“I just do it like a phlebotomist would,” he explains. Up close, finer details emerge, thanks to a technique Almighty calls “splaturation.” He primarily uses his own blood for his paintings, as he did for the two Manson masks. From a distance, the paintings look like realistic watercolors in varying shades of red and black. mysterious 1940s murder victim “The Black Dahlia”), as well as commissioned work. In addition to at least five different iterations of Manson, Almighty has also done human blood paintings of other figures like Divine, Edgar Allan Poe, G.G. At this point, Almighty had done another portrait of him - painted in human blood - and wanted him to be aware of it before he died. After a few phone calls with Manson, Almighty lost touch with him, but tried to get in contact again a few years ago when he found out that Manson was ill. Manson and Almighty spoke on the phone several times, where they discussed everything from the music business, punk rock, and Marilyn Manson, to his television program viewing options in prison - which he said included Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, Sesame Street and Barney. So I drew a portrait of him and I sent it to him and he actually got a hold of me the first time that I sent him a letter, which I found out later was unheard of.”
“I heard that it was very hard to get a hold of Manson, as he got hundreds of letters - thousands of letters - a month, and that he was not only dyslexic, but his education was only through grade school,” Almighty explains. “It’s a crime that happened 50 years ago, and there are stories of fact and fiction that go along with the whole thing.”Īlmighty’s connection to Manson began in the 1990s, when he learned that the career criminal’s autograph was going for around $100 if sold on eBay. “I’ve gotten a lot of hate from people who are actually Manson devotees.” In addition to upsetting Manson’s fans who found the use of his ashes disrespectful, he says that he has also faced criticism from people who “are superstitious” and find the whole project creepy and distasteful. “I’ve gotten a lot of death threats,” Almighty tells Rolling Stone. This unusual project is a collaboration between artist Ryan Almighty and mask-maker Rick “Sik Rik” Fisher, and although anything Manson-related tends to be controversial, this particular piece has drawn new levels of ire. This time, it’s in the form of two masks of his likeness that reportedly contain his cremated remains, as well as human blood.
Two years after his death and 50 years after the infamous murders he orchestrated, Charles Manson is still fascinating some and inciting terror in others.
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