The Stoke Out 2018 charity event was a big success! I’ll write more about it later, but for now here’s me and my buddy Gary Velo and his son “J” after a busy day of volunteering. (And some dodgeball action afterward!) Dozens of volunteers made it possible to help hundreds of families today. It was a good day.
I’m back to working on the new Al Williamson art book. Here’s a picture that I took of a stack of X-9 originals in Al’s studio to whet your appetite while you wait for me to finish the book.
Much of the detective work has been done. I have all of the art that I need with few exceptions. I just need to get scans of a handful of prime EC originals, and a few scans from Creepy, Eerie and House of Mystery–then there will be representation from just about every area that Al touched.
I haven’t set a release date. It’ll be done when it’s done. I’ve been wanting to do this book for the last 8 years. I’m pretty happy to be sitting here with Kathy as we chip away at it!
Nature has always been a way for me to reboot my mind and usher in a flood of new ideas and creativity. Today was one of those days when my camera tagged along for the ride. A handful of pictures from the day.
Craig Elliott will have approximately 45 works on display and for sale at the Daniel Maghen gallery in Paris, France. The exhibit runs from November 3-13. The opening reception will be on Friday, November 5 at 7PM, where you can meet Craig in person. You can visit Craig’s website to view samples of the work that will be available. The Daniel Maghen website has more information.
Craig Elliott is an artist based in Los Angeles, California. He received his education at Art Center College of Design. He studied under artists such as Harry Carmean and Burne Hogarth. In addition to his fine art work, Craig has had a hand in designing many of today’s most popular animated films from studios such as Disney and Dreamworks. A multi-faceted artist, he is also an accomplished landscape architect, sculptor and most recently, jewelry designer.
After attending Art Center College of Design he began illustrating for various clients and started working full time in the animation industry. He has worked primarily for Disney and Dreamworks, designing their animated films such as Hercules, Mulan, The Emperor’s New Groove, Treasure Planet, Shark Tale, Flushed Away, Bee Movie, and Enchanted, as well as other upcoming features. Craig has also done fully painted comic book and cover artwork for Dark Horse Comics, and has done various Illustration work for many different companies. His work can currently be seen in the books “Treasure Planet a Voyage of Discovery” and “Spectrum 10, 11, 12, 13 & 15 and a gold medal in 16 the Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art”, “The World’s Greatest Erotic Art of Today Vol. 2”, “Erotic Fantasy Art”, “Fantasy art Now 2”, Aphrodisia I and his 3 sketchbooks. Several monograph art books are also in the works.
Donato Giancola’s new book, Middle-Earth: Visions of a Modern Myth is now available from Underwood Books. This 80-page hardbound book is chock-full of watercolor pencil and chalk drawings on toned paper and oil paintings. The illustrations within are inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s fictional world, Middle-Earth. You will find works depicting Frodo, Gandalf, Faramir, Boromir, Legolas, and many more.
Donato applies his renaissance inspired techniques to delivery extraordinary scenes, including my personal favorites in the book, “The Taming of Smeagol” and “Eowyn and the Lord of the Nazgul.”
Each work includes the media type and dimensions. Many pencils and oils are accompanied by commentary by Donato sharing insight into the story that is depicted.
There is also a leather-bound special edition limited to 26-copies, which includes an original drawing by Donato. Full details can be found on his website. You can see a two minute video preview of the book on the Spectrum Fantastic Art website here.
Hallucinations by William Stout is here! There are two editions for this fantasy art book collection. The paperbound edition is $19.95. The hardbound signed edition limited to 500 copies is available for $29.95. I have about 50 copies of the hardbound edition left. I have reserved this small batch for direct orders through Flesk. We will also have a few copies available at our booth at Comic-Con International in San Diego. Full details on the book can be found here. Click here for ordering information. Comic shops and book stores will receive their copies within the next week or two. Enjoy the interior sample images below!
Mark Schultz has drawn The Losers for the cover for the Our Fighting Forces September issue. Mark submitted a detailed pencil piece that could be used for advance solicitation. The next stage would have involved inking the approved artwork. But the editor, Joey Cavalieri, was impressed enough with the pencil art to run this version as the cover art. You can find both the pencil piece and the colored version below. For details on the upcoming comic, click here.
The new Flesk 2010 fall catalog is available for download! Included within is full details and sample art for all of our titles. You can download the latest catalog from the home page of our website, or click here to view it now.
I’ve added details on Jungle Girls by Jim Silke, the new Xenozoic collection by Mark Schultz, The Legend of Steel Bashaw by Petar Meseldžija, and Hallucinations and Inspirations by William Stout, and much more. There are plenty of goodies within the 38-pages. Feel free to pass the Flesk catalog PDF along to your friends!
I’ll be heading over to the grand opening of Skyland Gallery, located in California’s Santa Cruz mountains, on Saturday April 17. I pulled the following information about Skyland Gallery off of their website:
Owners Frank Cirocco and Lela Dowling have transformed the first floor of their mountain residence into a warm and welcoming space for the gallery. The Skyland Gallery is committed to supporting and inspiring contemporary artists working in the visual arts. Showcasing “art celebrating nature” as our primary guiding standard, our goal is to foster creativity and artistic excellence while providing exhibition space to an eclectic mix of new and established artists.
This is the announcement Frank sent me regarding this weekend:
Spring is here and the Skyland Gallery will be open to the public for the first time ever next weekend. Winter hibernation time is over – let’s get out and discover the great outdoors!
The gallery carries lots of artwork and unique gift items that are available only here and not online. The gift of art is always perfect for any occasion, so come up, join the celebration, check out some outstanding art, relax, and enjoy the view. If you need more incentive, you can always go tasting at any number of local wineries!
The gallery is located at 25079 Skyland Rd in the Summit area of the Santa Cruz Mountains. For driving directions, go to our website at www.SkylandGallery.com and download the map in the Contact section. If you have any questions, you can call us at 408.353.3465. We’re looking forward to meeting you!
Also, Frank and Lela have been kind enough to stock up on some Flesk books at the gallery store. I’m looking forward to visiting the gallery and seeing those that show up.
