Behind the Veil of Night: Crafting ‘Haunter
As I continue to delve into the mystical realms of dark fantasy, the creation of ‘Haunter’ emerges as a personal exploration of contrasting themes and a challenge to my artistic [...]
Painting a War Mammoth
The ice kingdom is faithfully guarded by giant armored mammoths and their fearless riders. These powerful creatures patrol the snowy hillsides instilling fear and inspiring wonder for all of [...]
Magical Desert Toad Turns Unsuspecting Passersby to Dust!
Book of Wyrms have great ideas for songs, like undead pegasus’, ghost drifters and Dust Toads! Which is why I was so stoked to work on this Dust Toad tour poster for the band’s [...]
New Cultic Album Cover Gets Some Paint
It has been 8 months since I posted the initial sketch for the Cultic album cover. Cultic is a “Black-death battle punk,” band that my husband and I started last year. We’ve [...]
A Giant Succubus Space Faerie Commission
I love working on commissions for bands. If it weren’t for the creativity and brilliance of these artists, I wouldn’t be able to post blogs with such tantalizing titles as, [...]
Harbinger: The First in the Seasons of Sacrifice Series
Today I turn 32 years old and there’s nothing I want more for my birthday than to kick back a few glasses of wine and transfer this new drawing onto a wood panel for painting! I’m [...]
The Promise of Death Artwork is Complete!
I’ve been dying to find time to pick up my new oil paints and get to work, so when Meta/Mor/Fos approached me about doing a quick album cover for their Skenvägar release, I was happy to do [...]
The Promise of Death: A New Illustration in Oils
I’m really excited to post this new work in progress titled, The Promise of Death. This is the first time I have worked in oils in many years and this piece began as an exercise to [...]
Visiting the IX Arts Conference
I don’t normally like to post about personal thoughts, ideas or feelings because I don’t want it to detract from the most important goal (which is to make art!), but this particular [...]
Mushrooms Art Collection Feature on Vango
The Green Dragon artwork was just added to this fun curated collection of mushroom artworks on Vango. If you need a little mushroom-boost you can view the collection [...]