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THE SOUTHWESTERN BELLOWS VOL 1: My first art book is now available for pre-sale!

May 27, 2025

Exciting announcement:  I HAVE AN ART BOOK!!  

THE SOUTHWESTERN BELLOWS VOL. 1 is now available for pre-sale! What you see before you is a curious hybrid creature--an artist's book that is also a book of illustrated short stories. This is my first such volume, and I hope it will be the first of many. It is also a tome of esoteric Alien lore and an accounting of events that transpired in a faraway land: a human breakaway civilization called the Southwestern Bellows. 

If you read carefully between the lines and follow the protocols hidden within the images and passages, you shall gain entrance to this world. You shall gain access to their magicks through six tales featuring old-timey pioneer peoples, cactus witches, western wizards, and their encounters with all manner of extraterrestrials.

This book was just so much to make. I am thrilled to finally hold it in my hands!

Never-before-seen images from my sketchbook.

THE SOUTHWESTERN BELLOWS VOL. 1 is available through SPIRE AND SCRIBE--a freshly formed fine art imprint by Josh Rowan and Travis Lawrence--the team behind the tattoo-focused BLACK DAGGER BOOKS. These guys did such a good job putting this wondrous creature together. I am thrilled, crying tears of joy, and my six-chambered alien heart beats with gratitude blood! Order this book today!  

The Southwestern Bellows Vol. 1 contains nearly 60 paintings, tons of sketchbook drawings, and preliminary sketches. It took four years to produce. Holding this thing in my hands is pretty much a dream come true!  

An excerpt from “The Grand Recital Series“.

There are three tiers for ordering:

View fullsize "The Gift" Print
"The Gift" Print
View fullsize Signed and never-before-released
Signed and never-before-released
View fullsize Original 5x7 Drawing (Limit to 13)
Original 5x7 Drawing (Limit to 13)

Tier 1. $50 You get the book

Teir 2. $100 You get the book + a never-before-released print of “The Gift” from the “Alanzo and Cactus Witch Series.”      

Tier 3. (Limited to 13) $200 You receive the book + “The Gift” print + an original 5x7 drawing, chosen at random, featuring one of the characters from the book. (update: Sold Out)

I love creating the sketches almost as much as I love making the paintings. It is fun for me to be able to show these preliminary steps in this format.

Seriously, visit Spire and Scribe and pre-order today! It was a super small first edition, and get them while you can! Thanks for all the support and good vibes!

Here we see the fancy demon known as the Gorgowrath kicking down building and demanding elegantly tailored clothing.

Me in my human form with the new book. Yay!

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