Wizard’s Pets, a 30″ x 20″ original oil painting and nearly 100 other original works are offered for sale during the month of August at: : http://www.ixgallery.com/artbyexhibition.asp?eId=992&fbclid=IwAR3hO1IOguZsPGnxlhBGUrX2mHAVmisOBiEmDzzWmoqpGjzQL8l-aeQhADs
“The Reaper ” an 18″x 32″ oil on panel allegoric painting inspired by Stephen King’s novel The Stand, has been accepted into the ARC’s Annual International Salon Competition, This is the 8 th year in a row an “A -Maitz- ing ” painting has been part of the selected works in this prestigious show. <www.artrenewal.org>
In November of last year, I began a portrait of Black Beard and displayed a slide presentation in front of a crowd of attendees at the American Society of Marine Artists in Charleston, SC. 2018 was the 300th Anniversary of Black Beard’s blockade of Charleston Harbor. The unfinished portrait is on the right.
Greetings to one and all with Holiday wishes from my fractured interpretations of the Season’s traditions.
A forthcoming science fiction book, with an undercurrent of faeries, for Baen books titled. “Tinker”. The 28″ x 18″ original painting is in oils.
I just finished a small 12” x 9” oil begun on location and finished in the studio with additional research. It is of a sea rover who is attempting to recapture parakeets that got loose, originally taken from Australia. The idea that world travelers have been “migrating” species by virtue of their maritime travels for centuries was the inspiration for the final painting.
Today a TV news film crew visited my studio to interview me for a feature. Here is a link to the broadcast: http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/sarasota-artist-melds-imagination-history-to-create-captain-morgan-pirate
Bud Plant (budsartbooks.com) listed their best selling items for 2017 and Illustration Magazine #55 containing the feature on my art was on the list. I believe copies are still available. Illustration Magazine #55, © 2017 by Dan Zimmer / The Illustrated Press, Inc. www.theillustratedpress.com
