![]() ![]() You can also find diptychs, where two works are joined to create on cohesive piece of art like in the Lorwyn and Shadowmoor Basic Lands, and other groups of four and five pieces of art on cards derivative of one painting.īut what hadn’t been done before was to create a nine-card contraption, and that’s exactly what we were given in Unstable. Mostly basic lands are created as polyptych and panorama. Donato’s panorama is a single painting, broken into the five basic lands. Of Panorama’s and Polyptychs, Part IIīack in December I wrote about my acquisition of Donato Giancola’s Grand Prix Basic Land Panorama, and one of the sections of that article looked closely, via Reddit and Imgur, at a visual collection of the multi-piece works found throughout the history of Magic. To have Magic illustration included in Spectrum raises the bar for the art of the entire game, as well as further solidifying the increasing space Magic occupies within the larger genre of Imaginative Realism. To have a painting in the volume can mean many things: it can make original paintings more desirable for collectors (and in turn more valuable), land artist’s new commissions based on exemplary work, or simply expose new talent to the Art Director eye that needed to see it most. It’s where artists, products, and companies alike aspire to have their work published. I meant what I said in the introduction when describing Spectrum as “the best of the best.” To have your work included sets it apart and gives it an accolade that becomes part of its provenance, following it indefinitely. We’ll see if one of these three or one of the two non-Magic nominated works takes Gold and/or Silver yet again. Three Magic illustrations are in the award running in the Institutional category yet again: they are Bastien Lecouffe Deharme’s Etrata, the Silencer, Jesper Ejsing’s Slippery Bogle, and Tyler Jacobson’s Opt. Spectrum 26Īs a future sneak peek, the current Spectrum (for work done in 2018) has posted the list of included artists and award nominations, though in many cases we still don’t know for which work. Dinosaur Hunter by Tianhua X and Vraska, Relic Seeker by Chris Rahn were also nominated. Digital.įor the first time ever Magic art won both awards in the Institutional category, with Seb McKinnon’s Stasis taking Gold and Piotr Jablonski’s Moaning Wall taking Silver. Click on the link above to see our title Contraption as the first work on his list. Spectrum 25Īccording to Mike’s February 2019 article, 31 total pieces of Magic art were included in 2018’s Spectrum 25, with four pieces up for Gold or Silver award recognition (there are only five nominations in each category). More Magic art is included every year, and Magic illustrations are becoming regular nominations in the Institutional Category for these Gold and Silver awards. This is Vorthos Mike Linnemann’s realm and something he talks about often, writing every year on which pieces were included in the volume and which were up for Gold and Silver awards in their categories. For Spectrum, artists and works are chosen every February, with awards above and beyond publication inclusion announced in March at Spectrum Fantastic Art Live in Kansas City. Way back in my first article about Matt Stewart’s Gilded Cerodon, I introduced Spectrum and Infected by Art, two artist-submitted and juried volumes of contemporary art that feature the “best of the best” from the previous year’s work in the genre of Imaginative Realism. Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art What is it? ![]() It was on this Facebook page I learned of his inclusion in Spectrum 25, and I’d like to take a bit and explain why exactly this is such a big deal. ![]() To follow along with what he’s up to and see his new art as it’s released, your best bet is to follow him on Facebook. He seems to always have new work coming out, be it a huge oil painting, lively book cover, or small brush and ink interior sketches. It highlights the fanciful bounds of Magic. This Contraption was Horsley’s triumphant return to Magic after a short break. There is so much going on in the final piece, and the roughness of these three color studies reduces the work down to its core: whimsy. The pinks and purples are warm yet dangerous and provide a feeling of serenity and at the same time unease. This crowning trio forms a super fun scene and reads complete with everything you’d expect from an Unstable set: a possessed mailbox, lightning-rod umbrellas, and downright mischievous faeries. Ralph began his typical color study process traditionally but ultimately completed the rest digitally, and so the set is incomplete. Dispatch Dispensary & Faerie Aerie measure 5” x 7” and Twiddlestick Charger is A5, each oil on canvas board.Īs well as an alternate for Faerie Aerie and Dictation Quillograph that can be seen at the end of this article. ![]()
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