April 6th, 2007
The day has arrived that I finally received my copy of Metamorphosis! I’m so happy I have my copy.
To have the so many Fantastic and Visionary artists in one book is stunning. Metamorphosis shows us how wide and varied the visions are of the artists working in this vein of art. It is truely inspirational to see so many wonderful artists creating works of such quality and power.
Jon Beinart has done a superb job on the book. It looks every bit professional. I’ve spoken to a number of the other artists included in the book and they are all just as equally excited.
More detailed information about the book can be found on the website I built, beinArt.org.
Metamorphosis has emerged from its chrysalis in the form of a Hard Cover Art Book with a Dust Jacket, 112 A4 gloss pages, with 122 High res plates. The book features a number of well known artists such as Alex Grey, Chet Zar, Andrew Gonzalez, and Ernst Fuchs.
The best part is, I’m among them! The image to the right shows my pages in the book.
“Metamophosis” is now on sale from beinArt.org.
March 28th, 2007
One of the wonderful consequences of working with Jon Beinart on his beinArt.org project, is that I've met some very interesting people. Of those is numbered Rardy Van Soest. I was initially made aware of his existence by De Es Schwertberger, who has a number of his paintings in Rardy's collection. I then discovered that he was well known amongst the Fantastic and Visionary art community, as he is an avid art collector of this genre, and has exess of 800 works.
It came to pass that when Rardy noticed two of his favourite artists missing from beinArt.org, he made contact to enquire why. After a very long conversation about many topics associated with art and painting, his two artists were included. During this conversation I also had the opportunity to ask him about his collection. He informed me that he was in the planning stages for the building of a museum in the Netherlands, dedicated solely to Fantastic and Visionary art.
My curiosity was stirred further, so when the opportunity arrived that I was travelling to Amsterdam, I took the opportunity to contact Rardy again, and ask if I could make the trek to Utrecht to visit him and see his collection. Rardy agreed. When we met, we spent much time talking firstly, and he started introducing me to books of his favourite artists. Slowly we made our way to his collection.
What a dream to behold. We spent some hours looking through his collection. As a painter, this was a marvelous opportunity for me to see first hand, works I had only seen in books or on the internet. I could see and learn so much more about the artists techniques.
February 11th, 2007
In August, Citadel Press will release The Cryptopedia: A Dictionary of the Weird, Strange and Downright Bizarre, by Jonathan Maberry. The book contains essays and dictionary chapters on UFOs, New Age, Cryptozoology, Hauntings. The book also includes artwork, from an international assembly of artists: Jason Beam, Ken Meyer Jr, Morbideus Goodell, Sandro Castill, and of course myself.
More information about Jonathan and his books can be found on his personal website.
January 10th, 2007
I spent a hectic but thoroughly enjoyable time in Vienna over December, staying with my good friend and colleague Amanda Sage (www.amandasage.com). She was very gracious to allow me the use of her studio, and so for the first time in almost a year, I could dabble in paint again. Ah how I've missed it. Now the itch has been scratched, there is much more to be done. Included is one of the works I began. It is still a work in progress. Stay tuned.
While there I also had the chance to catch up with Luigi La Speranza and Peter Gric. We met Michael Sheer, the director of Galerie 10 while visiting Amanda's exhibition.
