CRAIG BENNETT

Unsatisfied with commercial Halloween decorations, I began making my own Halloween art, providing decorations for a neighborhood party. I created life size witches and whimsical ghouls roughly cut from plywood. As interest began to grow, and people declared their desire to purchase my crude creations, I started my "Guh Guh and Phangs Haunted Collectables" business, named after two of my principal characters. I found making this "fun" art a satisfying departure from the "fine" art I'd been making all these years. Plus, this stuff began to sell.