Forest Awakening Print now available~

Here is a new print that will be available for the first time at Spectrum Live! 

"Forest Awakening" is a very large painting that will be in a show at Arcadia Fine Arts in NY on June 16th. Soon, I'll be posting more info as well as some images of the process involved in making this large piece.

Commission Sketches Samples~

Here are 2 sketch commissions from the recent Wondercon show in Anaheim California. I have a commissions list for the upcoming Spectrum Live show this weekend May 18-20 in Kansas City. Commissions for the show can be purchased ahead of time for delivery at the show HERE. 

The angel is a sketch in my book "The Art of Craig Elliott" and is done in colored pencils on the inside cover of the book.  

The girl with the tiara is a sketch of Deja Thoris for a fan of the books and movie-  "John Carter"

Frazetta curiosity

About 10years ago I found a painting that had a figure in it from one of Frank Frazetta's first paintings "Conan the Destoyer" I recently asked James Gurney if he knew the name of the artist because the old book I got the image from never had a credit for the artist (tisk, tisk).  Lo and behold the Genius of James Gurney came through!  He found the artist, and a bit more info on the painting.  Jim has posted a bit on it on his blog if you are interested. The artist is French orientalist Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ. The name of the painting in English is "The Slaying of the Unpropitous Messengers"  or in French "Les Porteurs de Mauvaises Nouvelles"

Below is the comparison I found to the Frazetta figure:

Here is the original painting:

Spectrum Live show appearance May 18-20

I wanted to let you all know that I'll be at the spectrum live show in Kansas city booth nuber 608, along with Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon!  

I will have prints, cards, new art, originals and be signing my book and taking sketch commissions.  You can get sketch commissions ahead of time and get to be first on the list through my website at this link:

http://www.craigelliottgallery.com/comissions/

Ralph McQuarrie portrait~

Last night, I did a portrait of illustrator and concept designer Ralph McQuarrie, for a little show that will be at the Industrial Light and Magic shop in the next few days.  A friend of mine, Christian Alzmann, in the art department there asked me if I would paint something that he and the other artists there could give to Ralph's Widow as a show of appreciation for how much Ralph meant to us, and how much he as inspired us all. Other artists and former artists from the ILM art department are also doing pieces for the show- it should be pretty cool!

Here, I am posting the final painting as well as a composite of the 3 hour painting process. There was probably another 3 hours of prep time involved beforehand. 

-Enjoy!