Queen Arts
The summer seems to have come and gone in a mad dash this year. Something I plan on finding a remedy for in my life. As most of you who pay attention could tell my aim to avoid Facebook and online activity was an epic fail. Though I avoided numerous and annoying daily status updates I discovered the saddening fact that FB has become a necessary evil. I have numerous contacts that otherwise I cannot reach in that online society. Though I do plan to continue my limited time on FB and if possibly completely avoid the site with the exception of updates and contact messages. Life is turbulent and we make it more complicated than it needs to be. Bruce Lee is quoted as stating “If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of.” I possibly more than most realize the precious nature of time in relation to life. My crash in 2004 left me with a great realization of how I had wasted so much of my life. I would love to state I learnt my lesson and moved on but reality as I see it is I still have much to learn. I feel so much of these past seven years have been wasted on fruitless and wasteful endeavors and activities. “It’s not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.” ~ Bruce Lee Ah yes Mr. Lee was a plethora of knowledge and wisdom. I am in the process at hacking away at the unessential as we speak. We here in the U.S. have a life of excess. I am reminded of Mike Shinoda’s artwork of “Glorious Excess” if you haven’t checked out the work do so at http://mikeshinoda.com/category/glorious-excess-dies-artwork/ very captivating and amazing artwork and message there. I am a survivor so it is only natural I hack away at the excess until I only have what is needed for immediate survival. It will no doubt be a journey but alas I love a good journey. Speaking of journeys this summer has been filled with my share of journeys. I have danced along the tranquil sunset strip of St. Simon’s Georgia sweated with the masses as Disney in Orlando and found my zen at the beaches of St. Augustine FLA. Photos will come in time as I need to add some finesse to my photography.

Now on to the juicy bits. You may have notice the name is now Queen Arts. I had to adapt the name of my studio to include several aspects of my creative life. I wanted to create a simplified umbrella name to cover all of the creative aspects of my life, family and art. The end result of this process was Queen Arts. A name which will house a great many and different topics. One of which is my wife Christy. My wife and I now play and sing together as a group and often for our worship team at Sanctuary of Grace. We have included our music into the Altar Art performances on several occasions. Our music is a mixed bag of tunes varying from celtic worship tunes to modern christian songs. The music is pretty simplified and personal as I have no actual ability to play a musical instrument. I leave the music to my lovely wife and her amazing keyboard. My wife is also a blossoming writer. I am working on breaking her out of her protective shell and getting her works of word into the spotlight or at least her own blog. Her writings are usually parable wisdom for the current day. I often enjoy her insight into ordinary activities and how they relate to our great maker. Look for her blog coming soon to my new and updated website.

Another aspect is Altar Art. It never seemed to quite fit under my previous studios name of RogueWolf. For those of you who follow my performance series “Altar Art” I have been on a two month reprieve and have done some soul searching in the process. Before the reprieve I was at a point where I was questioning the existence of Altar Art. Basically I wanted to see if its time had come to an end. I have enjoyed my time performing for churches, concerts and youth groups but I wanted to be sure this was still the arena where my God needed me to be. I gave it time and gave it to Him. I pretty much figured if it was not meant to continue that I would receive no more inquiries into the performances. I received my answer early July with people interested in Altar Art performances after my time away. I am now booked with Altar Art through October. If you do not follow my performances please visit https://www.facebook.com/pages/L-Jason-Queen/24118716051 to see where my performance series will be. For those of you interested in booking me for an event please feel free to contact me via FB or jason@roguewolfstudios.com For those of you who have no idea what I am blathering on about see the following. Altar Art is a Christ centered worship series involving music art and spoken word. A painting (usually 4’x4’) is painted in front of the crowd to music that fits the mood of the performance. I often share with you my testimony about the accident of 2004 and getting “real” with my maker. If you bring me in wether it be a concert, youth group or you just want something fresh in your worship service the painting completed is yours to keep. Altar Art is very adaptable to your service I can play to your worship band, my own CD and now am pleased to announce my wife plays and sings with me on many of these performances. Just let me know what would best fit your needs. I DO NOT CHARGE ANYTHING FOR THESE PERFORMANCES that is not what this is about. It is about a true and honest worship experience with the Creator of All. I do however accept donations or love offerings in order to keep the paint flowing but it is not a necessity in order for me to show up. I leave that aspect up to those who book me for a show. If you want me to travel out of the immediate area, I am soooooo up for a journey but please give me plenty of time so that I can set aside expenses for the trip to wherever you are. I have paint and will travel is my motto. God is the artist I am simply one of His many brushes!

RogueWolf studios will not disappear completely. It is after all a given and earned name… My native name. RogueWolf will continue to be the personal aspect to my art and creations. My deviant account and most of my personal galleries will continue to fall under RogueWolf. In this aspect of my creative side you will find my paintings illustrations, blogs, poems and personal works of art. This past summer I have had the honor of working with some very cool people through RogueWolf studios. I created a book cover for the West Virginia Book Company to a book titled “Death Visits Canaan Valley by EDWIN DARYL MICHAEL”

http://roguewolfstudios.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d41ebhv
Death Visits Canaan Valley by ~RogueWolfStudios on deviantARTwhich will be on shelves soon. I have also completed numerous logos for various companies and groups. I completed a personal work titled “Duality of Force” http://roguewolfstudios.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d3irnhf
Duality of Force by ~RogueWolfStudios on deviantART for my Sci Fi Star Wars friends you should appreciate it. I am also in the process of joining the ranks of the Star Wars 501st legion. Some very cool costumes and props will be created in order to troop with this charitable group of people. A group that supports local and national causes to make a difference in the lives of people through the fun of Star Wars costuming. http://s1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa331/roguewolfstudios/

Now for some interesting RogueWolf news. I plan on continuing down the illustrative path that has been lain before me but will for the most part be working on a personal project. A personal project that returns me to my creative comic days. I am in the process of writing and illustrating a graphic novel. I am keeping tight wraps around most of the details surrounding this project but for the next year I will writing and illustrating a book concerning an original character and story line. I will leak sketches and pieces of work from time to time to further peak interest in this project. So stay tuned throughout the next year to see where this adventure leads. In addition to these fun facts I will be creating prints of past works for purchase to those interested in owning an original piece of my work. Looks for prints coming soon as well as galleries from my children Morgan and Maria!

On the personal front not relating to artwork my son and I earned the red sash from our Kung Fu school - Magic Fist where we have studied bled and sweated for the past 5-6 years. My journey to weight loss is doing great! To date I have lost almost 20 pounds since April (starting at 204 now at 185). A process I need to continue and achieve in order to undergo more surgeries on my knee. I am planning on receiving another robo-knee sometime in the next year. I would like to be in the best possible shape to endure this series of surgeries to increase my mobility and decrease the daily pain I live with. In order to do this my son and I have begun kettle bell workouts and weekly workout routines. It is a joy to work out with my son by my side! My spiritual life will be another blog as it goes deep and deserves its own space. Look for it soon! until then ….Peace and prayers my friends! ~ Jason

Mayhem to Come

Greeting from RogueWolf! Hope the journey is treating everyone well. Things are pretty decent here in West Virginia, though it seems as eons have passed since we have had a brilliantly sun filled day. Thus I enshroud myself in darkness and create from my little studio in my ever darkening valley. I have posted two new works lately. One I consider a success (RogueWolf2011)
RogueWolf 2011 by *RogueWolfStudios on deviantARTand one not so much (Worgen Hunter).
Worgen Hunter by *RogueWolfStudios on deviantART I posted both on this gallery link here http://roguewolfstudios.deviantart.com/ to learn from my mistakes and take criticism on the nose. I so desperately need honest criticism from my viewers so please feel free to comment openly and not just stroke my ego. Harsh criticism is how I became an artist. It is what drove me to succeed in my schooling. It is what made my painting maestro fabulous. My painting maestro being one Stan (The Man) Sporny. Stan passed away a few years ago and I still miss his guidance and wisdom terribly. He was a poet, artist, political philosopher and over all amazing person. When he ripped my artwork apart I knew his harsh and honest criticism was only to make me better. During my senior portfolio review Stan promised to be by my side. I knew the faculty did not care much for my illustration styled paintings as they were a very liberal abstract campus. The day of my senior review came and when the faculty gathered around my work, Stan left. I received the beating of a lifetime from the faculty. I later asked Stan why he left to which he replied "I just gave you the greatest lesson I could give you...how to stand on your own two feet." Stan Sporny was my personal Yoda. Little did he realize a month later I would be the victim in a head on collision and almost lose my legs. During my rehabilitation his words rang loudly as I was learning to stand on my own two feet quite figuratively and physically. So being a huge Star Wars fan and always doodling with the idea of doing a Yoda painting I am currently researching the connection between all my many teachers and the zen wisdom of the little old green jedi I fell in love with as a child. Sketches will come soon as I believe I have pin pointed a direction for this painting. It should be an interesting and unique take on an old favorite. Beyond this I am planning a painting with my daughter. She has approached me with interest in being a (Queen of Faeries) for a portrait so I will be taking her young mind into the creative realm of Fairy lore. This may be a traditional piece or a digital piece and possibly both. I hope my viewers will find interest in these works to come. Please as always feel free to contact me, critique me or even throw ideas at me for future paintings. I am almost to he point where I can send my portfolio to companies and clients interested in my illustrations. After that the direction of RogueWolf studios should be interesting and non stop action! God Bless~ Jason

zen state of mind

G'day everyone hope the world is spinning in the direction everyone would like. I have returned from yet another coastal expedition where I entertained my pirate alter ego for just a lil while. I captured some pretty amazing shots as I delved back into my photography. I will be uploading them as they become available. Enjoy the current uploads to my deviant gallery
Surfzen by *RogueWolfStudios on deviantART

http://roguewolfstudios.deviantart.com/
is my current working gallery for those interested. Some upcoming dates for my art and performance art are as follows.

August 28th Ashland Kentucky I will be performing Altar Art at Youthfest 2010 "Rock the River' with Brian "head" Welch formally of Korn and my boyz RomansHighway. http://www.huntingtonit.com/youthfest/talentsearch.htm

September 18th 2010 I will be displaying my sci-fi artwork at the 2010 Mothman festival. I will have a few of my original pieces for sale if anyone is interested and yes I will have a few Mothman inspired pieces http://www.mothmanfestival.com/

October 17th 2010 I will be performing an Altar Art piece with special guest my lil bro Jeremy at my side. Gallia County fairgrounds, Gallipolis OH... more info to come on this gig!

I will also be creating a piece of work for a Frank Frazetta gallery tribute stay tuned to my deviant gallery for upcoming sketches. http://artorder.blogspot.com/2010/08/call-for-artists.html

Well that is about all for now God Bless .....simply, simplify!

News and Updates

Hey everyone out there hope your journey is treating you well. Life is kickin at an enormously fast pace at the moment and yes I still suck horribly at keeping this blog up to date. In the upcoming months I will be redesigning the website and as many of you have stated my gallery will get a resurrection through this process. I am currently working on several portfolio pieces inspired from the game many of you know me from ...World of Warcraft. My next piece in this series involves a Worgen so stay tuned for the concept and sketch stages very soon. I am also loving creating with my maker during Altar Art performances. If you have never seen one of my live performances I invite you to come check it out and see what it's all about. For more info on my Altar Art performance series you can follow events scheduled for summer and fall here -> http://www.facebook.com/pages/L-Jason-Queen/24118716051?ref=ts

SO you may have noticed a new style developing in my artwork. What can I say I have been inspired by my many talented friends. One such friend introduced me to a old world way of creating digital artwork. I was pretty pleased with the end result of my first experiment into this new process. "LifePiper World of Warcraft Druid" began as an everyday common sketch up. I cannot stress again to those students that follow my work that reference material makes the difference. Always be aware and keep a large library of reference material so that you can easily go back and forth between real world and imagination.


WoW Druid, Lifepiper Sketch by ~RogueWolfStudios on deviantART

After the initial sketch stage a traditional watercolor foundation is created. I keep the image in greys and introduce a large variation of lights and dark. Lighting and shadows play such a huge role in making artwork pop and I could go into some major in depth lessons learned from this painting about this very subject but alas I have a life to get back to. Patience is another key factor. Enjoy the process though it may seem tedious. Take your time give yourself to the journey of the artwork for it is in the journey we are most happy. If you get frustrated or burn out take time away. Often you will discover your recess from your work reveals some major insight into how to better the artwork.


WoW Druid, LifePiper Watercolo by ~RogueWolfStudios on deviantART

Now that you patiently have created a base watercolor in traditional brush style the true fun begins. The art of taking traditional media and adding digital color and effects. I have a background in graphic arts but my masters is in traditional painting so the challenge of combing the two has always interested me. I take the watercolor which was 20"x30" and do a photo shoot with my canon. I make sure to take pics of the artwork in sections. This allows me to keep the photoshop file very large. I use photomerge to bring my sectioned pieces together and begin the process. I believe I ended up with between 70-80 layers for the final piece of my druid. The end result is pretty much along the idea I originally had for this piece. I do look forward to my next attempt at this new process with the Worgen.


WoW Druid - LifePiper by ~RogueWolfStudios on deviantART

I hope you enjoy and I hope to see you again or write soon! Peace and prayers ~ Jason

2010 looks to be amazing!

OK so I serious suck at keeping this blog up and running. So here goes my first attempt to update this thing at least once a month in 2010. Below are my most recent images. Both of which should be coming to a book shelf spring 2010. 2010 has a lot of projects lined up for me to complete along with some numerous personal projects that most should find interesting. )more to come on the personal art later) So for now enjoy the newest additions to my portfolio! L8R - Jason


Frost Dragon Thief by ~RogueWolfStudios on deviantART


Mary Draper Ingles by ~RogueWolfStudios on deviantART

Journey Day 3

Day 3 consisted of more driving and some of the most incredible landscapes I could imagine. As we crossed into South Dakota the flat plains eventually gave way to beautiful rolling hills and then the quirky yet fascinating landscape of the badlands. It felt like a different world as we ventured through this new landscape. South Dakota has a beauty all it's own. We stopped by at the world famous Wall Drug Store. WoW! what an amazing place. It felt almost as if we entered Disney world or something of the sorts. I also saw my first N.C. Wyeth original work of art. It was everything and more I had imagined. Wyeth as one my greatest influences has a special place in my heart. To finally view one of his works was an incredible experience. Wall Drugs Store has such an incredible collection of art hanging on it's many walls. I am planning a trip back that way to further explore the badlands and the outstanding art collection. Tomorrow we will explore the Black Hills and the Mt. Rushmore area. Overall this has been a most incredible experience and I feel blessed by my maker in every step we have taken. I am however exhausted and going through two time changes has screwed me over. To sleep I go...more to come - prayers - Ja-

Day 2

Today was another long drive! We crossed the Mississippi River which really was not much bigger than though Ohio but hey I can cross that one off the to do list. We drove through Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota stopping at some interesting sights along the way. We drove by my wife's grandfather's hometown and we remembered all the stories he told us of his days growing up in Iowa. It was good to remember such a great man. My wife and I shared many interesting thoughts on religion and spirituality as she read me the rest of my book "So you think you don't want to go to church anymore....an unexpected journey." Man what a great read! It has given us so much to discuss, dwell on and apply to our lives. It is so incredible to have God at the center of this journey. He never fails to amaze with nature's beauty. Overall it was a most excellent day. Tomorrow we should arrive in Rapid City and then on to the Black Hills where I will be doing some major photo shoots and exploration. Post more when I can- prayers