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Started work on a new painting for the Two Trees of Valinor. I cannot share anything visually yet, but since landscape is the theme, here is a recent visit to the Wizard's Vale and Orthanc the home of Saruman. Inspiration for this painting.. Orthanc 36" x 36" Oil on Panel 2024 private collection

New York City Signing! Saturday July 25th, 11am-5pm I will be set up at the Sacred Torch Magic:The Gathering Pre-Modern Event signing cards & books and offering proofs & playmats at the game store. Access to my signing is open to the public. Hex&Co Union Square 801 Broadway New York, NY 10003

One of my favorite Astronaut paintings, commissioned by a pair of collectors back in 2014 from a rough concept drawing they saw in my sketchbook. My daughter Cecilia modeled for the young listener, mesmerized by the stories of far off places. Whispers 24" x30" Oil on Panel 2015 private collection

One from the Astronaut series examining the elevation of our historical space programs to mythological levels. Angle of Deflection 11" x 14" Oil on Panel 2017 private collection

This painting helped start my series of Empathetic Robots seventeen years ago. Awarded a Silver Medal by the jury of Spectrum. Mind Machine 24" x 18" Oil on Panel 2009 "To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me." -Sir Isaac Newton

Finishing a new dragon painting today (cannot yet share!) but here is a place holder, one of my favorites from the past years. Thank you to my daughter Naomi for modeling as the musician! The Dragon, Violist, and Empathetic Robot 30" x 24" Oil on Panel 2021 private collection

Make it a Science Fiction & Fantasy night at the Society of Illustrators June 18th! The Society of Illustrators is hosting a 'Summer Mixer', an opening and free museum entrance celebrating their 125th Anniversary, June 18, 5-9pm I will be there for the event! societyillustrators.org/event/museum...

Over 20 years ago I provided this painting as cover art to David Drake's 'Master of the Cauldron'. It remained in the studio, surfacing every few years to see if inspiration for a repaint/retouch had taken hold. 20+ years late, I now present to you.. Medusa's Garden 27" x 48" Oil on Panel 2005-2026

Realized I had not shared this awesome commission executed and released last year for the special edition of Adrian Tchaikovsky's acclaimed 'Children of Time' from Orbit Books! I had kept the news under wraps as Orbit did their PR thing.. Children of Time 24" x 36" Oil on Panel 2025

There is no way a teenage Donato in 1983 would have believed you if you told him he would be illustrating the book he just finished reading - Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy! Here is the copy I still have handed to me by my friend Randy Jacobson. www.kickstarter.com/projects/wra...

Hands of Middle-earth. New painting to be exhibited at the 'Lore' show opening this Friday June 5th at The Compass Gallery in Provo, Utah alongside dozens of other wonderful paintings celebrating narrative and fantastic arts. Saruman - Many Rings 14" x 11" Oil on Panel 2026 private collection

Third novel in Sharon Shinn's 'Twelve Houses' series, Dark Moon Defender. Art direction called for the character to bear the resemblance of a popular actor. I captured the actor's likeness TOO well. A digital fix was needed! Faramir - Artifacts from Osgiliath 30" x 20" Oil on Panel 2005

Fifth book in Sharon Shinn's 'Twelve Houses' novel series. Kristina Carroll models here, making for a wonderfully dynamic, moody, and strong character in Wren. I love how the sword flares in the light! Fortune and Fate 20" x 24" Oil on Panel 2007 private collection

Continuing with this series of covers for Sharon Shinn's 'Twelve House' series of novels, here is my favorite, a portrait of the cornered shapeshifter Kirra, with representations of her altered states in the tiled wall behind her. Thirteenth House 22" x 30" Oil on Panel private collection

Reader and Raelynx 22" x 30" Oil on panel 2008 private collection Created for the fourth book in Sharon Shinn's series "Twelve Houses". A young Scott Murphy makes a guest appearance as the model for this character!

Unbroken. We are now into the last week of the Kickstarter for this anthology complied by Peter Orullian and Shawn Speakman. My thanks to Peter Paul Rubens and Vincent Desiderio for helping me to understand and unlock chroma in the shadows. www.kickstarter.com/projects/unb...

Scythians 35" x 56" Oil on Panel 2003 Placed a few small touch ups on this piece I had been wanting to tackle after 20 plus years! And with a new varnish to refresh all those colors. An very challenging, but rewarding, project for National Geographic Magazine.

Fourth and fifth in the NYC Lands series, The Bronx and Brooklyn. Including the preliminaries and abstracts for those interested in the process development in these oil paintings. Forest - New York Botanical Gardens Swamp - Pier 1 each 16" x 20" Oil on Panel 2026

LobsterCon commissioned new set of landscapes related to New York City. I poured my love of NYC into this project,a city where we have lived for 34 years and raised our 2 daughters. Thank you Brad, Andy, Simon and all at LobsterCon for making this possible. Island-Liberty 16" x 20" Oil on Panel 2026

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy!!!!! I can't express how cool, humbled, and honored I am to be a part of this new special edition of Douglas Adams' series from Wraithmarked Creative. Restaurant at the End of the Universe 24" x 36" Oil on Panel 2026 Don't Panic! www.kickstarter.com/projects/wra...