Which means it’s time for curling up on the sofa in the dark evenings, watching horror films from behind a cushion, and planning what to wear for our Halloween party. I’ve definitely decided to go as Balinese Girl by Tretchikoff now. Yesterday, we went to Blackpool and I bought some green fabric from ‘June’s Fabrics’ to make the headdress/turban. Now I need to find a suitable dress, jewellery and an appropriate method to turn my skin green.
I did have some other ideas for costumes:
Oddly enough, they’re all far more creepy and Halloween-appropriate than what I’ve decided on! I just couldn’t resist the chance to be a living Tretchikoff print…
Having literally just bought some green stage makeup off Ebay, I now need to find a yellow dress and jewellery. I think I’ll probably try and make the necklace from cardboard: then I can paint it so it matches properly. The earrings can be imaginary! Not sure how I would get anything like those beasts through my ears.
Little Owl Ski 
what an amazing idea!good luck..we have very similar likes actually.West german pottery and lois shabner and tretchikoff.james
Hi Emma,
I am a not a fan of horror and halloween. I have never before thought of the great works, of Tretchikoff as meriting of spiritual lampoon. Am I missing something, because I find the works of Tretchikoff uplifting and often ethereal. Never spiritualistic.
Thanks,
Malik.
p.s. Great site 😎
No lampooning intended whatsoever! I also love Tretchikoff; I also love Halloween but I have no spiritual connection or assigned meaning to either. I just thought that as I love that picture so much, it would be fun to try and emulate it: Halloween is a good enough excuse/reason to do it! Glad you’re enjoying the rest of the site 🙂