Pablo Picasso’s Words of Wisdom

Wow. Two great finds today. Discovered a site called Paintalicious which spotlights various mixed-media artists. Can’t believe I’d never heard of this site before! Worth checking out regularly. The other great find — Inspiring stuff for anyone toiling in the art trenches…Paintalicious has a post featuring seven quotes from the Man himself, Pablo Picasso. (Above…

My Longest Read & Breaking News

What’s the longest book you’ve ever read? Yesterday I finished my all-time longest. 1350 pages long….the entire epic trilogy that is Mark Chadbourn‘s AGE OF MISRULE, which I read in its British omnibus form. Next year Pyr will be releasing the trilogy in simultaneous spiffy new editions, and I’m working up thumbnails for those covers.…

Joe, Mike, and me

Laura Domitz is a friend and long-time member of the Fandom Association of Central Texas. She’s also the tireless photographer that shoots candid photos of me and countless others at cons everywhere. I call her photos “sniper shots” because I rarely see Laura coming until she’s taken her shot. This past weekend at Armadillocon, I…

Denvention Art Show Video

The fabulous Cheryl Morgan just posted a video interview with me that gives a good look at my recent Worldcon Art Show exhibit. Much gratitude and mad props to Cheryl for crafting this spontaneous little video. You’re the best! For all those who didn’t make it to Worldcon this year, or didn’t make it to…

STAR TREK Covers in the Wild

Glimpsed at a San Antonio Barnes & Noble (410/San Pedro)…a shelf full of recent STAR TREK paperbacks with covers by me. Simon & Schuster/Pocket Books is the publisher. The TEROK NOR covers connect to form a single triptych. FEARFUL SYMMETRY (far right) features a flip cover on the back. Not seen here is ECHOES &…

Armadillocon 30 Wrapup

Great times this weekend at Armadillocon 30 in Austin, TX. Rode to the show with Boxcar Satan‘s Sanford Allen early Friday morning. Over the next three days, we hung out with friends new and old including Author GOH John Scalzi, Editor GOH Sheila Williams, Artist GOH David Lee Anderson, Special Guests Joe and Gay Haldeman,…

Armadillocon 30 Schedule

Don’t look now — here comes Armadillocon 30 in Austin, TX. My schedule for the next few days, plus work for sale in the con’s Art Show. See you there! Fr2100DW Report from DenventionFri 9:00 PM-10:00 PM deWittBobo, Docherty, Gelb, Meschke(M), J. Moore, Picacio, PriceA group of people freshly returned from last weekend’s World Science…