Wicked, Wicked Women - Original Scratchboard Art

Wicked, Wicked Women - Historical Fiction / Vintage Sleaze

Materials used: 6x6 inch Black-coated Ampersand board and scratching tools.

This is one of the many scratchboard art illustrations I have been commissioned by The Gardner Francis Fox Library to do book covers for. This is book #031 of 156 paperback novels being transcribed by The Gardner Francis Fox Library.

SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST

Men like Mike Gannon and Black John Bennett made their living off the Erie Canal, forever battling one another for control of canal shipping.

Women like Moira Kennally—the wanton widow turned Madam -- and the Egyptian, owner of the notorious pleasure parlor, The Golden Tassel - made their living off men like Mike and Black John, offering their passionate embraces in return for the hard-earned dollars the canalers wrested from "The Big Ditch."

Together and apart they lived and loved in a mad search for power and pleasure during one of the most turbulent eras in the mainstream of American life.

Read the entire original copy of Wicked, Wicked Woman Is by visiting The Gardner Francis Fox Library. 

Own the original scratchboard framed and ready to be hung on the wall.

Here’s three short videos of my process for creating this scratchboard art illustration.