Owen William Weber Illustration

Yesterday, I received my contributor copy of Elder Sign: Omens of Ice which holds the painting "Frostbite" that I painted for it last year.  The idea behind it was that it was a man who had been frostbitten in his hands and face, in a New England town in the early 20th c., I believe.  The AD wanted him screaming and being brought into an ambulance.  I love doing this type of stuff, but I'm never given these types of assignments, so I was very excited.  And a word to the wise, don't google image search "frostbite", it's truly awful to look at.  Here is the sketch that I came up with: Frostbite Sketch, 12" x 8", Pencil. The AD thought the screaming mouth was a bit too much, so I closed it and went ahead with the painting.  Here is the final: Frostbite , 12" x 8", oil on paper on masonite, 2015. ©Fantasy Flight Games Another piece that I just finished and then immediately sold was my "Irish Elk" piece.  This animal w...

For the past few months, I have been painting a bunch of small paintings of prehistoric creatures.  I have always had a few small, more affordable paintings to sell at the conventions I attend, and this is my newest series.  I feel like most people are not able to buy art at the prices artist ask, especially the big pieces, and they are forced to buy prints.  Prints are great, I have quite a few myself, but they are nothing like the real thing.  So I always make a more affordable series of paintings.  Here are the Prehistoric Creatures I have painted so far: Deinonychus, 7"x 5", Oil on Paper on Masonite, 2015. Private Collection Pteranodon,  7"x 5", Oil on Paper on Masonite, 2015. Diplodocus,  7"x 5", Oil on Paper on Masonite, 2015. Dimetrodon,  7"x 5", Oil on Paper on Masonite, 2015. Pachycephalosaurus,  7"x 5", Oil on Paper on Masonite, 2015. Styracosaurus,  7"x 5", Oil on Paper on Masonite, ...

Though I did not do all the challenges of the Month of Love tumblr blog, I did do two.  I tried to come up with good ideas for the other two challenges, but for whatever reason, it just didn't work out.  So here are the two that I did complete. The first piece I painted was for the Second week, the challenge being: Language of Love.  I thought it was an interesting idea to convey the ways animals show love to their owners.  This image came to mind.  Though we have never had a mouse problem, our cat has on occasion displayed a waterbug or two it has killed.  I was able to piece together a couple reference photos I took of our cat for this piece, so it worked as a nice portrait of Mim.  I painted this all in one sitting, something I haven't done in quite some time. A Present , 7" x 10", Oil on Paper on Masonite, 2016.  The second piece I painted was for the Third week, the challenge being: Weapons.  I was really having trouble coming up...