I'm a little behind on posting this landscape, painted for Abend Gallery's Landscape show last month.

Oil, 16 x 20 inches

The vast depth of space and the multitude of stars, worlds, and galaxies is nearly impossible for our minds to fathom, but it's an awakening experience to attempt. This video may help - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiWJoILkpVc

This is another piece appearing in tonights opening of the "Edge of Reaism" at Abend Gallery in Denver, 6-9pm. I'll be there, so if you're in the area, come say hi!

Oil, 20 x 24 inches

Prints: http://robrey.storenvy.com

Appearing in the upcoming Edge of Realism show at Abend Gallery, opening June 23rd.

Oil, 20 x 24 inches

A new piece in a series started last July with Stardust Gazing Back. This new piece will be appearing in Abend Gallery's Contemporary Figuration show opening May 13th.


“The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.”
- Carl Sagan

Oil, 20 x 24 inches

These two illustrations were painted last year for Dungeons & Dragons' recently released "Curse of Strahd" Adventure.

In the first painting, vistani seer, Stanamir, conjures and vision in the flames of a campfire. I'm happy to say this painting has been accepted to Spectrum 23! It's also featured in an article on the D&D website.

In the second painting, a little creepier than my usual work, the witch, Morgantha, takes human form to sell her drug laced pies in a misty oppressed town.

Vistani Magic, Oil, 18 x 24 inches

Morgantha's Pastry Cart, Oil, 18 x 24 inches

Brooding Study has also been accepted to Spectrum 23 and Bioluminescence has even been nominated for an award!

Bioluminescence, Oil, 18 x24 inches

Brooding Study, Oil, 6 x 8 inches

Oil, 18 x 24 inches

This study for a recent commission will be up for sale tomorrow morning on Every Day Original at 10am eastern time.

Oil Study, 6 x 8 inches

In wonder and curiosity of the warmth and light. A contemplation of what our ancestors (and mermaids) would have thought of the sun.

Oil, 12 x 16 inches

This study for Pluto Unveiled goes up for sale on EveryDay Original Sunday (tomorrow) morning at 10 am eastern time. These pieces don't usually last long.  For more information about the painting just see my recent post about the full size version.

Study for Pluto Unveiled, Oil, 6 x 8 inches

The next painting in the Bioluminescence series is hanging in a new animal themed show titled, Animalia, Abend Gallery in Denver. Show opens tonight.

Check out more work from the show here.

Oil, 20 x 24 inches

A new painting to commemorate humanity's first detailed glimpse of Pluto and it's moon, Charon, made last year by the New Horizons spacecraft. It was an amazing accomplishment, and a momentous event to be alive for as the face of the dwarf planet became known to humans for the first time in history!

Oil, 12 x 16 inches

After a few months hiatus from Every Day Original to catch up on a few things, I'm now back to my regular posting date of the 21st of the month. That means this new mermaid goes up for sale tomorrow morning at 10am EST. Be ready, they don't usually last long.

Brooding, Oil Study, 6 x 8 inches

Reaching Europa

This new painting from an earlier study has been accepted to the Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Exhibition for this year! The show takes place at Eckert & Ross Fine Art in Indianapolis, from November 6 - December 5.

With the Flow, Oil, 18 x 24 inches

This new study goes up on Every Day Original tomorrow morning at 10am EDT.

If you've ever gone camping in a secluded place and walked away from the safe and warm glow of the fire, you've probably experienced a flash of fear for what could be out in the darkness with you, unseen. It's a very common and natural emotion for us having evolved ever watchful of predators. Though this fear may still strike in the darkness of one's own home, thanks to electricity, we live mostly free from this psychological marauder. Before electricity, when the sun went down, candles and campfires would have been our only feeble weapons against these fears, leaving us nothing to do but wait through the long darkness until the sun rose again to save us for another day. So in addition to the harvest symbols of our agricultural ancestors, the autumnal equinox represents the the last waning light before the long and psychologically safe days turned into the long and fearful nights of winter. From this perspective, it's easy to see why the sun and it's light plays such a strong role in the myths of so many cultures.

Oil Study, 6 x 8 inches

This is my painting for the Society Of Illustrators, Visionarium show in NYC. Like the Microvisions show of the past, Visionarium features work donated for auction to benefit scholarships for illustration students. The auction will go live on September 28th and end on Oct 10th. To see the rest of the work in the show by award winning illustrators and find more information on how you can place your bid, check out this link.

In Knots, Oil Study, 6 x 8 inches

Framed

On the wall at the Society of Illustrators, NYC. Logo by Lauren Panepinto

Another mermaid study goes up for sale on Every Day Original at 10 am eastern time (7/21). If you're interested, be ready, most of them have sold in the first hour.

Oil, 7 x 7 inches

Here is the larger, finished version of the study I posted not too long ago. It's one more piece for the "Introductions" show at Abend Gallery opening this Friday, July 10th.

The heliosphere is the region of space that surrounds our solar system, where the solar wind (plasma) from our sun radiates outward and the magnetic field of the sun dominates space. This area ends well beyond Pluto. There, it meets the interstellar medium and it's boundary protects our solar system from most of the galactic cosmic rays coming from interstellar space.

Oil, 18 x 24 inches

Detail

Another piece for the "Introductions" show at Abend Gallery opening this Friday, July 10th. This piece is also inspired by the poetic fact that many of the atoms that make up our bodies and the world around us have not always existed. They were fused in the cores of old stars that have since exploded and enriched the the material that formed new stars and planets including Earth and everything on it. We are made of starstuff, as Carl Sagan so eloquently expressed in his Cosmos series and Neil deGrasse Tyson in this video.

Oil, 16 x 16 inches

This new study for a larger piece that's currently on my easel goes up for sale on ‪‎Everyday Original‬ tomorrow morning at 10am EDT.

The heliosphere is the region of space that surrounds our solar system, where the solar wind (plasma) from our sun radiates outward and the magnetic field of the sun dominates space. This area ends well beyond Pluto, where it meets the interstellar medium and it's boundary protects our solar system from most of the galactic cosmic rays coming from outside of it. More about the heliosphere.

Oil Study, 6 x 8 inches

This new piece is the full size version of smaller study I posted several months ago. It's going to be part of a group exhibition at Abend Gallery in Denver titled Contemporary Figuration. The show opens this Friday, June 12th and runs until July 3rd. More information here.

Oil, 20 x 24 inches

Somehow, I forgot to post this painting here when it was completed and when it was accepted to the Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition for this year. The exhibition has just ended, but better late than never.

Oil, 18 x 24 inches

Bioluminescence