@afturner

#### My name is Steve Varner I grew up in Minnesota in a small town which suited me very well, being an extremely hyperactive child. I was able walk to the end of my street to a …

Hi everyone! I am really new to the whole blogging thing and probably would not even be here if @nuthman didn't literally set the whole thing up and hand me the laptop. But here I …

## Country Farm Family Pop's Farm is a digital painting of some characters that I was working on back in 2008 for an animated series that never got fully developed. ![Characters…

## The Book Cover The following digital painting was commissioned by the award winning author, [RD Ronald](https://www.amazon.com/R.D.-Ronald/e/B003WWXV6I%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns…

## My Original Painting Titled "Torn" *Torn* is a digital painting that I created back in 2007 around the time that I was doing design work for Varner Studios (@steve.varner) and …

This is a cross post of [@afturner/human-nature-painting-series-4-of-4](/nature/@afturner/human-nature-painting-series-4-of-4) by @afturner.<br><br>Oops, I meant to post this in On…

My intent here is to give you an initial experience of beauty. You first see a cute baby bird and beautiful blue/green hues. Once you process what you're seeing, you realize it's n…

## A Turtle in a Predicament I have been playing a lot with the shapes and colors of fishing nets and wanted to portray their cruel beauty. ![Human Nature #3](https://files.peak…

## Sadly, Another Beached Whale This is the second painting from my series titled *Human Nature*. You can see the first piece in a previous post [here](https://peakd.com/hive-1565…

## About The Series While living here in the South Bay of Los Angeles, it's easy to see our impact on the ocean and sea life. Seeing the washed up body of a sea lion or beached wh…

# My Background I've been painting and illustrating my whole life, but my serious love of fine art begun with my two year education at Long Road, Cambridge, UK - my professor Andy…