Ghosts (Delivered by Art)

Here is another watercolor and ink postcard from Jim Webner.

Watercolor and ink on paper, Jim Webner, 2011

I don't think I have ever discussed the various adaptations of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.  My personal favorite film version is with Alastair Sim as Scrooge (1951), and this scene, where Marley comes to visit Scrooge is one that sets this particular version apart from others.  It is disturbing.  The Marley in this film version really wails like a ghost bound for eternity by the chains he forged in life.  Scrooge, trying to re-assure Marley that he was a good "man of business," is screamed at by Marley, "Business? Mankind was my business!"  I don't know if Jim is referencing this particular film version, but it is certainly what I think of when I see it.  The blue-toned wash of the ghost has a eerie chill to it, and I like how if you stare long enough at Marley, it is almost like you can see ghostly forms and faces in the parts of body.

Another Christmas Carol postcard by Jim will be posted tomorrow, so be sure to bookmark The Ink Puddle.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!