Finished Cthulandia woodcuts awaiting signing and numbering

Join me May 3rd through 5th at the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival in Portland, Oregon!

We’ll have my usual display in the vendor’s room, packed with Lovecraft-inspired woodcuts as well as the brand new Arcanum Bestiarum series. The print selection will include beasts not yet available online including trial proofs, a few unique hand-colored pieces, framed works, and a couple otherwise sold out surprises one of my dealers forgot they had! A few standard copies of Arcanum Bestiarum will also be available, and I’ll be happy to oblige if you already have a copy you’d like signed.

Since I’m also an artist guest this year, I’ll be part of Panel 6: Makers of Arcane Artifacts on Sunday from 12:30 to 1:30

Unearthly objects once glimpsed in nightmares can now be purchased in shops and held in your tentacled limb. Artisans, crafters and makers discuss their inspiration and process. (Rainey-Smith, Phinney, Soles, Koi)

Last, but definitely not least, join me Saturday from Noon to 2pm for the Pickman’s Apprentice Art Competition!

Armed with a number of sharp knives and a block of wood, I’ll be facing off against eldritch artists Mike Dubisch, Nick Gucker, and Lee Moyer.

Some of the best Lovecraftian artists working in the field today will have 90 minutes to create a masterpiece based on a theme suggested by the audience. Last year’s theme was “Shoggoth Circus” and Lee Moyer, Nick Gucker, and Mike Dubisch raced to complete images of both horror and hilarity. Attend this fascinating event to help choose this year’s theme and watch the process of creation right on the stage.

The audience will judge the winner of the competition, and all pieces of art created will be auctioned off to festival attendees, with 100% of the proceeds benefiting Animal Aid, Inc.

To be quite honest, I’m not 100% certain I can make a woodcut print from sketch to finish in 90 minutes, but I’m crazy enough to try! Come cheer us on as we duke it out for the title of Pickman’s Apprentice 2013.

What will I be carving this Saturday at the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival? Join us there and give us your suggestions!

Spider
2012
Woodcut print
Edition of 33
13.75″ x 10.5″ paper size
7.125″ x 4.5″ block size

Original prints available now via Etsy.

Original prints available now via Raineysmith on Etsy.

Cockerel
2012
Woodcut print
Edition of 33
13.75″ x 10.5″ paper size
7.125″ x 4.5″ block size

Original prints available via Raineysmith on Etsy.

Bear
2012
Woodcut
Edition of 22 on Rives BFK
21.75″ x 10.5″ paper size
14.25″ x 4.5″ block size

Available via Etsy Storefront.

Wyrm
2012
Woodcut
Edition of 11 on Rives BFK
21.75″ x 15″ paper size
14.25″ x 9″ block size

Available via my Etsy Storefront.

Fly
2012
Woodcut print
Edition of 33
13.75″ x 10.5″ paper size
7.125″ x 4.5″ block size

Available now via Etsy.

Ass
2012
Woodcut print
Edition of 33
13.75″ x 10.5″ paper size
7.125″ x 4.5″ block size

Available via Etsy.

Pelican
2012
Woodcut print
Edition of 33
15.25″ x 10.5″ paper size
9″ x 4.5″ block size

The Pelican was discussed as part of this interview with Three Hands Press. Original woodcut prints are now available via Etsy.

From the Shadows of the Trees
The works of Halsey Swain, Kirsten Teel, and Liv Rainey-Smith

Opening Friday April 5th from 7-10pm at:
I-G Creative
1021 North 3rd Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19123

After party at Gunners Run in the Piazza (across the street) from 10pm-2pm.

Photography & Printmaking

Opening Friday April 5th from 7-9pm at:

Splendorporium
3421 SE 21st Ave.
Portland, OR 97202

Also Upcoming
May 3-5: The H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival in Portland, Oregon
June 21st – mid-July: Solo show at Gargoyle’s, Seattle, Washington
August 23-35: Necronomicon Providence, Rhode Island
September 14-15: Esoteric Book Conference, Seattle Washington