His Infinite Strip
When I was a teenager, growing up in Syracuse NY, I used to spend all of my available money on art books. Not just any art books, not the educational books my parents bought me about “fine” artists, all safely carrying society’s seal of approval. These were books with titles like “The Fantastic Art of Boris Vallejo”. Books crammed [...]
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The first Spectrum-sponsored convention! Kansas City, Missouri May 18-20, 2012 From their site: Spectrum Fantastic Art Live! is a natural extension of the eighteen-year success of the award-winning Spectrum art annual. As an international melting pot of talent, Spectrum: The Best In Contemporary Fantastic Art has come to symbolize the vibrancy, [...]
Continue ReadingBlood Magic: Lessons Learned
Over the holidays I painted a commercial assignment in what I call my New Style (improvisational, emotional, painterly, unresolved). The piece was large (~30″x40″), painted in acrylics on illustration board. I’m not at liberty to share the complete image yet, but here are some notes I took at the end of the process: 1. [...]
Continue ReadingComic-Con International: San Diego 2012
Thursday-Sunday July 12-15, 2012Preview Night: Wednesday, July 11 San Diego Convention Center 111 W. Harbor Drive San Diego, CA 92101 Look for me in the Artist’s Alley with fellow painters Scott Hampton, John van Fleet and Durwin Talon. http://www.comic-con.org/cci/
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NOVEMBER 8-11, 2012 The fifth annual IlluXCon symposium will take place in Altoona, PA on November 8-11, 2012. ALTOONA HERITAGE DISCOVERY CENTER 1421 12th Ave., Altoona, PA 16601 (main show location) http://www.illuxcon.com/
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