The artist got his name when he painted a creature with an ominous dripping head - simply put, a wax head. His subject matter ranges from brightly coloured cats with elongated tongues and tails, to creepy creatures which could only be found in a dream. At the advent of photography in the 19th century, cabinet cards, or Cartes-de-Visites, were very popular among the middle classes as they were an affordable way to obtain portraiture in one’s household.
Waxhead gets his hands on as many of these historic cabinet cards as he can and hand-paints them with his signature zany embellishments turning them into the perfect blend between old and new, conventional and strange.