Nene Thomas
Nene Tina Thomas (born August 31, 1968) is an artist living in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.[1] She specialises in fantasy art, particularly faeries.
Career
Her first professional job was in 1994 when, according to her website, the publisherWizards of the Coast approached her to contribute art work toMagic: The Gathering.[2]
Parting the Veil: The Art of Nene Thomas was published by Chimera Publishing in 2010.[3]
She partnered with fantasy artist Cindy McClure to create theEmerald Enticement fantasy doll, which is part of her Enchanted Maidens of Dragon Lore collection.[1]
Her husband Steven Plagman designs and cuts mats for her, and she provided chapter illustrations for ahigh fantasy novel that he wrote.[4]
She creates resin fairies with translucent wings, including one called "Prelude in Blue".[5]
She illustrated the card "Faerie Dragon" for the computer version ofMagic: The Gathering.
Conventions
She has been a guest of honor atRadCon, and was the Artist Guest of Honor atDemiCon andOryCon in 1999, and the Artist Guest of Honor atConestoga 6 in 2002.
Thomas was the Artist Guest of Honor at the InCon science fiction and fantasy convention in Spokane, Washington in 2000.[6] She was the Artist Guest of Honor at Windycon 37, a Chicago area SF conference, in 2010.[7]
She was an artist guest of honor atMidSouthCon 29 in 2011, at theMemphis Hilton in Memphis.[8]
Thomas is slated to be a guest of honor atConQuesT 2015.[9]
Art collections
- Parting the Veil, (2005)ISBN 0-974461-29-6
References
- ^abMiazga, Mike (August–September 2010)."Perfect Pairing: Fantasy artist Nene Thomas and doll artist Cindy McClure team up"Archived 2016-03-04 at theWayback Machine.Doll Reader38 (6): 34.
- ^"About the Artist".nenethomas.com. RetrievedOctober 19, 2015.
- ^Thomas, N.; Coville, B. (2010).Parting the Veil: The Art of Nene Thomas. Chimera Publishing.ISBN 9780974461298. RetrievedJuly 5, 2015.
- ^"Sequential Tart: Anime Expo Celebrates Its 15th Anniversary (vol IX/iss 8/August 2006)". sequentialtart.com. RetrievedJuly 5, 2015.
- ^"Google". google.ca. RetrievedJuly 5, 2015.
- ^HighBeam
- ^"Analog -- Upcoming Events". analogsf.com. Archived fromthe original on May 9, 2016. RetrievedJuly 5, 2015.
- ^Meek, Andy (March 25, 2011)."MidSouthCon 29 to Unite Sci-Fi Fans".The Daily News.Memphis, TN. RetrievedMarch 29, 2011.
- ^"ConQuesT Science Fiction Convention - Memorial Day Weekend - Kansas City MO". conquestkc.org. Archived fromthe original on July 1, 2015. RetrievedJuly 5, 2015.