Neal Auch
@nealauch.bsky.social
Still life artist. Writer of horror and nonfiction. No AI, NFTs, or similar bullshit. Queer gothy lefty poly weirdo. He/him pronouns.
www.nealauch.com
www.nealauch.com
Hey look, I can even make one that's pretty if I have to.
November 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Hey look, I can even make one that's pretty if I have to.
"Drive your cart and plow over the bones of the dead."
– William Blake
– William Blake
October 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
"Drive your cart and plow over the bones of the dead."
– William Blake
– William Blake
I had a great time at the Bazaar this weekend! Thanks to everyone who came by to chat or buy weird art!
October 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I had a great time at the Bazaar this weekend! Thanks to everyone who came by to chat or buy weird art!
I made a 2nd account to drop uncensored NSFW art while I'm deciding what this project will be.
@arthousesmut.bsky.social
For now it'll mostly be me practicing lighting / posing with this weird mannequin thingy. But I will move onto human subjects pretty soon. Give it a follow if interested!
@arthousesmut.bsky.social
For now it'll mostly be me practicing lighting / posing with this weird mannequin thingy. But I will move onto human subjects pretty soon. Give it a follow if interested!
October 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I made a 2nd account to drop uncensored NSFW art while I'm deciding what this project will be.
@arthousesmut.bsky.social
For now it'll mostly be me practicing lighting / posing with this weird mannequin thingy. But I will move onto human subjects pretty soon. Give it a follow if interested!
@arthousesmut.bsky.social
For now it'll mostly be me practicing lighting / posing with this weird mannequin thingy. But I will move onto human subjects pretty soon. Give it a follow if interested!
For all the thought I've given to Ionesco's Rhinoceros, I cannot believe I'm only just now realizing that the story is also constructed to be literally the exact opposite of the boy who cried wolf parable...
October 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
For all the thought I've given to Ionesco's Rhinoceros, I cannot believe I'm only just now realizing that the story is also constructed to be literally the exact opposite of the boy who cried wolf parable...
“God has died, and His death was the birth of the world.“ – Philipp Mainlander
October 9, 2025 at 11:55 AM
“God has died, and His death was the birth of the world.“ – Philipp Mainlander
New email this Thursday! I'm gonna talk about Mailander. "God has died," he wrote, "and His death was the birth of the world."
October 8, 2025 at 2:01 AM
New email this Thursday! I'm gonna talk about Mailander. "God has died," he wrote, "and His death was the birth of the world."
Vanitas with Dice, Flowers, and Coins, by Neal Auch
October 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Vanitas with Dice, Flowers, and Coins, by Neal Auch
It's weird little bug orgy season, apparently. I actually wrote a body horror story inspired by weird bug orgies a while back: Orange Frenzy l, published in issue 2 of Tenebrous Press' Skull and Laurel magazine.
October 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
It's weird little bug orgy season, apparently. I actually wrote a body horror story inspired by weird bug orgies a while back: Orange Frenzy l, published in issue 2 of Tenebrous Press' Skull and Laurel magazine.
"We are imperfect mortal beings, aware of that mortality even as we push it away, failed by our very complication, so wired that when we mourn our losses we also mourn, for better or for worse, ourselves. As we were. As we are no longer. As we will one day not be at all."
– Joan Didion
– Joan Didion
October 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"We are imperfect mortal beings, aware of that mortality even as we push it away, failed by our very complication, so wired that when we mourn our losses we also mourn, for better or for worse, ourselves. As we were. As we are no longer. As we will one day not be at all."
– Joan Didion
– Joan Didion
Light reading for the spooky season.
October 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Light reading for the spooky season.
"The presence of death annihilates all superstitions. We are the children of death, and it is death that rescues us from the deceptions of life. In the midst of life he calls us and summons us to him.” – Sadegh Hedayat
October 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"The presence of death annihilates all superstitions. We are the children of death, and it is death that rescues us from the deceptions of life. In the midst of life he calls us and summons us to him.” – Sadegh Hedayat
“Lord, take pity on the Christian who doubts, on the skeptic who would fain belief, on the galley-slave of life who puts to sea alone, in the darkness of night, beneath a firmament illumined no longer by the consoling beacon-fires of the ancient hope.”
― Joris-Karl Huysmans, Against Nature
― Joris-Karl Huysmans, Against Nature
September 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
“Lord, take pity on the Christian who doubts, on the skeptic who would fain belief, on the galley-slave of life who puts to sea alone, in the darkness of night, beneath a firmament illumined no longer by the consoling beacon-fires of the ancient hope.”
― Joris-Karl Huysmans, Against Nature
― Joris-Karl Huysmans, Against Nature
Vanitas with Lemons, Coins, and Teeth, by Neal Auch
September 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Vanitas with Lemons, Coins, and Teeth, by Neal Auch
I'm very pleased to introduce the charming model who will accompany me on my journey into portraiture.
September 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I'm very pleased to introduce the charming model who will accompany me on my journey into portraiture.
“In the end, everyone is aware of this:
nobody keeps any of what he has,
and life is only a borrowing of bones.”
― Pablo Neruda
nobody keeps any of what he has,
and life is only a borrowing of bones.”
― Pablo Neruda
September 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
“In the end, everyone is aware of this:
nobody keeps any of what he has,
and life is only a borrowing of bones.”
― Pablo Neruda
nobody keeps any of what he has,
and life is only a borrowing of bones.”
― Pablo Neruda
Happy unnecessary hole installation day to those who celebrate! I try to celebrate with a few extra holes at least once a year, personally.
September 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Happy unnecessary hole installation day to those who celebrate! I try to celebrate with a few extra holes at least once a year, personally.
“There was a vase of flame-coloured tulips in the hall - surely the most graceful of flowers. Some thrust their heads forward like snakes, and some were very erect, stiff, virginal, rather prim. Some were dying, with curved grace in their death.”
― Jean Rhys
― Jean Rhys
September 19, 2025 at 12:21 AM
“There was a vase of flame-coloured tulips in the hall - surely the most graceful of flowers. Some thrust their heads forward like snakes, and some were very erect, stiff, virginal, rather prim. Some were dying, with curved grace in their death.”
― Jean Rhys
― Jean Rhys
A page from a recent magazine feature about my art. Sinful bits censored because dear God won't somebody think of the children.
September 18, 2025 at 1:56 AM
A page from a recent magazine feature about my art. Sinful bits censored because dear God won't somebody think of the children.
Vanitas for Tulip Mania
September 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Vanitas for Tulip Mania