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...updated January 19th 2023.  Huge thanks these past few months to  Justine Norton-Kertson, Phil Emery, Djibril al-Ayad, Gavin Chappell, Jade Cinders at Madhouse Books, Mark Toner/ Noel Chidwick at Shoreline of Infinity, H. David Blalock,  Tyler Hauth at Muddy Paw Press Jeff Georgeson at Penumbric Speculative Fiction Magazine, SJ Townend at Bag of Bones Press, Joe Sullivan and John Brhel at Cemetery Gates Media Alex Khlopenko, Olivia Hofer, Gavin Chappell, Frank Coffman,  Jasen Bacon,  Kip Shelton and Harry Williams Jr, Cormack Bailey, Mary Pettengill and Hatteras Mange,  Jacqueline Dyre at Novel Noctule,  Tristan Everts,   Mimi German at Black Cat Magazine, George Wilcox and Oskar Leonard at Dark Hour Dog Press,   Tim Meyer,  Trevor Denyer, Tim Dubber,  Samuel Hutchinson,  Sarah Walker, and Charles Tyra.  

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'Cassandra Takes The Plunge'. Illustration for the extraordinary tale by Mary Berman which you can check out by hitting the image.
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'Shrink The Mountain'. Illustration for the fantastic tale by Bo Balder which you can check out by hitting the image.
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'Everywhere Is Everywhere and Anywhere Else is Nowhere'. Illustration for the superb Chris Barnham story. More info can be had by hitting the image.
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'Skinflower Grove' 12.8" x 9". Pencils/acrylics/colored ink on paper/card/stretched Bristol board/canvas/digital assembly and polish (not shoe). Artwork for the Bag of Bones' 'Step Into The Light' anthology,
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'Port Moss (Theophrastus)' 31.5" x 24" Oil/acrylics/digital assembly. Cover for Issue#10 of Three Crows Magazine. Hit the image for more details.
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'"Door's Open!"' 10"x 13" Mixed media. First published in Diet Milk Magazine. Hit the image to find out more.
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'Aril' 9" x 13.5" (mixed media) Huge thanks to Frank Coffman. This little horror appeared earlier this year in the premiere issue of 'Journ-E'.
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'Murderers' Bazaar' 12.5" x 9" (Mixed media) Huge thanks again to editors Joe Sullivan and John Brhel over @cemetery gates media. Wraparound for the anthology of the same name.
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'Strands' 10" x 15" (mixed media). Cover for the April Issue of Cosmic Horror Monthly, based on the remarkable tale of the same name by Mark Mills. it the image for more info.
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'The Harbour' 10"x 13" mixed media Cover for the Walpurgisnacht 2022 edition of Lovecraftiana Magazine. Hit the image link for more info.
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'Dogs' 10.5" x 8.25" Mixed media. Cover for Mike Sullivan's novella published by Muddy Paw Press. More details can be, uh, chewed upon by hitting the image above.
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'The Stranger' 10" x 13" Mixed media. Cover for the Candlemas 2022 issue of Lovecraftiana Magazine. Hit the image link to find out more.
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'Tanda' 10" x 8" Mixed media. Cover for the February 2022 issue of Penumbric Speculative Fiction Magazine. You can check out the whole issue for free by hitting the image above.
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'Slipgate Cemetery'. 18.5" x 12". Mixed media. Cover for the Picnic In The Graveyard anthology from Cemetery Gates Media. Hit the image for more info.
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'Annus Horribilis' 6"x 9". Mixed media. Cover for the Bag of Bones Press anthology. Hit the image for more info.
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'Shalebridge Sewer' 5.5" x 8.5" Mixed media. Cover for issue 3 of HyphenPunk Magazine. Hit the image for more info.
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'Eupnea Motors (Night Shift)' 9.3" x 13.1." pencils/charcoal/acrylics/mixed media. Front plate for 'landscape' piece.
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'Hot Spot' (10" x 16" Pencil/acrylics/digital assembly) painting for EconoClash Reviews' Neo Pulp Reading Extravaganza June 1st event. Hit the image link for more info.
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Kindred Drive (5.30 am). Mixed media
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'Ulcred Row'
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'Iron Pneuma'. Mixed media. Cover for Synthetic Reality Magazine issue#3. Hit the image to check out the magazine for free.
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'Hive' Art and cover design for Muddy Paw Press' anthology, 'American Dread'. Hit the image for more information.
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'Charcot Foundry' 6.5" x 9.5" Mixed media on paper/card/digital assembly. Commission for Jeff Georgeson's Penumbric Speculative Fiction Magazine. Hit the image link to check the magazine out.
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'Kobold' 18.3" x 12". Acrylics/oils/mixed media.
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'Asterion'. (18.3" x 13.5". pencil/acrylics on pencil/card/canvas/digital assembly) Published in the March 2021 issue of Novel Noctule. Hit the image link to check out the magazine)
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'Nascent#4' 8.3"x 11.7" Pencil/acrylics/oils/mixed media on paper/card/canvas. Commission for The Antihumanist magazine. Hit the image to check the first issue out.
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'Agnesi Rime'. 9" x !2" Mixed media. Cover for December 2021 issue of ParAbnormal Magazine. Hit the image for more details.
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'Vegatable Matter'. Mixed media. Cover for Novel Noctule issue #18. Hit the image to check out NN for free.
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'Simmer'. 10.8" x 16". Mixed media. Used as cover for the second issue of Black Cat Magazine. Hit the image to download a free copy.
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'The Digester and Engineer' 6"x 9". pencil/acrylic/digital f**kery on paper/canvas) Painting for the Trevor Denyer edited anthology, 'Railroad Tales'. Hit the image for more info.
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'Creasy' 12" x 16". Mixed media on paper/card/canvas/digital f**kery.
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'Torres' 8.3" x 13.1". Oils/acrylics/mixed media on wood board/digital assembly. Selected as cover for Novel Noctule's 'Inferno' issue. Hit the image to visit the site.
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'Shallow End'. 10" x 13.3" Mixed media. Final stages.
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'Igneous' 15" x 10.7" Acrylics/oils/mixed media/digital assembly). Almost done messing around in the foundry...
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'Little Gidding, MD. April 10th 1921' (18" x 9". pencil/charcoal/crayon/acrylics on paper/canvas. Digital assembly) Commission for BLOOD KNIFE Magazine's April 2021 issue. Hit the image link for more info.
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'Apotheosis' (9" x 12" pencil/gouache on card/digital assembly) Illustration for the Nicole J. LeBoeuf poem of the same name. You can read the piece by hitting the image above.
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'Armitage' 9.3" x 12" (pencils, acrylics/digital assembly) You can pick up a copy of the Candlemas 2021 edition of Lovecraftiana magazine by hitting the image:
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'Rext (alt)'. 6.5" x 9.5". Acrylic/digital.
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'Lurker At The Threshold'. Cover for the August 2021 edition of Lovecraftiana Magazine. Hit the image for more info.
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'Grimm (After Hours)' 9" X 14.4" Mixed media on paper/card/canvas/digital f**kery. Painting for the Douglas Draa edited anthology, 'Funny As A Heart Attack'. Hit the image for more info.
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Dix (Interstate) 6" x 8" Mixed media. Illustration (one of two) for the Aimee Ogden tale 'A Luxury Like Hope', which you can check out over at The Future Fire by hitting the image above.
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'The Lord of the Wood' (9.3" x 12". Pencil/ink/acrylic/digital assembly) Cover for April 2021 issue of Lovecraftiana Magazine. Hit the image to pick up a copy.
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'Alluvion'. 9"x12". Acrylic/digital. (wip)
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'2AM Distress Call'. This little fella has taken up residence over at Mysterion Magazine. Hit the image for more details.
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'Lunch 2032 recharge'. 18"x12" Featured in the June 2021 issue of Penumbric Speculative Fiction Magazine. Hit the image to check out the issue.
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'Cthulhu versus Kek'. 10.7" x 14.3" Painting for the anthology 'Kek Vs Cthulhu;. Hit the image to check out the book.
, ...Many thanks to Joshua Wilkins, Jeffrey L. Blehar, Dan Gallagher,  J. Conrad Matthews,.​LL Lemke and Adelei Wade,   Merc Rustad,  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.
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'Benson, Arizona' (11.5" x 16.5" Pencil/acrylic/digital f**kery) Inspired by the John Carpenter movie 'Dark Star' ~ featured on the cover of Utopia Science Fiction Magazine December 2020. Hit the image above for more info.
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'Halldark Holidays' (18" x 12") Hit the image above for more details.
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'Leonid#9' 9" x 12.8". (pencils/acrylic/digital) wip
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'Tunthus.' Featured in Cosmic Horror Monthly .'Tunthus' (19.5"x 27.5". Acrylic on canvas/digital f**kery) Painting for the story 'Fermi’s Prism' by David F. Shultz that you can read for free right here: https://www.cosmic-horror.net/fiction/fermis-prism/
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'Reeled'. Cover for the December 2020 issue of Penumbric Speculative Fiction Magazine. Hit the image to check out the whole issue.
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...'Jig#9.1' (6"x 10.5") Pencil/acrylic/. wip
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'Jig 9.1' Cover for Cosmic Horror Monthly issue#2. Hit the image link for more info.
...ethanol, tylenol - what's the difference? Heh-heh...
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'AMP'. Cover for Econclash Review. Hit the image for more info.
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'Choanite'. Hit the image link for more info (Cosmic Horror Monthly #1)
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'Ethe'. Hit the image for more info.
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'The Island of Dr. Moreau'. Mixed media 6.1" x 9.1".
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'Existial'. 8.6" x 11.3". (acrylic/digital)
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'Anemoia'. Mixed media.
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'Little Tophet'. Mixed media. Cover for Gallery of Curiosities magazine. Click on the image for more details.
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'Fan Ho.' Acrylic on canvas 12" x 23.5".
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'Engine#3'. Acrylic on glass/Digital assembly. 9"x6". Features in the February 2021 edition of Penumbric Speculative Fiction Magazine. Hit the image to check the whole issue out for free.
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'Table 1.am' Revised painting for Cosmic Horror Monthly#3. Hit the image for more info.
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'Kayla' 7.5" x 10.5". Painting for the Bryan Smith hardcover edition. You find out more about this project by hitting the image above.
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'Inherent#4". Acrylic on linen. 15" x 9.5".
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'Cool Death'. Painting for the excellent Bruce Harris tale of the same name. You can read that by clicking on the painting above.
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Painting (5.5" x 8.5") for the Kev Harrison short story 'I'm Not Matthew'. Excellent piece of writing.
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'Harvest'. For Heroic Fantasy Quarterly. Click on the image to visit the magazine. Thanks to Adrian Simmons.
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Ink#9. Acrylic/oils on canvas. 20" x 30" .
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Ink#9. 20"x 30" on canvas. More details on this anthology by author Chad Lutzke can be found by hitting the image link above.
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'69'. Painting for Tim Meyer's cosmic horror novel. 9"x14" Oil/Acrylic/Pencil/Crayon on canvas. Hit the image to check out more details.
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'69' Alt cover for Tim Meyer's cosmic horror novel. 9"x 14" Oil/acrylic/pencil/crayon on canvas. Hit the image to find out more.
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'Fierce Tales Lost Worlds' Cover painting for Millhaven Press' new anthology. Click on the image for more info.
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'Stapmars.' Acrylic/ Oils/pen/digital. 13" x 19". Currently exhaling inside Penumbric Speculative Fiction Magazine. Hit the image for more info.
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'Faro' Oils/acrylic/digital.
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'Planet Doom'. Unpublished painting for Patrick Winters' fantastic short story. Mixed media.
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'Segment'. Cover for the current issue of Gallows Hill Magazine. Click on the image above for more details.
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'The Switch House' for author Tim Meyer (Front cover) Click on the image above to check out his site.
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'The Switch House' (Back cover)
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'Ethe'.
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Crimson Streets painting for a Brian Spiess story
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'Choanite'. Can be seen in issue#1 of Cosmic Horror Monthly (July 2020). Just click on the little fella above for more info.
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'Sprite'.
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'Obelk'. Acrylic on canvas. 16" x 12". Earlier version appeared on the cover of the Summer 2015 edition of Kaleidotrope.
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'Glance'.
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'Traction#12'. Acrylic, oils, digital assembly. 15.5" x 19.5". Cover for Unfading daydream magazine. You can find out more clicking on the image above.
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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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"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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'Lisk'. Acrylic on canvas. 20" x 27.5" . Winter (Jan 2016) cover for Kaleidotrope Magazine.
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'Reeled.' Acrylic on canvas. 23.5" x 19.5" (Final Stages).
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'Claudia', Ink/acrylic/enamel/oils on paper. 12" x 16"
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'Isthmus'. (wip)
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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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'Fume#6' 11.7 x 8.25 "
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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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'leel(s)' 8.5 x 11". Oil, charcoal, acrylic,ash on canvas and glass. Digitally stitched.
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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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'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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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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'Ture.' Mixed media on canvas 15.5" x 19.5". Final stages
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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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'Lisk' prelim. Underpainting.
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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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'Waterfront'. Oil on canvas. 15" x 22".
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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. 'Rinse'. Acrylic on wooden board. 29" x 19.5".
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