I will be at MoCCA Fest this weekend in New York City! Artist Proofs, Original Drawings, Paintings, Prints, Books and Signing cards! Or just stop by and talk art! This is my eighth year exhibiting at the convention. www.moccafest.org MoCCA Fest Metropolitan Pavilion 125 W 18th St New York, NY 10011

Spacesuits! Images of futuristic astronauts, created for commercial projects & personal works. It's nice to be able to bring my design aesthetic into author's worlds as a collaboration. Thanks to Chris on the updated scan of the GCC portrait, executed as a demonstration while at GenCon decades ago!

Spacesuits! The red from my demonstration video on oil painting (thanks for modeling Kristina!), the other my first 'spacescape' just a year into my career as an illustrator, a cover for a Ben Bova novel. The Mechanic 22" x 34" Oil on Panel 2009 . Orion Among the Stars 27" x 18" Oil on panel 1994

The SF magazine Locus is running it's annual fund raiser, I've donated a signed, embossed, and remarqued first edition of Middle-earth:Visions of a Modern Myth. Scores of great pledges to consider in support of this periodical,building community for nearly 60 years! www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...

Landing closer to Earth for this space scene. One of my best metal suits, for a Ray Bradbury short story 'Cities on the Moon'. HIGHRISES: CITIES ON THE MOON 17" x 26" Oil on Panel 2000 Collection of Edie Stern and Joe Siclari

Created around the same time as the spacescapes I have been sharing, but with a bit of science fiction added in, an illustration for a children's book I was working upon. Saturn Mining 18" x 32" Oil on Panel 2001 private collection

Abstract shape design... Permanent Sunset on Europa, Moon of Jupiter 27" x 48" Oil on Panel 2001 private collection

A favorite of my space landscapes, part of the series on Europa. So excited for the Europa Clipper probe launched two years ago...hoping it blows our minds with new discoveries when it gets to Jupiter! Ice Sheet Fracturing on Europa, Moon of Jupiter 26" x 65" Oil on Panel 2000 private collection

On the theme of space artworks: Comet Impacting Europa, Moon of Jupiter 30" x 40" Oil on Panel 2000 Created as part of a series of works celebrating the gas giants and their moons.

Time to get off this planet, the Vogons are coming! Don't Panic. And don't forget your copy of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy before you go! A great honor and pleasure to create two wonderfully complex bookend images for this collection from Wraithmarked.. www.kickstarter.com/projects/wra...

Comics in Chelsea! Philippe Labaune Gallery 534 West 24th Street, Ground Floor New York, NY 10001 The exceptionally talented comic artist Klaus Janson is now showing an expansive survey of his work at the Philippe Labaune Gallery in Chelsea, NYC.

Grab your towel and hold on for an out-of-this-world ride, coming from Wraithmarked books! Looking forward to sharing the rest of this artwork created for the project.

Closing out my game art post series, saving one of the best for last. Star War Galaxies 33" x 45" Oil on Panel 2003 Channeled quite a bit of passion into this piece, visualizing a young Han Solo and Chewbacca as an advertising piece for the video game..

Here is today's addition to: That was Donato Giancola?? My first video game cover barely a year into my professional career. Created for the (un)forgettable game 'Revengers of Vengeance!' What a title. What quotes. What type design. A few more fonts could have been used...

A commission related to Kieth Parkinson's work, this one for a bookcover for the game Everquest. Kieth was the originating artist executing the first 5 advertising and cover paintings for the game. What a shadow to work under! EverQuest 10th Anniversary 25" x 40" Oil on Panel 2008 Collection of Sony

One the most complex, and humbling, images I have tackled as an illustrator - Vanguard: Saga of Heroes. I was commissioned for this after Kieth Parkinson requested that I be contacted to execute this work for a company he helped create, Sigil Games. Keith could not do the work himself...

Great life drawing session at the Society of Illustrators, NY this past Wednesday. Sophia was a real pro, striking very dynamic poses for the whole evening. I enjoy being not burdened with conceptual and compositional decision making, just concentrate on capturing information/gesture from the model.

A follow up games' artwork posts from the Age of Empires III. Created as an advertising image, I based the work on a historical site, Fort Ticonderoga in New York, around the time of the French and Indian War of the 1740's. Allegory for the American Empire 36" x 48" Oil on Panel. 2004

Art for Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords. The final image which appeared as the cover to the game was heavily modified by the marketing department, reiterating why I do not make paintings for 'reproduction'. 24" x 36" Oil on Panel 2004

Congratulations to Helen for being the winning name drawn for my 'Drawing Drawing' lottery give away at OAX convention last weekend. 'Mars Violet - What Did You Say?' My thanks to Bill Cox, Kasra Ghanbari & Tatiana Dykes for putting on a warm welcome!

Good news on the front for Fantasy and Science Fiction Narrative Art. A new museum in the works for Altoona and the genre community. Looking forward to seeing this open next year (hopefully)! www.altoonamirror.com/news/local-n...

Predating my Earth and Sea series, but tapping into the tragic, fragile narratives learned from Vincent Desiderio while working as his assist. in the mid 90's. Executed as a center panel of a triptych private commission for Jane and Howard Frank in 2001. Eric Bright-eyes 34" x 34" Oil on Panel 2001

Earth and Sea series. A bit of self reflection as we are portrayed as the strangers here. My love and respect for science runs through all my work, from the fantastic to the historical. Darwin: The Strangers With Craft 48" x 48" Oil on Pnel 2010 private collection

Earth and Sea series painting featuring my daughters Naomi and Cecilia. Inspired by Sir Isaac Newton’s quote: “To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.” Knowledge 36" x 48" Oil on Panel 2010

Posted the entire Earth and Sea series of oil paintings on the MuddyColors blog, link: www.muddycolors.com/2026/02/eart... It is always a pleasure to tap into these deep creative motivators as an artist. Mermaid-Search for Mother study 21”x21” oil on panel 2011

One of the first oil paintings from the Earth & Sea series, and likely one of the most popular. Thank you to models Grant Newton and my daughter Naomi for making this a successful painting! Progeny 36" x 60" Oil on Panel 2009 private collection

An early oil painting from the Earth & Sea series, before I realized I was making a series! Created for a gallery exhibit in 2009 and a take on tragic empathetic narrative moments. Shaman's Loss 36" x 48" Oil on Panel 2009

Exploring narratives which I do not want to experience but recognize that others have likely traveled through. I find I am a better person when I can empathetically related to others feelings and experiences. Orphaned 48" x 36" Oil on Panel 2010

Cover painting for a L.E. Modesitt, Jr novel 'Scholar' executed while I was engaged with my Earth & Sea series. Of course I would choose a moment from the narrative in which the protagonist is at a ship wreck on the shoreline! Scholar- Robinson Crusoe 48" x 36" Oil on Panel 2011

An oil painting from the Earth & Sea series, created for my first exhibit in 2011 at the Demato Gallery in Sag Harbor. I used to assign this novel for my students at SVA to interpret, finding a way to read and visualize between the lines. Santiago -The Old Man and the Sea 36" x 48" Oil on Panel 2010

Another from the Earth and Sea series featuring my daughter Cecilia as the young child. Search for Mother 36" x 48" Oil on Panel 2012

One from my Earth & Sea series, focusing upon the shorelines and fascination of the sea I experienced in my youth. Voyager:The Offering 36”x48” oil on panel 2011

The Phial of Galadriel 11" x 14" Watercolor Pencil and Chalk on Toned Paper Working on a commission of Sam and Frodo last month and tackled this moment in their confrontation with Shelob, Rotated the view point into Shelob's space, seeing what it feels like to have nasty hobbits' burn your eyes 🙂

New superhero painting! Streets of New York - Mark VI Prototype 20" x 16" Oil on panel 2026 Proxy bidding is now live available from the OAX Convention Auction (final auction Sat Feb 21st) www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece... This piece is a wonderful representation of who, and why, I am an artist!

Coming from Peter Orullian & Shawn Speakman (editor/publisher at Grim Oak Press) a great anthology supporting a worthy cause. An incredible lineup of authors! Link to Kickstarter Pre-launch: www.kickstarter.com/projects/unb...

This painting was off to a new home. Will miss it dearly, as it hung in our home since first created back in 2017. A great example of an intimate, 'domestic' moment. Rivendell - The Riders 21" x 27" Oil on Panel 2017 "The Riders made straight for you, as soon as you fled." - Gandalf

The Mindflayer! Illustration for the 'Stranger Things Dungeons & Dragons: Tales from the Table' book project created in conjunction for the 5th season. This is one of 4 images commissioned as Monster Cards to emulate the D&D cards from the 1980's. 14" x 18" Oil on Bristol Board 2024

'O Christmas Tree, oh Christmas Tree How lovely were your branches You're brittle dry lying here You brought us all joy and cheer O Christmas Tree, oh Christmas Tree How lovely were your branches'

The Demogorgon! Illustration for 'Stranger Things Dungeons & Dragons: Tales from the Table' book project created in conjunction for the 5th & final season of the show. One of four images commissioned as Monster Cards to emulate the D&D cards from the 1980's. 13" x 17" Oil on Bristol Board 2024

Brooklyn has some talented snowy artists lurking about. Father Winter making his appearance on Atlantic Ave, btwn Bond and Nevins Sts, around the corner from us. Say hello tonight for tomorrow we hit temps back into the high 40’s!

Getting ready for Sauron to extend his long reach against New York City with the coming snow storm tonight. May have to travel in the Metro Mines of Moria to get around...😆 Descent from Caradhras 73" x 114" Oil on Linen 2014

Created a new horizontal composition of this image of Gandalf on the Bridge of Khazad-dûm to use for gaming playmats (newly available and they look great!) Love how the Balrog is now suggested with a swirl of the whip! You Cannot Pass! Original oil painting 30" x 24", 2007

Attack on Weathertop. Frodo attempts, and fails, to resist the Ring as the Nazgul close in. I love finding atypical moments like this to illustrate! Will of the Ring 14" x 11" Watercolor Pencil and Chalk on Toned Paper

Another Interior Illustration for the forthcoming limited edition of Tad William's 'Otherland' from Grim Oak Press. A total of six full page plates for this edition. Trenches 18" x 14" Oil & Acrylic on Bristol Board Pre-ordering for the books: grimoakpress.com/collections/...

Another relaxing & fun life drawing session this past Wednesday at the Society of Illustrators, NYC. The model Mitch was one of the regulars, but he still is amazing to draw from. The foreshortened leaning back pose kept me focused and paying attention - 'draw what you see, not what you think'!

Trying to carve out the time for another Moria painting. Meanwhile I hear noises at the back gate... Walls of Moria 48" x 48" Oil on Panel 2022 Collection of the Artist

A new drawing from 35,000 feet. I love these long 4+ hour flights!! The Dungeon Master delivers a stunning set back to our band of adventurers, scoring three successful hits on all his rolls for the dragon. Claw, Claw, Bite 11" x 14" Watercolor Pencil and Chalk on Toned paper

Artwork from a Paint-off at Dragonsteel. All artists worked over a drawing by Brandon Sanderson,thus a bit of the funkiness! All funds go to the Lightweaver Foundation, raising literacy& access to books for underprivileged readers. Charity Auction: www.lightweaverfoundation.org/collections/...

Dragonsteel Nexus Live. This coming Thurs - Sat, Dec 4-6 , I will be in attendance at my booth A11 for DragonSteel Nexus. New drawings, Magic Micro-Painted Proofs, Prints, card & book signings, and a handful of copies of the new Stranger Things-D&D Tales from the Table book of my childhood D&D art!

My daughter Naomi is a Data Specialist at the non-profit Family Reach which helps cancer patients. As a cancer survivor, I was fortunate to have a family who helped manage. May you all find safety, health, joy, & love this season. (Naomi as model-Salvation) fundraise.familyreach.org/fundraiser/6...