The Beautiful Grim auction is up!

The Beautiful Grim auction is up. My piece "Daughter of Aries" is in with a lot of great artwork offered in first wave of the auction.
I blogged earlier about the good cause that the auction is for, and the story behind my own submission here.

Update- A great big thanks and congratulations to the person who bought my painting.

Spectrum 17 and the wall at Misty Mountain Games North

I'm just getting back into the swing of things after a fun weekend in Minneapolis, where I was the artist guest at a Rise of the Eldrazi pre-release there. A huge thanks to Steve, Cedan, and all the staff at mistymountain north. Those guys did a spectacular job of running the well attended event, all the while taking great care of me. I also had the honor of leaving my mark on their wall.




RK Post did the first dragon, on the top right. Below his is really cool drawing by Matt Cavotta. Jeff Easley's (who I've been a huge fan of since I was about twelve years old) is on the top left, and mine is below his. I was asked to draw whatever I wanted, but with three dragons already up there, I felt that only another dragon would hold up next to the other drawings. Plus, I pretty much never get to do dragons.

my drawing

When I got home on Monday, I was pleasantly surprised to find my Spectrum 17 confirmation letter waiting for me. I'm pleased to say that I've gotten two pieces into this year's issue- The Battle under the Mountain and Kor Firewalker. It's a big deal for me to get one piece in, so I'm extremely excited to get two in.

Rise of the Eldrazi

I've been swamped this month, so it's while since I've posted. I can, however, finally show these. They're for the Rise of Eldrazi expansion set for Magic: The Gathering, which has just been released.

"Echo Mage"
Oil on paper on board, 10 3/4" x 16 1/4"

"Halimar Wavewatch"
Oil on paper on board, 12" x 16 1/2"

"Umbra Mystic"
Oil on paper on board, 12" x 16 1/2"

"Zulaport Enforcer"
Oil on paper on board, 12" x 16 1/2"

Stone Troll

More sketchbook stuff. A Troll, maybe like the ones Bilbo encountered.

Georgie

He's always willing to pose

Blue Slaad

This was for fun. Although I usually work in oils, I've been trying to teach myself digital painting lately. I use photoshop for color studies right now, but I haven't reached the point where I could do a finished piece entirely digitally. Its a Blue Slaad, a classic Dungeons and Dragons monster that I took from my sketchbook. I don't know how successful an illustration of a vicious beast it could be when my wife Gina says it looks cute.

Worldwake

Worldwake, the second set of the Zendikar block of Magic: The Gathering was released a couple of weeks ago, so I can show these. Zendikar is a world where gravity doesn't always act in a predictable way, hence all the hooks and rings on the clothing and gear of its inhabitants which was fun to paint.

Quicksand

Marshal's Anthem


Kor Firewalker