Category Archives: Art Books

Infected By Art Vol. 4!

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Loteria Grande card artworks for "El Venado" and "El Arbol" by John Picacio.

Loteria Grande card artworks for “El Venado” and “El Arbol” by John Picacio.

Great news — two of my recent artworks, “El Venado” and “El Arbol”, have been selected for inclusion in the forthcoming art annual Infected By Art / Volume 4 (published by Hermes Press). Lauren Panepinto, Allen Williams, Erica Berkowitz, and Patrick Jones were the jurors for this year’s annual. Both pieces were created for my ongoing Loteria series, and that makes their inclusion even more gratifying.

“El Venado” is an homage to the Grisha Trilogy written by my friend Leigh Bardugo, while “El Arbol” is a tribute to the late, great Jay Lake. Shoutout to both of them, and to Jay’s family.

In Loteria We Trust. 🙂

Volume 4 will be available in bookstores everywhere during the last quarter of 2016. Congratulations to all of the artists selected for this amazing book!

‘El Mundo’: SPECTRUM 22 Selection!

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Hooray — my Loteria Grande card art for “El Mundo” has been selected for the Institutional category for Spectrum 22: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art!

I’m especially pleased to see this piece make the annual because “El Mundo” is my first official artwork featuring my daughter. Every time she spots the piece, she says, “There I am!”

She was thrilled when she heard the news last night, and I was too. Thanks, Spectrum jurors!

INSPIRED

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Featured in the new art book INSPIRED, clockwise from top left: Art by John Picacio, Rebecca Yanovskaya, Wylie Beckert & Marc Scheff

Sample art from INSPIRED, clockwise, top left: Art by John Picacio, Rebecca Yanovskaya, Wylie Beckert, Marc Scheff

Yesterday, I received word that three of my artworks will be included in the forthcoming art annual, Infected By Art 3.

Today, I want to share news of a forthcoming fantastic sf/f art book called Inspired. It’s the brainchild of Chesley Award-winning art director and Art Order mastermind Jon Schindehette. The collection features a juried selection of works from over 30 international artists via Art Order’s “Inspiration” Challenge. I’m honored to be included amongst the artists chosen for this volume, and you can see the full list of selected artists here.

The jury for this book — an amazing lineup of sf/f luminaries:

Irene Gallo — Associate Publisher, Tor.com

Julie Bell — Illustrator

Lauren Panepinto — Creative Director, Orbit Books

Rebecca Guay — Illustrator / Founder of Illustration Master Class & smArt School

Terese Nielsen — Illustrator

Terryl Whitlatch — Illustrator and Creature Designer Extraordinaire

Inspired is going to be a dynamite art collectible and the print run is limited to only 1000 copies — now taking pre-orders!

BONUS! All pre-orders also receive a digital copy of the book for free!! You can score your books here.

‘Can’t wait to see the finished product, and be inspired. Congrats to Jon — and thank you for creating not only this book, but potentially a new art book model where all parties share the revenue pie. Thank you to the jury, and congrats to all of the artists that were selected!