Today, Vice Press and Bottleneck Gallery are launching a new series of limited edition Universal Monsters movie posters and art prints by British artist Greg Staples! Check out Staples beautifully ghoulish paintings of classic Universal Monsters Frankenstein and Dracula. As BNG explained, “Greg’s renditions of Frankenstein and Dracula offer intense character studies of the two of film’s greatest creatures, focusing on the unbelievable makeup, costume work, and character work surrounding lead monsters Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi.”
“For me the classic Universal Monster films have been engrained into me since I was a child, not only with their legendary visual design and makeup but because they are almost not of this world. To me they are the purest form of escapism and something that simply couldn’t be made in this day and age. I decided to approach these illustrations a little differently by choosing to try to add a bit of realism, hopefully to capture a small part of their character so wonderfully portrayed by Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. This really was an honour.” – Greg Staples
Both Frankenstein and Dracula are 24”x36”, hand numbered, and available in a regular edition offset lithograph movie poster in an edition of 195 and retailing for £44.99 / $63 and a variant edition art print in an edition of 175 and retailing for £49.99 / $70. Each image will also be available as an Original Art Edition Giclee Print, which measures 16.5”x11.7”, is hand numbered and limited to 150 pieces retailing for £19.99 / $28. All six prints will go on sale at 5pm GMT (UK Time) and 12pm EST today, Tuesday, January 26th, at both Vice-Press.com and BottleneckGallery.com.
