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Celestial Kraken: An Odyssey Beneath Waves

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A vibrant, abstract painting featuring a fantastical creature with elongated, pink feather-like appendages and intricate, swirling designs. The background is a mix of deep blues and purples, creating a cosmic atmosphere with floating bubbles and a glowing orb—truly resembling the "Celestial Kraken: An Odyssey Beneath Waves.

This piece is an enthralling amalgamation of aquatic mystery and celestial wonder, blending the organic with the cosmic. The artist has harnessed the vibrancy of the palette to evoke the dynamic movement and fluidity one might associate with the deep ocean, but with a twist that takes the viewer into the realm of the stars. The bold, crimson hues of the central figure, reminiscent of a galactic squid, demand attention, while the surrounding swirls suggest a dance of astronomical proportions.

The use of color and contrast is particularly noteworthy. The luminous tones of orange and red contrast with the deep blues and purples, creating a visual feast that is almost operatic in its drama. The painting invites the observer to consider the interconnectedness of all things – the macrocosm within the microcosm.

Celestial Kraken

The image presented here, though striking, simply cannot do justice to the original work’s luminescence and texture. The physical presence of the painting, with its layered applications and subtle interplay of light, offers an experience that is both visceral and ethereal. The viewer is reminded that this digital representation is but a shadow of the true vibrancy and depth that can only be fully appreciated in person. This artwork is not just to be seen; it’s to be experienced, lived with, and pondered over, promising new discoveries with each viewing.

What Sorcery?

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A fantasy scene featuring a woman with flowing hair adorned with ornate jewelry and a gemstone headdress. She is extending her hand, casting red magical energy. She holds a staff topped with a dragon head, and her expression is fierce and determined—as if to say, "What sorcery?

What do you do when your opponent summons a dragon, but not the dragon you expect and have spells prepared for? This art grew out of mostly a failed deeper dive into some settings and playing with meshes, but I managed to turn it into something. I think that’s a win in itself. Today is … Read more

New Plan – Run

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Silene had known this wasn’t going to be easy. Their kingdom had been plagued by a fire-spewing dragon dwelling in a nearby cave / pond, poisoning the countryside. To prevent it from affecting the city itself, the people offered it two sheep daily, then a man and a sheep, and finally their children and youths, … Read more

What’s In the Book?!

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I don’t have a title, so I’m channeling Brad Pitt in the movie ‘Seven’. So here we have a scene that wasn’t supposed to be. Originally, I was going to mix it with other artsy stuff, like filters, Chiaroscuro shading, consummate V’s *paragraph fades to Charlie Brown teacher-like droning*… … And then I thought it … Read more

One If By Land

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This started as another #light study, because light is my favorite thing in #art – I added all the other stuff to make the composition less boring. Thematically, it’s an update of the whole #paulrevere ‘the Redcoats are coming’ schtick at the start of the #revolution and updated to reflect the #multicultural #equalityforall society we’ve become since then. At first it looks like a #woman standing by a #window but notice the weapon, the walkie-talkie and the detonator, & she becomes much more than a vapid #model starting out into space, she becomes a #hero – #new #digital #doodle masquerading as #artwork

The Skydragon

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Irina Skydragon (Ирина дракон небесного) is the #character I’m playing in a #5e #dungeonsanddragons campaign. She’s a #kalashtar #celestial #warlock of ancient nobility – #skydragon because in Chinese mythology the greatest of the dragons is a celestial being, although she speaks with a Russian accent. When fresh out of #spells she uses a Yklwa (pronounced YICK-ul-wah) which is a short spear with a long blade or her 16 charisma to talk her way behind someone who is not so squishy.

Regarding process? I created her during the moments in between the #rpg and the close-up came later (this morning). I couldn’t #render her during the game last night because of an old computer and the video/audio feed of Roll20 (think Zoom for nerds) would not play well with a graphics hungry program. #new #utilitarian #art #portrait

Watching the Sunset

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Watching the #Sunset – adding another #digital #painting to the great Internet garbage patch, where the work all #artists who can’t get exposure go. Maybe it’s not that good, maybe it’s worth a breakthrough 10 likes. Anyway, it’s a woman with her #dragon but not that #woman or that dragon :). #art #new #digitalpainting #fantasyart #fantasy

Mary and the Last Sinner

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A painting of Mary with long curly hair wearing a pink dress with ruffles, and a halo above her head. She faces a large, menacing purple dragon with glowing yellow eyes and sharp teeth, emerging from dark, swirling shadows behind her. The scene captures the tense moment from "Mary and the Last Sinner.

I had an entire long post ready to go but thanks to an app crash, I’ll give you the highlights.

I wasn’t going to share this painting. I didn’t think it worthy, but people started to like it, so, here we are.

There’s two themes going on here. First, there’s a piece of Papayrus at Harvard (this is not the Dan Brown / Da Vinci Code angle) that has a line where Jesus calls Mary Magdalene “my Wife”. Imagine that? Going from fallen prostitute to the equal (or better than, in the words of Paul) of Jesus. The documentary I watched “The Gospel of Mary“, started the ball rolling on this idea. I was originally going to paint just her.

As an aside, and from a historical perspective since I’m not religious (there’s a long story involving an ex-wife that caused me to be like the hit R.E.M song with God), I’m fascinated by what got in the Bible, what got left out (Gnosticism, Council of Nicea, etc.), and the power-plays that took place to put down Mary (labeling her a prostitute). So painting this had a lot to do with egalité, as the French would say.

Next I came across a Mark Twain quote that made me pause:

“But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?”

I thought, “who better to bring the word of God to the first and last sinner?” So I had Mary confronting the great vvrym and closing the loop on this Christianity thing – a denouement of sorts, but without the 80’s soundtrack.

The painting had a working title of “Prom Dress Mary and the Pompadour (fixed) Dragon“. That title should explain why I wasn’t going to post it at first. Anyway, here it is.

Legacy of the Viking

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A textured painting with a bronze dragon at the center, set against a blue background with swirling red, gold, and brown splatters. Symbols resembling animals and celestial figures enhance its mythical quality, evoking the spirit of the Legacy of the Viking in an abstract form.

This #painting was inspired by my fascination with #Viking culture. The whole concept of living day to day not knowing whether it was going to be your last seems so much more exciting than being assured  you are getting up today, tomorrow, and the next day, with the firm realiziation that you will be doing PowerPoint or some other banal thing to pay divorce debt. But I digress…


Viking culture, it’s loud, in your face, mystical, even… primal. The #dragon is central to this culture. Níõhöggr, a dragon in the Völuspá; Jörmungandr, the #Midgard Serpent, who will begin #Ragnarök; Fáfnir, of the Völsung Cycle and the Drekki in the Gesta Danorum, are examples of wyrms  that litter #Norse literature and theology.


This artwork is inspired by Norse jewelry design. It also serves as a proof of concept for a path I want to follow; combining manuscript illumination, 3D design, other elements of the Dark Ages… and #cake #decorating.

The composition is mixed media. Really, it’s mostly acrylic paint on canvas, but given depth through the use of gels and such. I also used a spare icing thingy I had laying around. What can I say? Cutting edge?


Anyway, I hope you like it. I’ve taken several types of photos in different light to show off its metallic character. I used a piece of broken blue glass for the eye. In future art, I’m going to use gems and stones and whatnot to give it a Medieval feel.

16×20. It’s for sale.