Nene Thomas

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Nene Tina Thomas (born August 31, 1968) is an artist living in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.[1] She specialises in fantasy art, particularly faeries.

Career

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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]

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Nene Thomas Illustrations Booth at the KC Renaissance Festival

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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
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