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[edit]
Her first professional job was in 1994 when, according to her website, the publisher Wizards of the Coast approached her to contribute art work to Magic: 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 the Emerald 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 a high 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 of Magic: The Gathering.
Conventions[edit]
She has been a guest of honor at RadCon, and was the Artist Guest of Honor at DemiCon and OryCon in 1999, and the Artist Guest of Honor at Conestoga 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 at MidSouthCon 29 in 2011, at the Memphis Hilton in Memphis.[8]
Thomas is slated to be a guest of honor at ConQuesT 2015.[9]
Art collections[edit]
- Parting the Veil, (2005) ISBN 0-974461-29-6
References[edit]
- ^ a b Miazga, Mike (August–September 2010). "Perfect Pairing: Fantasy artist Nene Thomas and doll artist Cindy McClure team up" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Doll Reader 38 (6): 34.
- ^ "About the Artist". nenethomas.com. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
- ^ Thomas, N.; Coville, B. (2010). Parting the Veil: The Art of Nene Thomas. Chimera Publishing. ISBN 9780974461298. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
- ^ "Sequential Tart: Anime Expo Celebrates Its 15th Anniversary (vol IX/iss 8/August 2006)". sequentialtart.com. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
- ^ "Google". google.ca. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
- ^ HighBeam
- ^ "Analog -- Upcoming Events". analogsf.com. Archived from the original on May 9, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
- ^ Meek, Andy (March 25, 2011). "MidSouthCon 29 to Unite Sci-Fi Fans". The Daily News. Memphis, TN. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
- ^ "ConQuesT Science Fiction Convention - Memorial Day Weekend - Kansas City MO". conquestkc.org. Archived from the original on July 1, 2015. Retrieved July 5, 2015.