriginal Science Fiction Magazine. Have not been able to identify the story, but pretty sure it’s by Robert A. Metzger. Editor Charlie Ryan would assign me Metzger stories because they were so bizarre. This one’s fairly large, 24”X30".
January 27, 2026 at 3:06 PM
I recently came into possession of some of my early scifi illustrations which I’m offering for sale. This is a favorite, “Chmeee” from Galileo’s serialization of Larry Niven’s “Ringworld Engineers.” Acrylic on 14”X18” canvas. I’ll likely put it on eBay but first take offers here if interested.
January 26, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Gun dealer Jackie Brown (Steven Keats) educated by middleman Eddie Coyle (Robert Mitchum) in Boston bowling alley. THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE (1973) = my favorite movie. No shootouts or car chases. Just a series of low-key 2-person conversations in different tiers of Beantown underworld. Masterpiece
January 24, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Another scrawled cartoon…
January 22, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Here’s my new commission, “Meet the New Dinosaurs #4,” acrylic on 12X16 canvas panel. I'm really enjoying this series, probably because with each new painting I learn more and more about dinosaurs and how they lived and their hobbies & stuff. If you’re interested in a commission shoot me a message.
January 21, 2026 at 3:17 PM
My latest painting, “The Man in the Red Batcher Coat,” acrylic on 12” X 16” canvas panel. Might be the beginning of a new series. Message me if you’re interested in purchasing. Or commissioning a piece.
January 20, 2026 at 3:04 PM
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
January 19, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Thank you, Secretary of Agriculture! Mmmmmm… And all for just three dollars.

Now to raise my own chickens…
January 16, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Finishing up a new commission, “Meet the New Dinosaurs #4” to be added to this grouping… Did you know that we are still learning things about the dinosaurs? And that they are the ones teaching us, through the very fossils they left behind? They were really messy.
January 15, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Nina Koshetz as memorable Madame Duval w/ Louis Hayward in CAPTAIN PIRATE (1952). Colorful cast, robust George Duning score, damn fine sword fights. 2nd followup to CAPTAIN BLOOD was a pleasant surprise, hit all the right beats. Also enjoyed TCM host Ben Mankiewicz’s amusing riff on the goofy title.
January 13, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Revisiting THE MOLLY MAGUIRES on TCM I became aware of Richard Harris’s and Anthony Zerbe’s diametrically opposed eyebrows.
January 12, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Unpublished sample painting done when I was just starting out. Wish I had a better photo of it.
January 9, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Love when folks on YouTube commercials talk really loud/fast in desperate but hopeless race to the skip button.

It’s comforting with new product, knowing PR department has already done the “lying share” of the work.

I seldom go to the lunch counter because I really don’t care how many I’ve eaten.
January 7, 2026 at 3:59 PM
These days I hear more and more people say “Dream me, I think I’m pinching.”

Earache sirens went off last night, sure enough I woke up with one.

When digging holes remember to take breaks so you don’t suffer from dirt lag.

What do you do if a tractor won’t dissolve in water?
January 7, 2026 at 3:58 PM