I started this painting two years ago. It took me a full year to paint, largely because I worked on it off and on--though the dragon alone took me two weeks, ten hours a day, to complete. It's the largest painting I've ever done, most ambitious. 20x30 inches, watercolor on illustration board.

It took me another year to get it scanned--my poor computer just chugs on the file. It's 1 gig, only at 600 dpi.

The real problem with working this long on a painting, is that my skills have grown so much since I drew this. Now, when I look at it, all I see is all that's wrong with it. Her wonky anatomy, dragon's body too short, etc. I've started on my next 20x30, I hope that it will be better!

In its frame, this sucker is taller than my son! I hope to send it to DragonCon 2006. Till then, she's on ebay. Closeups are there! [link]