Art

SUNSET — Sleek, sexy vampires had better watch out when it comes to the public’s monster of choice. Slow-footed, stumbling zombies appear to be gaining on them.

Carter Reid, a Sunset cartoonist, illustrator and owner of “The Zombie Nation,” is eating up all of the monsters’ popularity, similar to how a zombie devours its prey. Vampires are inherently more serious, the 38-year-old father of two said, while zombies tend to be less serious in lending themselves to humor.

“They are kind of the country cousins of vampires. It’s hard to think of a super-sexy vampire doing something humorous,” Reid said in explaining the surge in the popularity of zombies, and as a result, the surge his three-year-old side business is experiencing.

SOUTH OGDEN — Those plain old water towers just above Harrison Boulevard soon will become colorful pieces of artwork created by a former South Ogden resident.

Nearly two years ago, the city invited the public to submit a mural design to cover the two towers. After reviewing 28 designs, the work of Jill Healy De Haan, 25, was named the winner.

“Her mural is beautiful,” said South Ogden events coordinator Christy McBride. “It highlights much of the beauty that can be found within the city and embraces the magic of our changing seasons.”

OGDEN — Idaho inmate Gregory L. Seamons, named by Ogden police as the prime suspect in the 1983 abduction, rape and homicide of 11-year-old Rebecca Lemberger, has portrayed himself online as an artist fond of drawing delicate pictures of peacocks, hearts and butterflies.

Until last week, Seamons’ sketches were available for sale on the Fine Art America website, www.fineartamerica.com, which helps artists market their work.

However, soon after being charged Sept. 28 by Weber County prosecutors with rape and first-degree murder in the cold-case slaying of Lemberger, his photo, autobiography and sketches were removed from the site.

WASHINGTON - The highly anticipated auction of a painting believed to be a Renoir and purchased for $7 at a West Virginia flea market has been canceled, after evidence surfaced this week that the piece was stolen from the Baltimore Museum of Art decades ago.

WEST VALLEY CITY — The Intermountain Society of Artists will have its annual fall show and opening receptions at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center, 1355 W. 3100 South.

DETROIT — For Hugo Navarro, the 5-by-9-foot jail cell that serves as his studio in southwest Detroit is an admittedly creepy place to immerse himself in his work.

Unlike jailhouse artists who find creative inspiration behind bars, however, the 56-year-old is there by choice. He paints at 555 Nonprofit Gallery and Studios, a decade-old arts organization that this year moved into its new home in the Detroit Police Department’s former Third Precinct station.