Cthulhu Ahoy!

William Jones invited me to post on his blog a short essay about my creation of the cover for High Seas Cthulhu. It can be found in the replies section for the High Seas Cthulhu entry (William's Ramblings).

My professional history with William brings up something which I have stated before, but always bears repeating.

It could be said that my career took off in the spring of 2004. That was when I garnered my first assignment for William and Deborah Jones' magazine The Book of Dark Wisdom (now known as Dark Wisdom).

The exposure I received from having my work appear in Dark Wisdom that year (coupled with my membership at Chad Savage and Alan Clark's spookyART.com) could definitely be considered a launching point for my vocation.

And of course I would not have a Chesley Nomination to my credit if not for my cover illustration for Dark Wisdom issue #8.

So thanks again William, Deborah, Chad, and Alan.

Just for the fun of it, here is my first illustration for Dark Wisdom and below that one of my most recent ones.


2004

2007

Site Update

I finally put up my bio page at my website. The sordid details of my career as told by one of my childhood friends can be found here -Steve' bio.

It still needs some fine tuning, but at least the darn thing is finally posted.

Enjoy!

The Chesley Awards!

No, I did not win the Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover for 2006, but I'm still thrilled that I was actually nominated. I never thought it would have happened. And my work has actually been shown in Japan!

My fellow nominees were the fantastically talented artists John Picacio, R. K. Post, and Renee LeCompte, with Renee's lovely cover for Fantasy Magazine taking the win.

In related news our friend Frank Wu won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist. Congratulations Frank!

I've Been Nominated!

I actually garnered a Chesley Nomination for Best Magazine Cover of 2006. I was elated at being included on the suggestion list, but words cannot describe my feelings over this honor.

Thank you everyone who voted for me!

Camp Necon

We returned home from Necon late monday night. The drive is a bit exhausting,but the convention is well worth the journey, first to Queens New York for an overnight stop to pick up Jill Bauman, then on to Roger Williams University in Rhode Island. The convention was great as always. We were delighted to see old friends and had the pleasure of making new ones.

Rick Sardinha's art show was top notch as always. New this year was the talent of Deena Warner and Keith Minnion.

I was quite pleased with the setup this year. Here is a shot of my panels.

Totally Unexpected.

I received some surprising news from fellow artist Judi Davidson this morning. I've been included on the Chesley Award Suggestion List for 2007 for my Dark Wisdom #8 cover. A very nice end to a very stressful week. Thanks Judi!

And among a most impressive tally of artists are three that I am fortunate enough to be aquatinted with. Congratulations to John Picacio, Alex McVey , and Scott Webb.

Here is the painting that was suggested.

New Work for 2007

I've posted some new work for 2007 in my gallery. I still need to fill in the details for each piece, but the images are there so please feel free to browse.