Oliver Meinerding Art, Illustration, Ramblings, and other Nonsense
Termite Bianca
I was recently honored to be invited by Italian creator Marco Bianchini, who among other things created the character and story for Termite Bianca (White Ant), to be part of his art tribute book to the character. He has published multiple stores for her and recently, an art book containing interpretations of Bianca from over 90 [...]
A Moment to Think
Geez it’s been a crazy handful of weeks (two hand fulls really.) I left my old job at Rocket Science + Design and have started full-time freelancing. The situation is more complicated than that but that’s basically what I’m doing. Design keeps me busy through the day, and I’ve also had an influx of freelance [...]
Secrets
I’ve participated in Secret Artworks a couple of times and was lucky once or twice to be counted among the top 100 artists involved. Because of that, this year I was lucky enough to be one of the special invites to the “masters” show. I always take it as an opportunity to just play and [...]
Tom Horn
Tom Horn spent a good portion of his life legitimately employed both as a lawman and a detective, but in actuality he was one of the most cold-blooded killers of the Old West. In the 1880s, Horn made a name for himself as a scout and tracker, and was responsible for the arrest of many [...]
John Wesley Hardin
John Wesley Hardin is one of the deadliest gunslingers of the old west, being credited with (at most) the deaths of 42 men. The violence started at the young age of 14 when Hardin stabbed a fellow student in the schoolyard. Shortly after at 15, he gunned down an ex-slave and killed three Union soldiers [...]
Alasdair Gillies
“Perhaps the greatest MSR piper ever.” -Piper & Drummer magazine, Canada “ The best piper in the world. Alasdair’s competitive record in Scotland and the United States is without parallel in the history of piping.” -Pipe Major John D. Burgess MBE, FSA, Piper to the Northern Meeting, Piper to The Royal Celtic Society “ [...]