SANDY DELUCA ARTIST & AUTHOR

MANHATTAN GRIMOIRE, DESCENT & FROM ASHES still available...

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sandy deluca, author of manhattan grimoire. horror writer. painter. mail art. goth author artist

*Above ENTERING THE CRYPT--Acrylic Painting on Canvas

MY PRINTS FOR SALE AT FINE ART AMERICA (FINE ART, ABSTRACT, EXPRESSIONISM)

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: Community College of Rhode Island, Solo shows at Warwick and Lincoln campuses; various group shows Warwick Campus. Border Books, Cranston and Providence, Rhode Island, Two paintings were on loan for exhibit in President's reception area Community College of RI, 1987.

PUBLICATIONS: Delirium Books, Descent, 100 original drawings bound within my novel, Settling in Nazareth, my first novel, cover art , Thievin' Kitty Publications, Burial Plot In Sagittarius, cover and interior art for my poetry book, Sam's Dot Publishing, Painting the Third Fate, cover and color plates for my art book. Euku, poetry collection by Karen L. Newman, cover painting and interior drawings, I Don't Know What You're Having, poetry collection by David C. Kopeska Merkel, cover drawing and interior drawings, Shoggoths, by David Kopeska Merkel, cover painting and interior drawings, Ravens Runes, poetry collection by Karen A. Romanko, interior drawings, In the Dark, poetry collection by Angela Albee, cover painting and interior drawings, Tonton Marcote, Eggplant Literary Productions, novella by William Allen, cover painting, Etta Mae's Little Theory, Eggplant Literary Productions, novella by Loria Ann White, cover painting, The Red Red Robin Project, Lone Wolf Publications, an experimental collection of short story collaborations by various authors on CD Rom, interior drawings, Lunatic Chameleon/The Catbird Seat, small press zines both online and print, did cover art and interior drawings for various issues.

EDITORIAL/PUBLISHING PROJECTS: Goddess of the Bay Publications, I produced and edited a monthly zine of poetry, art and short stories. In additon, specialty projects such as A Midsummer's Night Terror, Something Wicked (experimental fiction collections) were produced under this banner. December Girl Press (an imprint of Delirium Books): I produced and edited a collection of 'Noir fiction called Crime Spree and a rare collectable novel Saying Uncle, by Greg F. Gifune.

Novels: Settling In Nazareth, Descent, Manhattan Grimoire, From Ashes, Requiem for the Dead. Novella: Their Children's Cries Unheard

BODIES OF WORK: Figures and Fantasies 1986--Expressionistic figurative work, Shapeshifting--Fantasy paintings of felines, strange lands and the female figure, The Genre 1995-2002-Paintings inspired by genre writings and imagined images related to my own writings, Abstract Experiments In the City 2002-2006--New York inspired art. 2007-2009-Nightmare Images (works in progress).

AWARDS AND HONORABLE MENTIONS: Burial Plot in Sagittarius was a finalist for the Bram Stoker reward. A copy of the book is maintained in the Brown University Library. My Poem Sarah (a piece from Burial Plot in Sagittarius) was nominated for the Rhysling award. My poem Girl's of the Seventies from a group called Wicked Verse received a honorable mention in Years Best Fantasy and Horror, 2004.

AFFLIATIONS: EBSQ, HORROR WRITERS ASSOCIATION, PAINTERS OF MODERN TIMES, PAINTED LADIES