Sam J. Grudgings
@samjgrudgings.bsky.social
Host at Large.
Occasional artist. Horror Laureate. Sober AF. Loud Yelling. He/they.
Books with Verve Poetry Press & Broken Sleep
Read my Poems -
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Occasional artist. Horror Laureate. Sober AF. Loud Yelling. He/they.
Books with Verve Poetry Press & Broken Sleep
Read my Poems -
https://linktr.ee/samjgrudgings
studies at five minute.increments
November 12, 2025 at 11:04 AM
studies at five minute.increments
"They Saw Everything" (il visto tutto) 1962 Dir. Giancarlo Giardino
Not my favourite Giardino but tense like nothing else I've seen. The dub leaves a little to be desired but jnfortunately the original is long out of print
probably my favourite poster I've painted so far
Not my favourite Giardino but tense like nothing else I've seen. The dub leaves a little to be desired but jnfortunately the original is long out of print
probably my favourite poster I've painted so far
October 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"They Saw Everything" (il visto tutto) 1962 Dir. Giancarlo Giardino
Not my favourite Giardino but tense like nothing else I've seen. The dub leaves a little to be desired but jnfortunately the original is long out of print
probably my favourite poster I've painted so far
Not my favourite Giardino but tense like nothing else I've seen. The dub leaves a little to be desired but jnfortunately the original is long out of print
probably my favourite poster I've painted so far
Anyone else love Heck House (1984) ? I know the remake got kinda trashed but the original is something wondrous
Acrylic on canvas (this is a recreation of the original poster by Emily Grade)
Acrylic on canvas (this is a recreation of the original poster by Emily Grade)
September 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Anyone else love Heck House (1984) ? I know the remake got kinda trashed but the original is something wondrous
Acrylic on canvas (this is a recreation of the original poster by Emily Grade)
Acrylic on canvas (this is a recreation of the original poster by Emily Grade)
I can't make it in today, my buddies & I are getting consumed by The Goop™
September 12, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I can't make it in today, my buddies & I are getting consumed by The Goop™
wanna see the only painting I've made that's made me retch & giggle throughout the process?
September 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM
wanna see the only painting I've made that's made me retch & giggle throughout the process?
I have a wedding to go to this weekend - picked up a light coloured suit from vinted for a few quid because I was desperate to find something & cream seemed fairly innocuous? it made me look like shit so I dyed it green & though I haven't tried it on it looks heaps better already
May 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I have a wedding to go to this weekend - picked up a light coloured suit from vinted for a few quid because I was desperate to find something & cream seemed fairly innocuous? it made me look like shit so I dyed it green & though I haven't tried it on it looks heaps better already
nother work in progress - can't tell if it's Wolf, Fox or Coyote. Maybe it doesn't matter
May 15, 2025 at 7:52 AM
nother work in progress - can't tell if it's Wolf, Fox or Coyote. Maybe it doesn't matter
"Ah, now. This may have an adverse impact on the economy"
WIP lots of gouache
I think I need to work on my unknowable eldritch beings
WIP lots of gouache
I think I need to work on my unknowable eldritch beings
May 14, 2025 at 11:39 AM
"Ah, now. This may have an adverse impact on the economy"
WIP lots of gouache
I think I need to work on my unknowable eldritch beings
WIP lots of gouache
I think I need to work on my unknowable eldritch beings
I'm trying to paint things IN things & I'm not very good at realism but I don't aim for it so that's ok but I can't figure out what's going wrong with these, the colours are too muddy & you can't really tell what they are? I'm not sure. will keep going anyway
May 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I'm trying to paint things IN things & I'm not very good at realism but I don't aim for it so that's ok but I can't figure out what's going wrong with these, the colours are too muddy & you can't really tell what they are? I'm not sure. will keep going anyway
I really like how acrylic pours look but there's something super fucking meditative about hand marbling a canvas background before committing to painting a work. WIP
February 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I really like how acrylic pours look but there's something super fucking meditative about hand marbling a canvas background before committing to painting a work. WIP
Deep Sea Beasties.
This is where my poems come from , he lives in my stomach & the lights tell me such strange things
This is where my poems come from , he lives in my stomach & the lights tell me such strange things
January 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Deep Sea Beasties.
This is where my poems come from , he lives in my stomach & the lights tell me such strange things
This is where my poems come from , he lives in my stomach & the lights tell me such strange things
Forgot to add alt text - plus here's some progression. Really impressed by how fun this was
January 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Forgot to add alt text - plus here's some progression. Really impressed by how fun this was
started a thing. I don't often do straight rips of existing images but since watching it the other day it was ingrained in my mind. the challenge is getting the contrast from orange to blue & then subtly shifting. I'm having fun.
January 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
started a thing. I don't often do straight rips of existing images but since watching it the other day it was ingrained in my mind. the challenge is getting the contrast from orange to blue & then subtly shifting. I'm having fun.
I was watching John Carpenter's The Thing the other day & I was really enamoured with the fucking light on the snow like, it's such a small thing but the bisexual lighting shadow contrast makes the landscape itself seem alien, astounding that a 40 year old movie can still be effective as hell
January 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I was watching John Carpenter's The Thing the other day & I was really enamoured with the fucking light on the snow like, it's such a small thing but the bisexual lighting shadow contrast makes the landscape itself seem alien, astounding that a 40 year old movie can still be effective as hell
"unexpectedly yet somehow exactly as we imagined, the sperm whale, who was on fire from having left Connecticut, crashed into & sadly completely obliterated our family home"
new draft for the new year
new draft for the new year
January 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
"unexpectedly yet somehow exactly as we imagined, the sperm whale, who was on fire from having left Connecticut, crashed into & sadly completely obliterated our family home"
new draft for the new year
new draft for the new year
one thing that's both infuriating & yet kind of magical about art is you can spend WEEKS on a poem or canvas & still not be satisfied or just vomit something in a matter of minutes/hours & it be the best thing you've made (subject to post submitting clarity)
December 23, 2024 at 1:54 PM
one thing that's both infuriating & yet kind of magical about art is you can spend WEEKS on a poem or canvas & still not be satisfied or just vomit something in a matter of minutes/hours & it be the best thing you've made (subject to post submitting clarity)
I'm something of an ancient woodland god myself.
Mask found on midwinter at the devils pulpit.
Mask found on midwinter at the devils pulpit.
December 22, 2024 at 9:45 AM
I'm something of an ancient woodland god myself.
Mask found on midwinter at the devils pulpit.
Mask found on midwinter at the devils pulpit.
coming on in horrifying glorious colour. I don't know if I can ever use a regular canvas again
December 18, 2024 at 7:55 PM
coming on in horrifying glorious colour. I don't know if I can ever use a regular canvas again
I have discovered black canvases. Start of more disintegration work.
December 17, 2024 at 9:46 PM
I have discovered black canvases. Start of more disintegration work.
hey if you're in Bristol Monday 16th Dec & wanted some festive warming poetry I'm hosting Milk at The Wardrobe with a realm of astounding poets & you are very much invited
thewardrobetheatre.com/shows/milk-p...
thewardrobetheatre.com/shows/milk-p...
December 13, 2024 at 10:13 AM
hey if you're in Bristol Monday 16th Dec & wanted some festive warming poetry I'm hosting Milk at The Wardrobe with a realm of astounding poets & you are very much invited
thewardrobetheatre.com/shows/milk-p...
thewardrobetheatre.com/shows/milk-p...
with apologies in advance for my trypophobic homies here is a Self Portrait of Self As Lotus Root
I painted this a while back & accidentally used the wrong setting agent which smeared it all & have been trying to salvage it since. If it makes you gag it's done it's job ig
I painted this a while back & accidentally used the wrong setting agent which smeared it all & have been trying to salvage it since. If it makes you gag it's done it's job ig
December 6, 2024 at 12:10 PM
with apologies in advance for my trypophobic homies here is a Self Portrait of Self As Lotus Root
I painted this a while back & accidentally used the wrong setting agent which smeared it all & have been trying to salvage it since. If it makes you gag it's done it's job ig
I painted this a while back & accidentally used the wrong setting agent which smeared it all & have been trying to salvage it since. If it makes you gag it's done it's job ig