Merry Christmas

I have no "Christmas Art to upload or anything, but wanted to say Merry Christmas!
Thanks for the comments and viewings this year and will have lots of new goodies to post after the first of the year!


Mark

Shows are over...back to painting.

   Been a blur with all the shows this summer, but now its time to get work and painting done.  Above is a piece called Deception. It's been awhile since I did some sci fi imagery.... think I will do more.

  Thought I would post another new painting while I get my act together and start posting here more. I am sketching in my sketchbooks daily now as I get things up and running in the mornings. I think for the next few months I will just draw portraits and see how that goes.

New art and getting ready for Dragon Con

   Here is a new piece of art entitled "The Concert". It and a few new others will be hanging in the Dragon Con Art Show in Atlanta this weekend. It is painted in oils on masonite and measures 22" x 36".
   Well back to matting and framing......

Another new painting!

Last Race

   This is a new painting I just finished up. It was painted in oil and measures 20" x 30". It heralds a new color shift for me from the blues I used the last 2 years to more of a moody grey. I have several others in the early stages along similiar color and feel that are in the sketch stage. So it looks grey and partly cloudy for me and my color palatte in the upcomming months. I want to stay with a limited color palatte like I used to use way back in the early 90's before the bombardment of the busy card illustration days where I used color to help the very tiny images pop on the card.

  That small art mindset somehow channeled me down a path that I wandered for a long time without really questioning where it was leading me. So now lost in the woods somewhere I am not seeing any paths, so I am going back to the beginning from where I stand in the woods now. No back tracking. Just starting out again with more experience as to why and what I will paint. Early on I really liked a more limited palette so I am picking up kinda where I left off 17 years ago. Tho this time around I do have a GPS device so it should make navigating a tad easier. Who knows, but at least I feel revived and freshened and have a desire to paint

more now than ever! I already have 15 sketches ready to put on board and paint.

New art and Fun at Gen Con

 Just finished up Gen Con 2010 and as always such a fun show. I get a chance to see old friends and meet new ones. The Art show this year was wonderful with such amazing and inspiring art to have gazed upon.

I wanted to post this new art that I finished up right before the show. The piece is called "Judgement" and it is part of a new series I am working on. It is painted in oils and is 22 x 30.

Republic of Rome Characters

Here are some of the small paintings I did for a board game called Republic of Rome, published by Valley Games.

working away

Well I have been a tad quiet, not do to laziness but to an assigment. When I get the go ahead and the company uses the images, I will post them here.

On another note, the art book being produce by Barnes and Nobles and Sterling Publishing, looks to finally be on track and we are keeping our fingers crossed for an October release. The book is titled " The Book of Knights" and has all kinds of knight history and fiction included. It's mainly a reason to paint knights. Allen Williams is the writer and lead on the book with myself, Donato and Ruth Thompson contributing art. It will be a hardbound coffee table kind of book.