TODAY'S FEATURED POST
THE BLIND MUSE
No plan survives contact with the enemy. As much of a inarguably legitimate artform professional illustration is, it is one of the few that is also ruled by a ticking clock in a way that is in totally contradiction to the process of creating. It just is. You kind find out for yourself by blowing your deadlines and then watch the offers and jobs dry up in response as that poor legend starts to spread…
YESTERDAY’S POST
Minas Morgul – Stone of Farewell
February 14, 2024 - [caption id="attachment_75382" align="aligncenter" width="1067"] Stone of Farewell, from cover detail, 24" x 36" overall[/caption] My head is down in the studio hammering away at the beginning of thirteen new paintings for Tad William's To Green Angel Tower, a forth coming illustrated two-book completion of the Dragonbone Chair series from Grim Oak Press. Until I can share those images, here are a few recently released works as well as a commission of the Witch-king over Minas Morgul, completed this past summer for Scott Murphy and Elisabeth Alba. [caption id="attachment_75383" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] Guthwulf and Sorrow, 24" x 18" Oil on Panel[/caption] My favorite part of the Guthwulf and Sorrow painting was letting that red underpainting stay burning through as shadows. Happy Valentine's Day! [caption id="attachment_75384" align="aligncenter" width="1290"] Ingen Jegger, 20" x 16" Oil on Board[/caption] …
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Francis Ford Coppola: On Risk, Money, Craft & Collaboration
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It’s not too late!!!!
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Showing At The Society of Illustrators
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Experimentation
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