Posted on March 11, 2008

• Last year I was approached by New Age star David Helpling about using one of my images for his latest album cover. He wanted to use one of my favorites, Cathedral. The album, “Treasure“, was released last summer and was a big success.

  I just learned this evening that it won the NAR Lifestlyle Award for Best Cover Art of 2007, beating out some really incredible work. Believe it or not this is the first time one of my images has won any kind of award.

  Even though they don’t credit me on the web site (I’m credited in the CD) I’m still pretty proud of it and wanted to let you all know.

Posted on March 6, 2008

• I’ve added the dual and triple screen versions of “Lone Tree” to the gallery this evening. Thanks everyone for the wonderful feedback. I knew Jessie is usually (almost always) right and the bulk of the comments bore that out. I’m glad that so many of you seem to enjoy the piece!

Posted on March 3, 2008

• I’ve posted a new wallpaper, “Lone Tree”, on the new images page this morning. This one started out as a simple experiment with the Vue d’Esprit plant editor (trying to make an interesting looking tree) and I think it turned out nicely.

  I’ve posted two versions. The version in the Pickle Jar contains a figure reclining under the tree enjoying the view. Jessie and I had a brief debate on which version should be featued. I thought it added a sense of scale to the image and a little drama. She thought that the figure distracted the eye from the background. I went with her decision (being the good husband that I am) but thought you all should have a say as well.

  Check them both out and drop in a comment if you have feelings one way or another.

Posted on February 28, 2008

• It seems that many of you think the orange version of “Axiomatic” I posted yesterday is superior to the blue version. That’s fine with me (I like it better too). I’ve swapped the orange version into the main gallery and the blue version will remain available in the Pickle Jar.

  Onward and upward now…

Posted on February 27, 2008

• I’ve added dual and triple screen versions of “Axiomatic” to the gallery this morning. I’ve also added a version with a different color scheme in the Pickle Jar (multi-screen versions also available) for those of you who wanted a little variety.