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Maurice Sendak passed away today…

My earliest memories of art come from the “Pierre: A Cautionary Tale” story by Maurice Sendak.  After that, his wonderful book, “Where the Wild Things Are”.  I recall, even has a child, the texture and lines of his pen.  I was thrilled and terrified to see Pierre stick his head into the mouth of a [...]

Heroes of the Fallen Lands – part 4

The last of the paintings for Heroes of the Fallen Lands.  This was my favorite of the four paintings, for a few reasons, but mostly because it has my father in it.  I exaggerated his features, added the beard, tattoos, changed the hair, but it is

Heroes of the Fallen Lands – part 1

Here is the first my images from the Heroes of the Fallen Lands book release by Wizards.  For Lyriel, I used the daughter of a friend of mine that I grew up with.  She is also the model for my Joan of Arc painting from the Illustration Master Class

Magic the Gathering – Crusade

Recent Magic the Gathering card.  Loved painting this one.  My daughter is the model for the gorgeous lady in the painting (made to look a little older than she really is) and I am the model for all the other the poor souls rushing into battle, mos

Here there be Dragons

Surprisingly, in the few hundred paintings I have done for Dungeons and Dragons, I have painted many dungeons, but very few dragons.  So, when I was asked to paint a couple new Dragons for the release of the Draconomicon 4th Edition, I couldn’t help