Russian nesting dolls

So awhile back, I was invited by Lana Crooks to participate in a show of custom Russian nesting dolls (you know, those little dolls that stack inside each other?) at the A.Okay Official gallery in Chicago. I was kind of at a loss to how to approach it since it's a little outside my normal thing, but in the end I decided on a sequential theme as oppose to a collection theme. These are probably the smallest figures I've ever painted (starting at 5" tall and ending at 1.5") and also the first time I've used acrylics for anything other than underpainting since I was in school, so I was pretty happy that it actually even looked like anything in the end :P

Honestly, I'm really happy with how they came out. As is always the problem with dimensional work, these just aren't the same in photos, but I'll try:







And close-ups of each individual doll:

Postcards!

Haven't posted any postcards in awhile, so here's a recentish batch. All oils on illustration board, 5x7 inches each

Pale Stockings

Here's a new piece for a group show at Artists House next month, getting rather cool and muted in my colors...


13.5x17, oil on board

*edit*

and one more, for no reason at all:


12x16, oil on board

Valentine

Happy Valentine's Day all, marking the occasion with a little portrait of my sweetie <3



oils, 10x13

Revisiting an abandoned piece...

I've had this lack-luster painting sitting in the corner of my studio a few months now, just had a sudden urge this afternoon to rework it and give her some life. Since finishing those pieces for the gallery, I've been thinking more about pushing the texture and edges in my painting, or at least exploring a little further with it. Good times :)


oil, 18x22

New Tarot, Conflux, and book covers

It's been quite awhile since I've posted any illustrations to my site or blog. This was partly because I was so wrapped up in the gallery show and also partly because some of these were under NDA, but in any case, here's a handful of pieces you probably haven't seen yet:


Jhessian Balmgiver, oils, 11x15 (Wizards of the Coast)


Aven Squire, oils, 11x15 (Wizards of the Coast)


Constricting Tendrils, oils, 9x12 (Wizards of the Coast)


Celestial Purge, oils, 11x15 (Wizards of the Coast)


Ace of Pentacles, oils, 10x15 (Imaginistix/Heavy Metal)


Page of Cups, oils, 12x18 (Imaginistix/Heavy Metal)


Blood and Steel, oils, 16x24 (Pyr Books)


Lescari, oils, 12x18 (Solaris Books)

Waiting for the Train

Big update here! For the past few months I've been spending a good deal of my time prepping for the February show at Artists House. It's been refreshing to do something different from my normal thing:


16x27


15x26


18x24


13x18


10x17


16x27


8x21


8x21


9x27

all oil on illustration board

If you're in the Philly area and plan on hitting First Friday, I'll be there for the opening on February 6th, stop on by :D