Nene Tina Thomas (born August 31, 1968) is an artist living in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She specialises in fantasy art, particularly faeries.

Career

Her first professional job was in 1994 when, according to her website, the publisher

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approached her to contribute art work to ''

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''. ''Parting the Veil: The Art of Nene Thomas'' was published by Chimera Publishing in 2010. 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.Miazga, Mike (August–September 2010)
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'' 38 (6): 34. Her husband Steven Plagman designs and cuts mats for her, and she provided chapter illustrations for a

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novel that he wrote. She creates resin fairies with translucent wings, including one called "Prelude in Blue". She illustrated the card "Faerie Dragon" for the computer version of ''

''.

Conventions

She has been a guest of honor at RadCon, and was the Artist Guest of Honor at DemiCon and

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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.HighBeam
/ref> She was the Artist Guest of Honor at Windycon 37, a Chicago area SF conference, in 2010. She was an artist guest of honor at

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29 in 2011, at the Memphis Hilton in Memphis. Thomas is slated to be a guest of honor at

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2015.

Art collections

*''Parting the Veil'', (2005)

References

External links

Fantasy Art by Nene Thomas

The Zarryiostrom
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Nene Thomas Illustrations Facebook Page

Nene Thomas and Ruth Thompson: Partners in Paint
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