The nightmare ends...............

Finally, we can all breath again. I was really hoping that someone would grab Bush by his collar and the seat of his pants, and kick him like a field goal out of Washington. The Bush nightmare hurt all of us, each and everyone. Personally I went from making 100 g's to 20 g's. Big frigging change, and all the while that half-wit lined his pockets with money from the big oil company's.
I know its gonna be at least a year before things start to recover, but at least now I have faith that they will. My heart goes out to all the people that lost their homes and investments. But all of us lost a lot, including the parents of children put into a war that was insane and it should have never happened.
Above is my first steam punk piece. At present, I am doing my second. I really love the look of steam punk and the ideals behind it. I don't know about you but I am partying tonight. I really believe in Obama and I expect great things for our country under his guidance.
Peace and Blessings to all.

Sweet Changes, exciting news and prosperity.

Hello my friends. I've been very busy doing art assignments and other things. Above is my version of a Metallic Dragon, done for Hero Games. It will be in a new book they are publishing called "The Book of Dragons" I did 3 illustrations in all for it. You can find out more about Hero Games at
http://www.herogames.com This is a wonderful company to work for and I am thrilled to be working for them.
I also landed a new gig with a British Publishing company, Dog Horn press. This a class act as well and they publish everything from novels, magazines, art books and Graphic novels. The owner of the company really likes my work and I have a feeling that I will be working with them for a very long time to come.
I decided a year ago that I was going to quit working in publishing, except for commitments I had previously made, and just concentrate on building a new portfolio develop the skills I had been taught by Master Daniel Horne and Todd Lockwood. Well, it was the best decision I've made in a long time concerning my art and now it is paying off.
My second goal that I made last year was that when I came back that I would work on building long term clients. So far, so good. So it seems that when I make decisions for myself, instead of letting others do it for me, I am much better off.
In my last blog I mentioned some big news. Well, it has come to pass and the news is this. I live up north now. I live close to the big time publishers so I can visit them in person now. I lived in my home state of North Carolina for many years, but I felt like I needed a big change, so I made one and I am thrilled. My art is much more received here more than it ever was in the deep south. It's gonna take some time to get use to all the snow, but I love snow. I feel like this is a new chapter in my life and it's going to be a good one.
Well, back to work I go. Peace and Blessings to you.

Welcome 2009!

Above are 2 sketches from a painting I am working on when I have free time, which I don't get much of these days. Since I started sending letters out to publishers, I am staying very busy. Some of that work I can share with you, but some I can't because of the terms of the contracts.

I had a nice holiday, but I worked most of it, which I enjoyed doing. I'm just glad 2009 is finally here. 08 bit the big one. I don't know anyone that prospered from it. Print and art sales where off for everyone. I just pray that Obama can turn this mess around, and fix all the problems that a half-wit president has caused for all of us. Even the Republicans are saying that Bush is the worse president in US history, and the world agrees.

I have some really big news to tell you about in the near future, but for now I want to keep it quiet. Trust me, Its big! Well, I just ain't got much to say today, but I wanted to post so people would know I was still alive. lol See you soon!

Merry Christmas!

I"ll have some new art for you next time around. At present I am doing an assignment for a name gaming company, but I will not be able to show to you because of the contract agreement. But it's 3 really cool images featuring dragons.
I am working on a portfolio painting as well, so next time I blog I will show you that in progress. I just wanted to wish everyone out there a safe an happy holiday.
See you soon!

Something old revisited.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful holidays. Above is a oil painting I did a couple of years ago for the "Origins" Expo. They used it in their program book, and had posters of it hanging all around the event. Pretty cool.

But this is one of those paintings that I just was never happy with, so i spent a couple of weeks repainting it, and I still am not happy with it. Ho Hum. I think it is better than it was, but I still feel like something is just off. But for now I am ready to move on to something new. In the next blog I will be posting some sketches of the new one. It is for my portfolio and it is my version of a Conan painting.

I will also be doing some "fine" fantasy art in the coming year. I have a market for that now along with doing portraits, and that should end my days of carpet laying. Thank God. I'm getting to old for that mess. This coming year should be very interesting.

As always, I would love to hear from you. "May the Darkness comfort you"