Merry Squidmas - the complete collection of Squid Christmas Cards

Cards generously provided to the Squid Art Gallery from the collection of Randy Knox.

The origin of a Christmas card featuring Squid started innocently enough.

A friend happened to snap a photo of my scrunching Squid's cute little face. We called this piece "Squish-face Kitty".

It became the December 1993 Christmas card, since my red fingernails (along with Squid's squished face) captured the spirit of the holiday season.

These Christmas cards focused on portraying a sweet "family pose" of me and the Squid.

Getting him the sit or stand still and look at the camera was always a big challenge. Treats were usually proffered after the first couple of shots in an attempt to maintain his cooperation.

The photo session would usually disintegrate into a Squid tantrum of non-stop growling and hissing by the end of a roll of film. Somehow there was always at least one good photo after the Squid meltdown - -
these are them.

As one of the early pieces from the Squid Art Gallery, "Holiday Squid" made a great Christmas card.

Since other early works were "Hellcat" and the "Squidtini", this one seemed the most appropriate for the holidays.