Girl in white and girl in blue

Here are a couple of my new paintings. I'm excited to begin this path into figure paintings. I haven't painted anything figurative since school and that was all academic. I'm already having a blast experimenting with expressive color and style.

Hummingbirds

I enjoyed painting a couple hummingbirds several years ago that were on 6x6 panels. I still enjoy painting birds and I hope to do more. These new ones are 12x12. I'm also experimenting with expressive colors, backgrounds, and compositions of negative space.

Hope you like them too!

Fantasy map!

Painting these maps is so fun! It's just totally different from the other illustrations I do. The main and obvious difference is that there is 2/3 painting, and 1/3 design. I don't normally like design--adobe illustrator makes me want to club baby seals after about 5 minutes, but the minimal design used in tandem with painting the little trees and mountains is really cool. I had a blast on this.

This is another book cover for a local small press. They have someone else doing the design. This was one of the easier covers I've done. It just came together easily--the client and I fell onto the same page right away.

Two new Ebook covers

Michael and Todd have been great to work with. It's a really fun experience to foster an ongoing relationship with repeat clients. I don't know if they have managed to add these to their books available on Amazon yet so you're getting a sneak peek here! I did the type for both of these too. 

Hey guys! The Amazing Arizona Con in Phoenix went pretty well considering it is a smaller con. My setup that I made out of PVC pipes worked perfectly. These four images were the most popular at the con. And of course, my face was the most popular of all!

Light Mage

                                                 

Heroes Against Darkness

Sith

Herald of Spring

Prints for the Con

Hey world. I've been working on some works-in-progress for the upcoming Comicon in Phoenix. Two of these go back three years, and the third about one year. I just couldn't seem to get over the hump on them until now.