project: Cadavre Exquis & Victorian Macabre

The custom collection below includes experiments with the surrealist game of Cadavre Exquis (Exquisite Corpse) resulting in charcoal drawings, hand-carved/pulled woodcuts, and tattoos I inked in my studio. The Victorian Macabre series are graphite drawing on paper of skulls and skeletons in Victorian garb and elaborate hats, inked and colored in Procreate.

Victorian Macabre, skull with ribboned hat and blouse, illustrated by Terry Marks
Cadavre Exquis (Exquisite Corpse) - teacup owl- charcoal on paper- illustrated by Terry Marks
Cadavre Exquis (Exquisite Corpse) - teacup owl- tattoo- inked by Terry Marks from original artwork
Cadavre Exquis (Exquisite Corpse) - Seabird & Airfish-hand pulled woodcut on heavy paper- illustrated by Terry Marks
Victorian Macabre, at the opera-skull with ribboned hat-ruffled blouse with bows and opera glasses, illustrated by Terry Marks
Cadavre Exquis (Exquisite Corpse) - cat scope- charcoal on paper- illustrated by Terry Marks
Cadavre Exquis (Exquisite Corpse) - cat scope- inked by Terry Marks from original artwork
Victorian Macabre, Raven in Flight with beribboned hat, illustrated by Terry Marks
Victorian Macabre, skull with hourglass and diaphanous cape, illustrated by Terry Marks
Victorian Macabre, Skeleton at Her Toilette, illustrated by Terry Marks
Victorian Macabre, Skeleton with tentacle headdress, illustrated by Terry Marks
Cadavre Exquis (Exquisite Corpse) - a toast and a clip-hand pulled woodcut on heavy paper- illustrated by Terry Marks
Cadavre Exquis (Exquisite Corpse) - a toast and a clip- inked by Terry Marks from original artwork
Victorian Macabre, skull with bird wing hat, safety pin and rose, illustrated by Terry Marks
Cadavre Exquis (Exquisite Corpse) - marching ants in boiler room- charcoal on paper- illustrated by Terry Marks
Victorian Macabre, skull with ostrich feathered hat bow tie neck, illustrated by Terry Marks
Victorian Macabre, skull with bird topped hat and ruffled neck blouse, illustrated by Terry Marks
Cadavre Exquis (Exquisite Corpse) - tape vine stand NYC subway turnstile- charcoal on paper- illustrated by Terry Marks
Cadavre Exquis (Exquisite Corpse) - tape vine stand NYC subway turnstile - illustrated & inked by Terry Marks
Cadavre Exquis (Exquisite Corpse) - butterfly zipper between windows-hand pulled woodcut on heavy paper- illustrated by Terry Marks