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Our next Artist reveal - - -

Greetings, Halloween fans!

  Our next Artist Reveal is someone who is truly special, whose art is the first of its kind to be featured in the pages of our magazine.   

Please welcome, Corinda Baum, a bonafide Food Network champion and competitor!

Corinda has been featured on Food Network's "Halloween Wars," "Road to Halloween Wars," and "Holiday Wars" where we watched her harness her magic by using cake, chocolate, fondant, modeling chocolate (and a wickedly vivid imagination!) to sculpt and craft astonishing Halloween creations that looked more like they were made from clay or plaster, not cake! Take a look at the amazing Krampus cake you see here as evidence of her culinary talents. We would love to sink our fangs into that!

 
Needless to say, we are thrilled to present Corinda's mouthwatering monsters and creepy cakes in the Fall 2024 issue of AUTUMN BRILLIANCE magazine.

 
🎃🖤🎃- - - Available September 2024 - - - 🎃🖤🎃

 

 

We welcome you!

 

                               Welcome to Autumn Brilliance

*** A spectacular, 100 page full color magazine celebrating the magic of Halloween artistry and everything about the fall season, history and lore. We cherish and promote the Artist who creates original, handmade art.

*** Published every September. Available in both printed or digital format. See the links here on the left side of our page for ordering back issues. 

*** We have Fall 2021, Fall 2022, and Fall 2023 available. 

*** Fall 2024 is currently in production, and will be ready for your enjoyment in September.

                                             

               * Remember - NO AI *

 

 

Our next Artist reveal - - -

Please welcome, Lurena Williamson of Tattered Moon

 

Rich, rare textiles are worked into a spell of pure magic at the hands of Lurena Williamson. Her world of velvets, brocades, silks and lace are combined to bring forth unique characters that deserve to be upon a special nook or shelf, to be admired by one and all who gaze adoringly upon them.

Lurena is a fixture at the Bewitching Peddlers of Halloween art show each September in Marshall, Michigan, where her exquisite creations are highly sought after - and we can see why. 

We are proud to feature Lurena in the Fall 2024 issue of Autumn Brilliance!

 

 

It's time to reveal our Artists for Fall 2024! -

 It's post July 4th, and you know what that means... we'll begin revealing the list of the fabulous artists in our Fall 2024 issue each week up to the magazine's publish date (September 2024) 🎃

* We are so excited about this issue, too, having had a record amount of submissions not just in the USA, but from artists across the globe including Italy and Kazakhstan!

 
* Our first esteemed artist hails from New York state. Her paintings and sculptures are simply out of this world. I fell in love with her creations the moment I set eyes on them.
We welcome Lori DeFazio!

 

It's always Halloween in Sleepy Hollow! -

We have a little teaser for you!

In the Fall 2024 issue of AUTUMN BRILLIANCE, we will be featuring coverage of the Tarrytown (Sleepy Hollow) Halloween Parade, with highlights from the 2023 event.

Photo: Ellen Gee/2016

 

If you've never been to Sleepy Hollow during this time of year... what are you waiting for? 

This fantastic old colonial American town is positively rich in sights and history (the story of the Headless Horseman by author Washington Irving often being the first thing that comes to everybody's mind). And it goes without saying, this beautiful New England town is just stunning in the autumn, with colorful fall foliage of all the trees enhancing the classic architecture with every rich, burnished shade imaginable. 

Sleepy Hollow truly is a magical Halloween town: everywhere, you will see Halloween decor. On street corners, in front of restaurants and business, along the pathways in neighborhoods, just everywhere you look. This town really knows how to embrace and showcase the Halloween spirit, which culminates with the marvelous annual Halloween Parade. People come from around the world to watch and participate, and it never disappoints.

Tarrytown/Sleepy Hollow should be on your Halloween bucket list. Trust us when we say that - we've been there and found it hard to leave!

Photo: Ellen Gee/2016

(It was freezing when we were there in 2016 - hence my being all bundled up!)

 Look for this in the Fall 2024 issue of the magazine, available in September 2024! 

 

 

Joyous June greetings to all!

Do you like our new stickers?

It's getting close to the time of year when we do our big reveal of our list of fabulous artists for the upcoming issue (Fall 2024). 

This year's response for submissions was phenomenal, to say the least, which is wonderful because it means the magazine has grown in its reach and scope of the Halloween world. We are eternally grateful for that! It never ceases to amaze us as we comb through the hundreds of submissions, loving what we're seeing and feeling that sense of pure elation that only handmade Halloween art can bring. 

This issue brings forth a treasure trove of goodies of artists not only from around the world (including England, Italy and Kazakhstan) but also from an incredible mixed bag of genres. You'll find superb sculptures created from both clay and spun cotton, colorful paintings that will send your senses into Halloween overdrive, and also something that is a first for the magazine: food sculptures! Edible art is an exciting new genre for us to explore, and we're all a-tingle to present this to you which, by the way, comes from a bona-fide television food show champion, nonetheless. 

Nope, nope, nope... ain't gonna say any more; you'll just have to stay in touch here to find out in the days to come.   

We will, however, give you a little teaser here, as far as who our Spotlight Profile artist is: 

He's been at the forefront of Halloween art for many years, and his stunning, highly-characterized works are instantly recognizable and much sought-after by collectors. He's loved for his enchanting and delightful sense of humor that he imbues into everything he creates. 

Think you know who it is? 

But for right now, Halloween and the glorious fall season is still but a dream away... so light a pumpkin pie-scented candle, dim the lights, watch a spooky movie or listen to a befittingly haunted soundtrack and keep dreaming those Halloween dreams...