Welcome back to Horror Haikuesday with our guest St. Louis based artist, Samuel Bazdresch. Sam works with oil paints to bring pop-culture horror to classic paintings.

To Inspire You:

Today’s painting is “Nightmare” Oil on Canvas which is currently for sale as the original and as prints. You can learn more about the original on Sam’s website: sambazart.com and you can buy prints through his store: redbubble.com/people/sambazart

Dream Eater

A nightmare on elm
long thought vanquished returns to
feast on dreams that rot.

Haiku by Jeanette Andromeda, Artwork by Samuel Bazdresch

Created by You:

Last week we welcomed Sam’s work, The Slasher Series, into the Haikuesday community, and here’s what was created:

slasher in the woods
blood on the vine,ripe fruit cut–
flesh ruined by dirt#horrorhaikuesday https://t.co/73f8SxP9c1

— SelkieMade (@selkiemade) August 8, 2018

Hiding at the lake,
A dashing slashing entrance,
Vengeance starts anew!#HorrorHaikuesday https://t.co/Fc7TZKMUyM

— SCREAMWORLD (@screamworld) August 7, 2018

Mask and machete,
Death descends on peaceful lake—
Jason stalks again.#HorrorHaikuesday #horror #haiku #amwriting #poetry #FridayThe13th pic.twitter.com/7vjkMWb91H

— J.P. Knight (@JPKnight001) August 7, 2018

#horrorhaikuesday

Jason loves Rubens,
his favorite is Massacre
of the Innocents pic.twitter.com/ZaSMPm3KIv

— Kylie Goetz (xkg) (@eXtremeKylieG) August 7, 2018

Paradise is lost
Slasher style—Who gave Jason
that darn time machine? #HorrorHaikuesday pic.twitter.com/hGkt9QFcSl

— A. F. Stewart (@scribe77) August 7, 2018

#horrorhaikuesday

lambs to the slaughter
sacrificed on the alter
Friday the 13th pic.twitter.com/pB0N7k7SBJ

— Kylie Goetz (xkg) (@eXtremeKylieG) August 7, 2018

Exorbitant price
for your teen carnal delights.
Weep like a debtor.#horrorhaikuesday pic.twitter.com/gkwZr8aYAO

— Chris Fischer (@SurlyByDefault) August 7, 2018

Hey ho Jason’s here
With a taste for camp revenge
Creative new deaths#horrorhaikuesday @JeanetteAndrome https://t.co/T4CEBCnNde

— Kerry E.B. Black (@BlackKerryblick) August 7, 2018

Need More Inspiration?

Go visit Sam on Twitter: twitter.com/sambazart