Dark Mourning Oddities is about art, nature, & death.
Established in December 2019, Dark Mourning Oddities sells unique oddities and curiosities, specializing in hand-painted animal skulls to match real preserved butterflies, moths, and insects. Owner/Artist Loren Schwartz became inspired by the butterflies and moths from around the world and the different personalities they each seem to possess. Fusing her love of beauty and the world of oddities, she hand mixes custom paint colors to match the natural colors found on each insect, making sure no two pieces are ever alike. Dark Mourning Oddities is an online shop based out of San Diego, California.
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About the Founder
Loren Schwartz began drawing and painting as early as elementary school and selling her work at 23, but always felt like she wanted to extend her art into more three dimensional mediums. After attending her first oddities expo and being introduced to the world of curiosities, Loren knew that’s what she wanted to do.
Loren began buying everything from bones to insects, wet specimens and skulls, and started creating her own unique oddities. Creating Dark Mourning Oddities was her way of combining these things that intrigued her, allowing her art to take a new and exciting direction.
On top of creating unique oddities, Loren spends the other half of her time as an apprentice at a tattoo shop. She has been very into tattooing as another form of art for many years and wanted to be able to transfer her love of drawing into the medium of working on skin.
For inquiries on custom pieces or questions about the art please email darkmourningoddities@gmail.com.
This piece features a green Luna moth (Actias luna). It is resting on a hand painted bobcat skull. It also has a set of painted matching bobcat jawbones as well as a small animal atlas bone. There are also small pearl accents added on the bones. It is all mounted on faux leather in a 10inX10in shadow box.