Mana Confluence oil on panel - 16x20





And for good measure, here is a gif of the painting steps:









I have always loved the dried out corpses in movies like Raiders of the Lost Ark that suggest a long story aside from the current one being told. As I painted these three here, it was fun to imagine what brought them here and what they might have been seeking. Were they killed, or did they die, content with having found the treasure they sought?





Strip Mine





This card was challenging to do as an exercise in patience. Lots of little geometric details to add.













The sketches:









Progress gif:









Thanks for taking a look, and when the third card is released, I will post it in my next post. It was an oil painting and I shot a time-lapse of the piece from start to finish.





Howard Lyon





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