Here’s the full reveal for a commission titled “Familiar Voices Betwixt Dreams And Reality”. This one was created digitally and printed out as a 24”x30” archival giclée print on 90 lb cold press paper. Jessa and Joe , who have bought work of mine in the past, asked me to create a fantasy theme of my choosing that included them and their 5 pets. We came to the conclusion that it would be best to depict the pets personalities and some physical traits in the fantasy creatures I create instead of showing them as dogs or cats. One of Jessa’s favorite watercolor and ink pieces of mine is a magical forest scene titled “the Alliance Came Unlooked For” so I decided to make the art a forest scene with Jessa in a hood like the enchantress in “Alliance”. I’ve been wanting to paint another centaur for awhile now and thought Joe would look great as one and tie everything together nicely.

When it came to titling the piece we worked together on coming up with a title that told the story as well as being personal to them and so “Familiar Voices Betwixt Dreams And Reality” was born!

While nearing the final lap for completing the painting I ran into a major setback that almost gave me a heart attack! The Photoshop file for this was massive with countless layers and 500dpi. It was 4.5 gigs closed and much larger when opened. This caused my Mac to freak and not be able to save any files including that one. I had to call Apple and we ended up running a bunch of diagnostics and ended up reinstalling the OS Catalina which did the trick and got everything back to normal. Whew!

Illustratively yours,

-Fian

I had such a fun and amazing creative journey with this one (minus the tech meltdown) and am grateful and honored to have been able to create something so personal for them. Thanx so much Jessa and Joe!