Monsterpalooza 2011

Hey all,

A little over a week ago my buddy Dug and I had a booth at one of my favorite conventions of the year, Monsterpalooza. It is a show geared primarily towards the arts in horror, spanning from the early movie make-up work to the modern collectible model and sculpture market. It is a show I plan on exhibiting at as long as they keep having it, in its third year it is already growing and getting better each year. Highlights of this years show were getting to meet Guillermo Del Toro (and having him buy two of Dug's original inks) and Mike Hill who exhibited several of his works in the booth next to ours.

Also just a quick reminder that Wizard World Anaheim is next week, I will be there as well.

our booth

Me posing with Mike Hill's rendition of Werewolf of London

Mike Hill's life size Monster

Mike Hill's silver screen sized Monster and life size Curse of the Werewolf

More work from Mr. Hill

one of the many fans in costume.

Wizard World Anaheim and other appearances

Those of you who pay attention to such things may have noticed I list my convention appearances in a widget to the right. If so, you may also have noticed a recent change there. I was invited to attend Wizard World Anaheim this year, and due to time constraints I had to drop out of Horror Hound Weekend Indy. While I am sad to miss out on Horror Hound I am looking forward to Wizard World.

Just prior to Wizard World I will be appearing at Monsterpalooza in Burbank, and I am happy to announce I will be once again exhibiting at IlluXCon in Altoona, PA in November. If you have the time and inclination, it would be great to meet some of you at any or all of these great gatherings.

IlluXCon

I just found out recently that I am officially exhibiting at IlluXCon 3 in Altoona, PA. I am really looking forward to this, everyone who went last year has been telling me how fun it is. Soon I will be adding an appearances column to the blog here, but as so far I only have two planned it seems a bit of overkill. So, I will just list it here

Nov 11-14: IlluXCon 3

April 8-10, 2011:Monsterpalooza

WFC demonstration recap

So, as I mentioned last week, Lucas Graciano and I did a relay painting demo to launch this years World Fantasy Con. We met many nice people, mostly via John Picacio's kind introductions, and had a fun time. For our painting demo we did an oil painting based on a thumbnail we whipped up real quick at lunch. Since this was the World Fantasy Con and this years theme was Edgar Allen Poe's 200th birthday, we thought it might be fun to paint Poe as a knight riding on a raven. I know, clever right. We spent about an hour and 20 minutes on it for the demo, alternating every 20, starting with me. We then spent maybe another 40 min on it in the hotel room.

WFC demonstration

Hey all,
Lucas Graciano and I will be doing a live, relay painting demonstration in San Jose at the World Fantasy Con on Thursday the 29th at 3:oo pm. If you are planning on attending come by and say hi. We will also both be exhibiting in the art show.

'07 Blizzcon Demo

Most of you who frequent my blog have probably seen this already, but for those who have not...
Back in 2007 Lucas Graciano and I were asked to do painting demonstrations at Blizzcon and Doug Stambaugh was there to capture it on film.