Lewis Barrett Lehrman’s watercolors of scary mansions, ghostly images, and moonlit vistas have a quality similar to the work of Thomas Kinkade, “Painter of Light”, only much creepier. Maybe that’s why Lehrman calls himself the “Painter of Dark.” Seen here, “Thirteen Spooks, Maybe More.” From Lehrman’s artist statement:
How did I become interested in painting the haunted world? I trace it back to the summer of 1944, the year I turned eleven! That was when my aunt and uncle invited me to spend a month with them on a mid-western farm. I was a New York city kid, a budding artist even then, and to say I was excited at making the trip — by myself!! — on an overnight Pullman sleeper train to Battle Creek, Michigan, would be understating my feelings by quite a bit. Sleepless with excitement, I spent that night, nose pressed to the window, gazing out at moonlit farmlands, lonely houses lit by solitary lights, as we rolled past in the darkness. They’re images I remember to this day, so it was only natural that I’d be drawn to painting the night.
Link (Thanks, Kirsten Anderson!)