Spheria, Vaydria, and Vashat

I'm doing some character illustrations for a group of friends I made at the Tucson Comicon. I met Todd VanHooser there and he has created his own RPG called Adventures Under the Laughing Moon which you can find here: http://www.toddvanhooser.com/todd1_052.htm.  He also is writing books based on the lore of his game! I find that really cool that the game came first and then the books.

Anyway, this is Spheria, Vaydria and Vashat

Two oil paintings: 'Field of Flowers', and 'Columbus and Broadway'

So I've stuck with the palette knife and these are my two latest incarnations. I took the photo for the first one just before leaving San Francisco. The second one was taken during a backpacking trip in Colorado near Pagosa Springs. 

My newest oil painting of dusk in San Francisco! I'm including some close-ups so my knife strokes can be seen. I'm experimenting with making my strokes expressive and creative. I'm excited to be doing this and getting away from strict realism which I find laborious and lifeless. It turns out that means leaving brushes behind entirely!

Three new oil paintings! I'm very happy to show these because I had to stop oil painting for some time while I moved back to Tucson. I was also quite busy with digital painting commissions for awhile there!

The street painting is a view down Union Street toward Van Ness in San Francisco--you can see I'm still experiementing with my style--trying to use some lines in this one. If you don't know what I mean by lines, look closely and compare the paintings, or just ask me lol.

The cactus I believe was taken by my Aunt here in Az, and of course we know where the red street car was--the Embarcadero.

As I said, I'm still trying to find my painting style despite having been at this for years. I'm excited to try something new right now and I will post asap!

Another book cover which I am proud of. I love the colors of this one. This mermaid is half sea-lion--making her all mammal and probably more realistic! Thank you to Todd Shryock who was a pleasure to work with. 

I'm very proud of this next painting! It's for an RPG called Heroes against Darkness. I'm also posting a couple sizes of wallpapers that were requested. Put one on your desktop if it strikes you!

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