Here’s a new one continuing to push the painterly direction and approach and it is really feeling good. I can’t think of any other recent painting which was as exciting and enjoyable as this was to work on. I’m also tremendously proud to say that this piece will be on display at the Allentown Art Museum for the At The Edge: Art of the Fantastic show from June 3rd through September 9th where it will be hanging in some very distinguished company.

36×48, oil on wood panel

Here are two pieces I made for an upcoming show at OhNo!Doom in Chicago. The show is all video game related images, and for me that translates to NES classic. It was my first system, my favorite system, and the only console I still use (believe me, Tetris *never* gets old). The choice of which NES game to jump off from was tough at first, but in the end it had to be Zelda 2: The Adventures of Link. It was the first game I ever owned (besides Mario/Duck Hunt I suppose) and it was fuel for my imagination for years and years to follow.
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This was also a fun project because it was my first experiment into combining fantasy art subject matter and ideas with the more painterly and naturalistic style which I’ve been exploring in my gallery work. I definitely will be doing work more along these lines in the future.
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“Before him was a raging sea and, beyond it, the Ocean Palace”, 18×24, oil on wood panel
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“The Graveyard”, 18×24, oil on wood panel
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If you’re in the Chicago area, check out the show! It opens February 11th at OhNo!Doom
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*edit* some process shots as requested:

the initial sketch
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the acrylic underpainting
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portrait detail, in progress
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portrait detail from the final

In a couple weeks, I’ll be showing some new personal work at Artists House Gallery in Philadelphia alongside my brother Anthony. Details here, come check it out!

I just realized that, though I do generally update my personal blog, I’ve been very delinquent here on GA updates. Here’s an illo dump to make it up, not everything I’ve done in the past several months but a good portion of book covers, tarot cards, my Microvisions piece, etc. All oils, sizes vary, you know…

Here’s a new Tarot card, the Ten of Swords which symbolizes ruin, pain, disaster, and the culmination of poor decisions.

10×15, oil on illustration board

also, I recently interviewed fellow GAer Scott Altmann on my blog, have a look see!

do we still do that? I think I’ve skipped a bunch, but here’s some of the backlog, all 5×7s oil on illustration board:

Wow, I’ve been a total Gorilla slacker lately, I haven’t been posting illustrations much at all! Well, here are a few recentish jobs to try and catch that up:


13×26, oil on illustration board, Tor.com


17×23, oil on illustration board, Little Brown and Co.


12×18, oil on illustration board, Heavy Metal Magazine


12×16, oil on illustration board, Realms of Fantasy


15×25, oil on illustration board, Don’t Look

After months of work and prep, the new 2010 Quickie hardcovers are finally here! The book is bigger (10×10) and thicker (96 full color pages) than last year’s model and features about 80% previously unprinted works, some of which haven’t even been shown on this blog. I’m really really proud of this one :D

click to see a flip-through

Click HERE for more info or to order. Order along with the upcoming “Painting Stephie 7″ process DVD and get 50% off!

The book is also available in a very limited deluxe edition which will include an original oil postcard remarque and custom slipcase. Deluxe editions are limited to 25 copies, click here for more information.

Also, an update for those who have asked about the process DVD: After some production delays, I’ve just received a delivery date of May 20th, which means that DVD and combo orders will begin shipping on May 24th.

VISIT MY NEW WEBSTORE HERE

I’ve hinted around about my DVD for awhile now, but it’s nearly finished and I’m finally able to show a peek ;)

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Painting Stephie 7 DVD trailer

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for more info on this or on the new hardcover Quickie book also coming out next month, go to http://www.dvpalumbo.com/store.html

recent cover for Night Shade Books:

The Loving Dead

14×21, oil on illustration board