Art Originals on sale on Etsy this week
Normally, I prefer to sell here, but when it comes to originals, I often put them up on Etsy first for added exposure. We’re running on a deficit this month, so I put these three items up for sale on...
View ArticleFundraising Drive – Get original art… cheap
I have some new approaches at art I would like to give a try, unfortunately, that means picking up some supplies I don’t yet have… special tinted art papers, white pencils, some new oil mediums and...
View ArticleSteampulp Baba Yaga
“The Magic Hut” I’ve been dying to do a Baba-Yaga themed piece for some time now. I could probably do ten more and still not cover all of her faces or personalities. This one I took a heavy-mechanical...
View ArticleThe Artist’s life: Myths and Misconceptions
This post is for those who are aspiring artists, those who are living the artists’ life/fighting the good fight, those want to know what the typical artist’s life is really like, those who erroneously...
View ArticleWork with me here
I am seeking two people who live in Grand Rapids, or are willing to travel to Grand Rapids for the Artprize competition/event. Most importantly, those people would be able to be here during Artprize,...
View ArticleSlave 1881
John Strangeway, aka Steampunk Boba Fett hired me to create a more Victorian/Edwardian era craft for him in a painted portrait. This (below) is the result. The original is 32×24 inches, painted in...
View ArticleReign in Purple
Painted on birch panel in acrylic paints. Even the images below can’t possibly give you a good look at all the detail in this piece… but that is the story with most of my works. This piece took me 2 +...
View ArticleImaging Paintings for Giclee Printing
A long and in depth how to for Artists seeking to image their works at home or elsewhere
View ArticleThe Albatross
I’ve been up a *lot* of hours, so I am going to keep this short and add images and links. This new work started with a pencil drawing, and I just couldn’t stand to leave it at that. It led to many days...
View ArticleThe Black Ibis Tarot
Bethalynne Bajema, my fiancee, co-conspirator, and occasional collaborator is working on her third eerie and beautiful neo-victorian Tarot deck “The Black Ibis” – and taking a different approach at her...
View ArticleApproved!
Our Kickstarter was approved and launched yesterday, and you can find it here: Our KickStarter Page If you aren’t familiar with Kickstarter, it is a perfect addition to our community project feel, in...
View ArticleMy first Video ever: It’s terrible! You’re welcome!
Because we needed video up for The Infernal Device's kickstarter page, and didn't have one, I decided to do a workshop video to talk about progress on the model. Problem being that I did not have any...
View ArticleHello!
I am talking to you… through the internet! I forgot to mention the rewards such as limited etchings on brass, paintings, and the like – but, if you’d like to know more, we’ve got a writeup about the...
View ArticleSteampunk Tales 10
Steampunk Tales 10 (Featuring my cover) is out now – Lots of great reading, on your device of choice, for $2.99. This piece is another digital work, something I rarely choose to do – one which I...
View ArticleSeven
A new engraving, 5×7 inches, with the usual really, really tiny details. Seven cubes, seven limbs, seven chains between the cubes, seven chains on her neck… I suppose it would be good for a children’s...
View ArticleAirships and Tentacles Coloring Book
In thinking of something really good, but inexpensive that I could put together as an added incentive to be a part of our kickstarter, and in staying up all night making a new engraving – it came to...
View ArticleCooties and a story by G.D. Falksen!
Well, it looks like I am devoting myself this year to finally finishing up my children’s book – but for now, I am working really hard at making our kickstarter successful. We are beyond dedicated to...
View ArticleFor Lovers of Rare Books
I made this book a while back, out of hardwood, and spent a lot of time sanding, carving, and polishing it. I also put a lot of love into making the securing system – two fat-ended brass pins to give...
View ArticleNew Tee shirt design
Well, actually it is an improvement and upgrade on the previously proposed tee shirt design. Now that we’re ready to go to production on these, I started off doing some graphical cleanup and decided it...
View ArticleSlave 1881 Finally available as a giclee on canvas
The HP 4670, rocks. 600 DPI, in seconds. Perfectly flat, no distance from the painting, means I can finally get good imaging of my paintings without the $300+ a pop imaging fee, which means savings to...
View ArticleInfernal Teardown and Commissions Available Again
So, this last week we wrapped up the Infernal Device show at the Gerald R Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Tear-down went pretty smoothly, considering that we had to break down nearly two tons of...
View ArticleBlue Things
Yeah, I know, people have gotten pretty used to me making with the fantastical steampunk stuff – but there are a lot of times when the things in my head aren’t exactly in the genres I’m known for,...
View ArticleNYC – Free Downloadable Art, and Holiday Cards
I’ve been invited to be a guest, along with my artwork, on the set of a reality TV show filming in NYC – which may turn out to be a great opportunity for me. But, as things with artists go, the first...
View ArticleNew Store, New Stuff, Bigger and Cheaper
You, at least I think it was you, asked for Poster prints - more wall coverage, lower prices. I am now offering just that, lots of that, plus: Calendars, Tee Shirts, Hoodies, Onesies, and more.
View ArticleAstudan
I started this piece as a pencil sketch for The Borgia Popes, an Ohio band, from the Cincinnati post-punk scene in the 90’s, for use in their album cover. I wanted it to have a very Beksinski feel to...
View ArticleThe Mighty Bloop
Painted in acrylic on tempered hardboard backed with birch, 12 by 24 inches – added to the airships and tentacles series because I might as well – since the book is not yet compiled and won’t be in...
View ArticleBlack Ships Ate the Sky
A look into the details of the finished piece, as well as the steps along the way to completion.
View ArticleHendrick’s Gin Giveaway
Box Assemblage, Prints, and Painting for Hendricks Gin Giveaway
View ArticleFor the Kids in You
Freebie: A Valentine's Day present to my peoples and their kids and students... a few hours late because I took a nap today.
View ArticleYo Ho Ho and a Bottle of …Gin?
Hendrick’s Gin is giving away a custom box, made by me, including an original painting, 11 giclee prints on acid-free paper, a 14×11 metallic print, my Coloring Book for Grown Up Kids, and a copy of...
View ArticleSteampunk Symposium and coming conventions
So, we’re back from the Steampunk Symposium, cooling our jets for a few weeks (read: working frantically on other things and preparation for coming conventions). We had a great time; Aloyisius and his...
View ArticleThe Edge of Dreams
I did this as a drawing a while back for my free coloring pages I offered here, which is a coloring page not in my for-sale coloring book, and decided that I really wanted to do a color version myself…...
View ArticleDoodly Doodles and Halloween Grab Bags
These are drawings I did on the back of the post cards I made available for a brief time a few weeks ago. Since I am filling another coloring book and using these characters elsewhere, I figured this...
View ArticleSpirit Boards By Bethalynne Bajema and Myke Amend
The boards measure 15×18?, are made of thick 3/4 inch oak, stained a deep red cherry, and are coated in varnish and then waxed for an easy gliding of the planchette. Edges are ornately routed for an...
View ArticleFreaky Tiki Lowbrow Luau
I’ll be at this one, with Bethalynne Bajema, and Anthony Carpenter, and with art from James B Hunt and Chad Savage, as well as a large assortment of the best lowbrow and pop surrealist artists in Grand...
View ArticleComic Book, New Paintings
I did some live painting down at Ice Cream Gallery, and I did 4 new paintings in 2 days at Cinema Wasteland with a painting in my lap, a pallet balanced on my knee, and paint cup between my feet. Below...
View ArticleAirships and Tentacles – my new 140-Page Art Book
Over the past months I have been tapping away at keys, collecting scans of artworks old and new and even a lot of forgotten works, in order to make a very intensive book of my works to date. At first,...
View ArticleButtoneyes Birthday
> Buy prints here < This piece, was inspired hugely by news of the upcoming Cabal Cut release of Clive Barker’s Nightbreed and news of a possible anniversary book; It was further inspired by...
View ArticleDoodles – Available Again December 25th and 26th
This is usually a Black Friday offer from me, but the Holiday shopping season was short, and online shopping was even shorter – as a result, I chose to stay out of it. These are, however, available now...
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