Meet the Cryptids, there are sixteen here. Cryptids are animals that aren't exactly completely verified as not being bullcrap. And apparently they have somewhat screwed up social lives.
Jackalope, stoic, strong, and the ultimate lady's bunny with antlers. He hangs around with his main South American goat eating critter. He is all business and some antlers. Oh yeah baby, jackalope is in town.
Chupacabra, not known for eloquence, but his best friend is Jackalope, possibly because he's known for eating small goat-like animals...which he is currently doing. And he is lime green--lime green is the goat suckiest shade of green.
Yeti. no one likes the Yeti. That's it. No one--you may think you do, but if you do. You are lying to yourself. No one likes the Yeti.
Furry Trout, a beloved American Tall Tale. Also everytime I think of him I think of the line from Shakespeare's Measure for Measure by the beloved Pompey regarding the imprisonment of Claudio: He was groping for trout in a peculiar stream. Get it? Furry trout? Get it? DIRTY! Elizabethan jokes aren't always well received...but that is ok... Because Shelly likes it and she has the power of the hair--behold the power and bow to it. As for Furry Trout, he enjoys listening to upbeat songs that are actually long drawn out extremely long stories. He finds cucumbers imposing.
Mongolian Death Worm, less a cryptid and more...the only viable food source in Mongolia. Also apparently poisonous...Isn't that like Mongolia...silly Mongolian...Giant death worms are for kids. Not big on personality but big on conversation but the acidy spit really makes up for it. I know that characteristic has prolonged many a relationship. That means you Charlie.
Tsuchinoko, an obese Japanese snake who loves to drink and lie and is cuddlying up with his buddy Jack. This is the only case he ever told someone he loved them, and did. That hurts, it just...it really hurts. Creative--yet spiteful, intelligent--but only for evil, and Japanese...which has its own ups and downs. Not a good friend with anyone but the Mongolian Death Worm because someone who has consumed that much tequila is never afraid of a giant poison spit worm.
Loch Ness Monster, little known fact--has type one diabetes. Yeah, bet you didn't know that one. The only one who talks to the yeti, and it's mainly because only he ever knows where the remote is. Everyone else just kick him until he does something. No one likes the yeti.
Disconcerting Log (Taniwha, but Disconcerting Log is WAY COOLER. Take that years of tradition). Not a great conversationalist, but very disconcerting.
Skvader, part bunny and part pheasant and all man...bunny...pheasant...
Snake Eating Cow (Kting Voar), this is a cow that evolved to realize that she could be much more powerful if she harnessed vitamin snake. No one talks to her much because snakes give her hideous gas and she eats...pretty much all of them. But they still like her more than the Yeti. No one likes the Yeti.
Vegetable Lamb of Tartary, obviously British, lambs that grow on a vine and eat the plants surrounding...like if there was a plant that was both cuddly and a jackass. Eats fellow plants and laughs at Mothman's knock knock jokes. Does little else, but seriously--what else would one do...?
Hoop Snake--American tall tale based somewhat on a similar Greek snake whose name I am too dumb or lazy to spell but not too lazy to write and even longer explanation than it would take to simply look up. Much like this cryptid--I'm an idiot. Friends with only the other American natives. Like most animals that roll as their means of locomotion--he's an elitist.
Demon Duck, this All-American duck-beast was pretty quickly deemed unreal, but you can kill the dreamer but you can't kill the dream. The dream of a demonic duck. As much personality as a demonic duck would be expected to have. None.
Trunko, a mysterious and little known but moderately obese creature...sort of like a sea elephant...but fuzzy...like a fuzzy sea elephant--instead of the regular kind. Friends with Loch Ness Monster, and possibly the Yeti. Can't really tell as he can't speak--trunks aren't good for that. But he can give the finger...we think that means he likes you. He really likes the Yeti. no one likes the Yeti.
Mothman, perhaps not as ominious looking as one would expect for a harbinger of doom...but...as long as there are no bright lights around he is quite ferocious. Also: Likes knock knock jokes--to an unhealthy degree.
Ax Handle Hound, an American Tall Tale who east ax handles. Don't know why. Don't care. he's a cute little puppy and he's hungry. For ax handles, and what Ax handle hound wants, Ax Handle Hound gets. Adorable and loyal, everyone's friend. Until he betrays them by eating their ax handle and is forced to leave another town in shame.
Chupacabra, The Mexican Goat Sucker, and Jackalope, dynamic duo of justice for all. One has antlers for no real reason, the other is currently eating an entire goat. Inspiring, truly inspiring.
A heaping helping of Tall Tale power.
Totally ate the worm.
Trunko, Loch Ness Monster, and Disconcerting Log, three aquatic beasts of relatively little movement or ferocity.
The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary and Mothman, if you were a horrible hrbinger of doom your only friend would be vegetable sheep too.
Skvader and Jackalope, distant cousins...distant enough to make sex uncomfortable but not so wrong that it feels so right. So I hear...
Disconcerting Log with a Disconcerting frog. Sort of disconcerting...
Loch Ness Monster with a stylish bowler hat.
Furry Trout and his friend, Unfortunately Placed Worm, a lesser known cryptid, less known because I just made him up--right now. But the one thing for sure is--he doesn't like the Yeti.
No one likes the Yeti.
This is the main body of my work--four major paintings with measurements ranging from 3 to 4 feet. Hand stretched canvas, the background is textured gesso with the figures: Pita Pocket, Attic Monster, Ian the Squid, and the lettering in oil paints. Highlights and shading are done wet on wet. Actually most of it is wet on wet... The text reads, from left to right: I floss with your hopes and dreams, Antipsychotics cannot stop me; I love you, Love between a squid and pita cannot be; Without you I'd be almost normal; I am inescapable-you are delicious. 
These are the sculptures, Pita Pocket, Attic Monster, and Ian the Squid. These are ceramic with oil paints to mimic the paintings, and it's the same basic technique. The actual sculptures are smooth, it is the paint job that is so gloppy.
These are close-ups of the 8x8" close up images between the larger images and gives hints of the texture on the paintings and technique. First is Attic Monster's teeth and then are the tentacles of Ian the Squid.
Here is a close-up of the teeth on one of the paintings.
This is showing scale.
