Gen Con and A New Print

I hope all is going epically well for you!

"Embracing Echoes Of A Distant Dream" is one of my most recent watercolor and ink paintings. It was created originally as a commission for a friend as an ink drawing. He has a friend who had lost a grandmother a few years ago who basically raised her. Her grandmother was a Japanese immigrant who grew up in Japan during World War II and would talk about watching the military fighter planes flying overhead. He asked if he could commission me to do an ink drawing of a little girl watching dragons flying in the sky with a random dragonfly in it somewhere. I fulfilled his request and loved the idea so much I had to create it again but this time, I had to give it a life in color.

I will have the original as well as different types of prints of it with me this coming Thursday through Sunday at Gen Con at the Indianapolis Convention Center in the Art Show at table 28. If you will be at Gen Con this week, come on by and see me!

This print is also available here in my shop as a standard, premium or print on wood.

(NOTE: Copyright watermark seen in photo of print is NOT in actual print. Only for web preview.)

I hope to see you in my shop and have an amazing rest of your week!

Illustratively yours,

-Fian

New Mermaid Prints Available

“Something Fishy Going On” watercolor & ink 2023 created just in time for #mermay. I did an earlier version of this painting many many moons ago. I’ve been wanting to revisit it again but this time adding different elements to the composition. Even mermaids can be a bit sneaky at times. Prints now available on my shop.

(NOTE: Copyright watermark seen in photo of print is NOT in actual print. Only for web preview.)

Illustratively yours,

-Fian

New Unicorn Print Available Now.

"God Starts All Over And Tries Again" is a my most recent watercolor and ink painting. What happens when we destroy ourselves and God starts all over again with a new genesis…a new Adam and Eve. Of course the setting is in my neck of the woods of Asheville, NC.

It is the first one I've created after my surgery in November. It is now available in my shop as a standard, premium or print on wood.

I hope to see you in my shop and/or on one of my summer/fall show tours this year.

Illustratively yours,

-Fian

News From Fian Arroyo Art

I hope all is going epically well for you!

I haven't posted any updates lately due to personal issues in during the last month and a half. This illustration is exactly how I’m feeling right now. I’m taking it slowly on my journey to recovery from the events I am about to tell you about. 

First of all, I went to Puerto Rico to help with my dad who was having a rough time with his chemo and dialysis. Well a few days into our visit I started getting violent abdomen pains and bloating. I called my doctor back home from Puerto Rico and scheduled a visit with her when we returned home. She was shocked to see what was going on with me and that I had lost 10 pounds in 5 days (not that I have a lot to give anyways). She ordered a CT scan right away where the results showed I had 2 abscesses in my small intestine and had to go to the emergency room. I was hospitalized for 11 days going through major surgery to remove two infected abscesses on the outside of my small intestine and removing 18 inches of small intestine and stitching them back together. While they were at it, they removed my appendix due to a benign tumor found on it...so I kind of got a two for one deal there. It could have been worse. If the abscesses had burst it could have been life threatening. The surgeon Dr. Deschner and his team at the GenesisCare Surgical Specialists here in Asheville, NC were amazing and I could not have been more pleased with the outcome. During this whole ordeal I have lost 20 pounds and the road to recovery will take 6-8 weeks.

To add to it all, my father passed away during the course of all this which has made my recovery that much harder.

There is a positive bookend to all this that happened last weekend. I got the epically great news that I was selected to exhibit in the MAIN SHOW in the 2023 IX art show! The show will run from October 18th through October 22nd, 2023, at the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts in Reading, PA.
This is the most prestigious and highly competitive show featuring over 90 of the finest imaginative artists in the world. I am sooooooo blown away and honored to be included among them!!!!!

You can see more info about the show and see all the other artists selected here:
https://imaginativerealism.com/main-show/

This great news helps to light the way in moving forward to an awesome 2023!!!!

Illustratively yours,

-Fian

P.S. As I mentioned in past emails, my Instagram account was hacked and deleted in April so I recently had to start all over again. My new account is Fian_Arroyo_art or click on the IG icon below. Thanx!

New Print Release And Show News

I am excited to announce my new print release that was officially introduced at the San Diego comic con where I had a table in the Artist Alley. “Stormbringer” is a new digital art print that was created for H-street skateboards for a new skateboard deck coming out in the near future with the possibility of other viking related graphics. It is now available in my shop here.

I will also have some with me at GalaxyCon this weekend in Raleigh, NC where I will be in the Artist Alley at table F-4. If you are going to be there come on by my table and mention this post and get a free sticker. :-)

I will also be at C2E2 in Chicago Aug. 5-7, Emerald City Comic con in Seattle Aug.18-21, DragonCon in Atlanta Sep.1-5, Art In autumn in Weaverville,NC Sep. 17 and New York City Comic Con Oct. 6-9.

Illustratively yours,

-Fian