SFAL 2013

James Shoop, a fabulous sculptor I just met for the first time. 

Annie Stegg, and her beautiful work

Justin Sweet, workin hard as usual.

 Jeff Preston, with his great marker work, banjo, and calves...

Tom Kuebler's table with Kara in charge.

A lovely sculpt by Virginie Ropars 

Find Anthony...

Paul Bonner and his work

Virginie and this guy... (Dave Leri)

Lucio Parillo whose great work is new to me and I hope to see more of it. 

And that's it.

Magic Card & New Painting

A Magic Card from last year's "Return to Ravnica" (©Wizards of the Coast) 

"Second Breakfast" A private commission for a collector who wanted a food related scene for his dining room. This was a scene I always wanted to do, so this was a perfect opportunity.

Quilt Square

This year's offering for the Student Scholarship. 

6in X 6in, oil on linen.

IlluXCon 5!

I finally made the trade with Matt on the last day of IlluXCon.

He really got screwed on this one :)

The Ragin' Croatians: Filip Burburan (on the left) and Milivoj Ceran. 

Two phenomenal artists who had more fun than any 50 people should be allowed.

Can't post about IlluXCon without showing at least ONE Kuebler piece.

This is just a close up, there was a lot more to it. 

I'm always fascinated by his process and could listen to him explain it for hours.

Santino at the bass during the jam 

During the artists' reception, had a great conversation with Todd Lockwood and Tom Kuebler at my table

My tribute to three of my favorite sculptors: Vince Villafranca, Tom Kuebler and Jordu Schell 

This is a thang, wut cho gonna do bout it? 

Justin Gerard was kind enough to give me two samples of paper he uses often.

I've never tried it before, so I did a small sketch for a friend.

Not sure how I feel about the paper yet, but for this kinda stuff it's cool.

Bilbo at Bag End

Earlier in my blog, I mentioned that I was doing a piece for trade for friend and amazing artist Matt Stewart.

I finally finished his "Bilbo at Bag End" late in the summer. Matt said "smaller would be better" for lack of wall space, so the painting is 12" x 16" without frame.

He wanted Bilbo outside Bag End smoking his pipe. I thought since Bilbo was a well to do hobbit, his house should be more than a hole in the ground with a door, but still be fairly simple. So even though you don't see the whole structure you get a sense that it extends a bit more than most hobbit homes.

Matt's painting for me is simply gorgeous! The lighting, the characterization, mood and emotion, are way more than I expected...but then I should have known! you can see Matt's piece here

along with all his fabulous work.

Last of His Kind

Gee another dragon...

Yeti 2012

Probably a redundant post, but this is the final painting from last years drawing of the Yeti.

Private commission, oils on masonite.