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...March 30th 2018. Updated 'Blatt','Pod', added Hinnom Magazine 005 Cover, 'harvest', 'Reeled', 'Ethe'. Added 'MJK' and 'Day of the Dog' to the Illustrations page. More updates due in a few days. 'Existial' added. 'Door#1' added, along with 'Traction#12' (many thanks to Gill Hughes). Illustration for Crimson Streets story 'The Cabanga Situation' is up on the illo page. Chops Comics covers are now on the Secret Lab page. 'leel(s)' added to 'current', 'Dogstar', 'Ennis14' updated. 's03' updated. Added illustration for 'The Forgiver'. 'Lamine#2' added. 'Amp' added. 'The Implementals', 'Lair#3' added  'Bancalejo V', 'Islands In The Sky' and a tattoo design.  'Tres Viudas' updated. 'Fume' added. 'Violet#4' added along with 'Faro 6'. 'The Thin Veil' book cover added - big thanks to author Tim Meyer! 

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 ...Many thanks to  Fred Coppersmith, Nathon Allen Balka, Charles P. Dunphey, Joshua Demarest,  Scott T. Barnes,  Sophie Yorkston, Gerry Huntman, Fred Coppersmith, author Chad Lutzke , Jennifer Cone, Roger Carden, Janet Carden Bo Kaier Olivia Evans , Djibril al-Ayad  Stephanie Ann Johnansen at neo-opsis.ca , Elizabeth O. Smith/ Olivia Raymond at heliosquarterly.com  Christophe Pettus at PersistentVisions  and David Wilson at Deadlights Magazine ,  Crimson Streets The Future Fire  illustrations links are on the illustrations page. Thanks also to JC Micheals at Double Feature Magazine ,   author DW Cook, author Tim Meyer , Ranylt Richildis at Lackington's Magazine.
...click on any of the images clustered below-and you'll get shunted all over the site.
...ethanol, tylenol - what's the difference? Heh-heh...
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'Pod'. Acrylics/Oils on canvas. 27.5" x 19.5" (wip).
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'Traction#12'. Acrylic, oils, digital assembly. 15.5" x 19.5".
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'Door#1'. Acrylic, oil. Digital assembly. 12" x 18".
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Click on the image above to pick up the latest issue of Hinnom Magazine up. Many thanks to Charles P Dunphey!
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'amp'. (wip)
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"s03". Acrylic/graphite,oil pastel/digital assembly. 8.2" x 11.7". Featured in the Spring 2018 issue of Kaleidotrope Magazine. Click on the link above to check it out.
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'Reeled.' Acrylic on canvas. 23.5" x 19.5" (Final Stages).
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'Existial'. wip. 7.5" x 11". Acrylic/ Oil on canvas/digital assembly.
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'The Thin Veil'. Book cover for author Tim Meyer. Oil/ acrylics/ graphite/red wine/ watercolors/ ink on canvas, card, paper and glass. Digital assembly. 15.5" x 28.5". Click on the image to check the novella out. You can find more works by the author here at : https://timmeyerwrites.com/
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'Intermediates' Book cover commission for author DW Cook. Oil/acrylics/glue/red wine/enamel paint/ graphite on glass, canvas, card, paper. Digital assembly. 10.6" x 17.1". Click on the image to check out Cook's novel.
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'Lamine #2'. pencil, charcoal, gouache on watercolor paper. 8.2" x 11.7 ".
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'Fume#6' 11.7 x 8.25 "
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'Glance.' 16" x 24". Charcoal/Acrylic/Pencil/Oils/Digital.
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'Fan Ho.' Acrylic on canvas 12" x 23.5".
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'Misdirection.' Oil/acrylic on canvas 15.5" x 19.5". Final stages.
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'Ennis14' 14" x 20" Oil/acrylic/pencil/pen/chalk/digital
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'Crobe'. Mixed media. wip.
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'Crobe#3'. Mixed media/Digital.
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'Crobe # 10' Mixed media/ digital. 9.5" x 12". wip.
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'leel(s)' 8.5 x 11". Oil, charcoal, acrylic,ash on canvas and glass. Digitally stitched.
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'Pod'. Prelim work. Underpainting
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'Inherent#4". Acrylic on linen. 15" x 9.5".
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'Klyne.' Oil on wood / Digital assembly. 14" x 14.5" Final stages.
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'Shaymars.' Acrylic/ Oils/pen/digital. 13" x 19". Wip.
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'Claudia', Ink/acrylic/enamel/oils on paper. 12" x 16"
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'Ethe#28'. 19.5" x 27.5". Wip
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'Cheese!' Acrylic on canvas. 7" x 9.5". SOLD. You can check out the finished painting by picking up a copy of Helios Quarterly Magazine (click on the image).
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'Dogstar' (wip). Graphite on paper/digital tablet 8.2" x 11.7".
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'Blatt'. Acrylics, oils, digital. wip.
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'Blatt'. Acrylics, oils, digital. wip.
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'Lab#10'. Acrylic on canvas. 16" x 12". Work in progress.
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'Lab#10'. Acrylic on canvas/digital assembly. 16" x 12". Work in progress.
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Alba (Volute). Wip. Acrylic on linen.
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'Rext' Mixed media. Wip.
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'Rext#2'. Mixed media. wip.
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'Rext#3'. Mixed media. Wip
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'Rext#4.' Mixed media. Wip. 1497 x 2112 pixels.
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SOLD. 'Rext #5'. Final stages... You can check out the finished piece by visiting http://doublefeaturemagazine.com/
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Violet#4. Oil on board. 19.5" x 14".
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'Violet'. Oil on board. 19.5" x 14".
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'Igneous'. Acrylic on canvas. 23.5" x 19.5"
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'Keepers.' Mixed media sketch on canvas. 15.5" x 11.5" (work in progress).
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'Moss'. Acrylic/Oils on canvas. 31.5" x 23.5". wip
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'Moss'. Acrylic on canvas. 31.5" x 23.5". wip
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'Ture.' Mixed media on canvas 15.5" x 19.5". Final stages
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'Violet#5. Acrylic sketch on canvas. 23.5" x 18.5".
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Box 9. 23.5" x 31.5". Acrylic/oil on canvas. Final stages.
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'Lisk Portrait'. Acrylic/Oil on canvas. 18" x 24".
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'Steadman Lisk.' Acrylic on Bristol Board paper 11.5" x 16.5". Shameless style steal...
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'Lisk' prelim. Underpainting.
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'thodeR'. Acrylic on canvas 12" x 23.5". wip.
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thodeG. Acrylic on wood 14" x 14.5". wip.
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thodeB. Acrylic on wood. 14.5" x 14". wip
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SOLD. 'Havenside Point'. Oil on canvas. 18" x 13". Click on the image to see this full size.
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'Lab #2'. 2014. Oil on wood (14.5" x. 20.5) Final Stages.
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SOLD. Click on the image to go straight through to Devolution Z Magazine. 'Ink Martin.' Acrylic on canvas 16" x 20" (work in progress).
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Alba (Volute)#8. Oil on canvas. 25" x 15".
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'Faro 6.' Planned Cover for 'Deadlights Magazine' Issue#3. Many thanks to editor David Wilson - I've never worked harder removing stuff from an illustration before. Hope the magazine will return in in some form in the not too distant future.
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SOLD 'Faro#7' Acrylic on canvas. 16" x 23.5". (Wip)
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...still pouring oil on this one. The completed version of this piece will be up online next year (2017). I'll post the link shortly...
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'Waterfront'. Oil on canvas. 15" x 22".
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SOLD. 'Lisk'. Acrylic on canvas. 20" x 27.5" . Winter (Jan 2016) cover for Kaleidotrope Magazine.
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'Ink#9.' Acrylic on canvas 20" x 30". Author Chad Lutzke bought the rights to this little monster for use as the cover for his horror anthology “Night as a Catalyst,” which is out now.
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SOLD 'Red Frost'. Oil sketch on canvas. 11.5" x 15.5". Click on the image to visit Ares Magazine.
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SOLD. 'Rinse'. Acrylic on wooden board. 29" x 19.5".
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SOLD 'Obelk'. Acrylic on canvas. 16" x 12". Appeared on the cover of the Summer 2015 edition of Kaleidotrope.
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'Left.' Acrylic on canvas. 31.5" x 11.5". Part one of a triptych.
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'9764' Acrylic on wood 30.5" x 25". (Work in progress).
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'Merge#2'. Acrylic on wooden board. 30" x 20". Currently getting its walls smashed in - will be updated very shortly.
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'Merge#2'. Acrylic on wooden board. 30" x 20". Currently getting its walls smashed in - will be updated (again) very shortly. DAMN YOU LINSEED OIL!
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'merge#4' wip.
 
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