The Spider: Scourge of the Scorpion

by gcadmin | May 10, 2021

This painting has a long history. The original concept was a cover I pitched to Moonstone for the book The Spider: Judgement Knight. My rough and pencil studies were approved, and I did a painting. It was one of my early oil paintings. The painting was not approved. A...

Man Bait for Snake Devil

by gcadmin | May 10, 2021

The subject matter for this was new for me. I don’t think I ever painted a snake before. I like to work with shadow and light. German Expressionism and Film Noir have influenced me. I like the idea of things having a dreamlike or vague memory feel. The final execution...

The Joker

by gcadmin | May 8, 2021

An early Gauche painting. It’s a rework of an even earlier Gauche painting. I had shown my portfolio to Neal Adams, and his comment about the previous version was that people wouldn’t think I own small brushes. I didn’t have enough detail to make it work. He was...

Green Lantern Corp

by gcadmin | May 4, 2021

The Green Lantern Corps was my most ambitious painting to date. I changed direction a few times, got lost, and came back. I plan on doing a blog in the future and show that journey. You can check out my two preliminary drawing in that section of this site. Type: Pin...

Hellboy

by gcadmin | Nov 15, 2015

This Hellboy is one of my most successful paintings in terms of designs and lost and found areas. I think I provided detail where it was essential and let other things fade away without feeling like they are missing. I think this approach works well for a character...