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Music!

Red Daimon

Lute Daimon

What Passion Cannot Music Raise and Quell!

New Website and Contact Info

Hey, I'm developing a new website --only just started so it's still pretty simple, but check it out at:

simonwinheld.com

Contact me through my website, or at: simon.winheld@gmail.com

Wooden Mirror Finished!

Check out the completed pencils of Wooden Mirror part 3, in the upcoming 3rd issue of MASTERMIND. Copy this link:

http://mstrmnd.com/pages/gallery/wm3.html

Whales (from Wooden Mirror)

Monster

Dorothy Dreams

Wooden Mirror (Great Danger)

Wooden Mirror page: Lions

This image and the one above are sample works in progress from the upcoming issue of Wooden Mirror, a story I'm illustrating for Mstrmnd Magazine. It is written by Kevin McLeod, also the founding director of MSTRMND.

Check out Mastermind, and WM3 in progress, at: http://www.mstrmnd.com/
Copyright ©2009 Mastermind and Wooden Mirror, by Kevin McLeod

Hamlet

Gatsby's Dream

Hamlet

Welcome

Welcome to my temporary website. Here you can view some of my more recent work of the past year, as well as some older stuff. Click on any image to see it larger. All of my work was done in gouache, with acrylic- and watercolor-inks. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to email me at:
SIMON.WINHELD@GMAIL.COM

All images copyright © 2003-2009
Simon Winheld

Work In Progress (Rocknroll)

I'm still working on this painting, based on the sketch below titled "Rocknroll". (I hope to have the finished piece up within a week, depending on some other work I have to finish.)

Rocknroll

A sketch idea for a larger poster

Sea Monster

This is a sketch I did in pen, might do a painting of this.

Dobhar-chu

I'M IN HEAVY METAL MAGAZINE

Quick update: I'm really excited to announce that my work is featured in the latest issue of Heavy Metal Magazine, which just hit stands this week! It's the March 2008 issue, so if you get a chance check it out.

Devil in the Closet

This illustration was inspired by the short story Lull, by Kelly Link. I was amazed and disturbed by her fantastic story, and based this (and the following painting) on a scene in which the Devil and a cheerleader are hanging out in a dark closet during a party. I loosely played with some of the themes from her story, including time moving backwards.

Cheerleader in the Closet

This illustration is the counterpart to Devil in the Closet, and is also inspired by Kelly Link's Lull. I took the theme and went a bit more abstract, trying more to capture the feeling I got from the story, of something sinister and vaguely sexual in the energy of the space and the characters, as in a dream.

Magnus Eisengrim

My vision of the magician Magnus Eisengrim, from Robertson Davies' Deptford Trilogy and World of Wonders.

Magnus Eisengrim

Another version of the character Magnus Eisengrim, from the Robertson Davies book World of Wonders.

Gatsby, pg.1

The first time I read The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, I loved it and knew I wanted to create something from the inspiration it gave me. I've worked on developing some narrative scenes based on the story, and at the bottom of my blog page you'll see an earlier draft of my idea from the Fall of 2006. In this later version, I have chosen to represent the scene of Gatsby's murder, in which he is shot by George Wilson. I inked it in sepia, and tried to capture a sense of nostalgia, the feeling of looking at an old photograph from the 1920's.

Gatsby, pg.2

This page represents several moments occurring in rapid succession: Gatsby dreams of Daisy, and sees the memory of their kiss playing out in the water; Wilson near by, in his own world of confusion and misery, on the cusp of murderous action; and finally the kiss, Gatsby's last moment with Daisy. I indicated Gatsby's tear drop falling through each of these panels, serving as a unifying motif, and culminating with a ripple through his memory of their kiss in the final panel.

Gatsby, pg.3

Here I combined the image of the gun being fired by Wilson, with the simultaneous moment of impact expressed in Gatsby's face. The blinding light of the gunshot is meant to underscore the blind action taken by Wilson, and the irreversible moment now dwarfing the man who caused the blast. The water surrounding Gatsby's face demonstrates the sudden impact of his murder, and the tearing apart of his thoughts and world.

Rudy

Rudy is a character I made up when I was about 9 years old. He was originally supposed to represent me, which is probably the reason I've never been able to come up with a good story for him. I can't really explain the head on fire, but there's probably something cool there so I'll keep trying.

The Rook

I created this character several years ago and have been working on various story lines ever since.

The Rook (TM): Copyright © 1999 by Simon Winheld

Bardo

A page from the comic book Bardo. I drew and inked the first issue of this dark, brooding, beautiful story created and written by Deegan Winters. In this page we see the main character, Caleb, waiting to confront the man who murdered his mother.

BARDO (TM): from Issue number 1, published by CREATIVE IMPULSE PUBLISHING, INC. (TM) COPYRIGHT © 2007 Creative Impulse Publishing, Inc. and Deegan Hockstein.

True West

I made this poster for a production of the play True West, by Sam Shepard. I produced and co-starred in this production with stand up comedian (and one of my closest friends) TJ Del Reno, at the American Theatre of Actors, in New York back in the fall of 2006. I played Austin, and TJ played Lee.

Like Clockwork

Inspired by the Stanley Kubrick film A Clockwork Orange, based on the book by Anthony Burgess.

Brain Rain

This piece was loosely inspired by the Mike Nichols film The Graduate. I love Dustin Hoffman's performance in this movie, and the way he (often hilariously) bares his deep infatuation and heartbreak.

Party Lights

Caveman ROCK

Inspired by the music of Queens of the Stone Age

Poison Ivy

"Batman, you have, like, a thing on your upper lip, like a crumb or someth... here I'll get it."

December

February

Gatsby's Dream 1

Gatsby's Dream 2

Gatsby's Dream 3

Gatsby's Dream 4

Gatsby's Dream 5

Gatsby, Thematic Montage