Parting the Veil: The Art of Nene Thomas

I love the artwork of Nene Thomas and she's up there in my list of favorites next to Amy Brown and Josephine Wall. The book however, did not do her work justice. The dust jacket of the book is very well made and the binding is tight as it should be. The print reproduction is however poor. At first I read the reviews on this book and decided that perhaps the persons writing negative comments were a bit too judgmental towards the publication. After purchase, I did realize that they were spot on. The artwork is pixelated in a lot of the reproductions and the other half has been poorly cropped or pulled apart left and right to try to resize it to fit the page. I wasn't thrilled about these facts because I expected a lot more from the prints judging the cost of the book and the binding that looked way too professional to fall this short of expectations.The second thing that bothered me, it may be just preference personally, is the book was disorganized. The prints weren't organized according to date, color scheme, theme or anything. It really just bugged me beyond belief. The artist is a professional, but the way the work was presented did not match up to those standards. Do I regret buying this book? Not for a second, because after all my love for the art really won over and not my annoyance towards the reproduction quality. The colors weren't too bad although I question some of the bubble rider reproduction colors because I have the "Dark Skies" wall tile and the colors are not at all similar.I do recommend this book because if you love fantasy art, Nene Thomas's art or both, this is a must have. I do wish there was another book released, possibly a part 2 with better reproductions and more art. This book has her older art such as the Bubble Riders and the Dragon Witches. You can easily see how much her art has evolved over the years. I really suggest looking at her website, because she has amazing new works of art up that I hope they will consider making into a separate book.

This is a beautiful book. It is magical and mysterious. I love the darkness of Fall and Winter and these paintings capture those seasons well as do the mythical creatures. Dragons, Faeries and Elves are my favorites and this beautiful book if full of them! It stays on my coffee table so all who enter my home can peruse and enjoy. I recommend this book to everyone who loves the magic realms!

This came wrapped and in mint condition. Love it

Skimming through the book, although not very impressed, I did end up with a soothing feeling.SPECIFICS:Page Count: 128Number of images: 119Small images: 0Half page images: 24Full page images: 952-page spreads: 0BW images: 20TEXT:Foreword: 1 pageIntroduction: 1 pageAdvices for aspiring artists: 3 pagesIndex: 1 pageEach page has at least 1 short paragraph about the art there displayedART:2 images: 5 stars16 images: 4 stars90 images: 3 stars12 images: 2 stars0 images: 1 starOverall: 3 Stars

I almost didn't buy this book because of some of the negative reviews and that would have been a BIG loss. I don't know what their problem was because this is a beautiful book and I'm very glad I bought it. I would recommend it to anyone who loves the art work of Nene Thomas.

Mostly I bought this book because I like the artwork and wanted to have it handy as a good reference. I enjoyed reading some of the quips about how and where each inspiration for the different pieces came from. I wasn't expecting much more than that.

Absolutely gorgeous work from Nene, as always. The book is a masterpiece and I will proudly show it off to any visitor that happens by. If you enjoy Nene's work, or even if you have no idea who she is but enjoy faery and fantasy art work, you'll certainly love this product.

Such a beautiful book! My granddaughter has owned a copy for about 10 years. Was showing it to some friends in a crafting class I take, and 3 of them wanted their own copy!

I am a great fan of fantasy art, especially Ann Stokes and Victoria Frances, and have an extensive library of all art genres. I only discovered Nene Thomas when I bought the figurine "Wind Moon" . So impressed by this and, after visiting her website, I immediately ordered her book,"Parting the Veil". When it arrived I was delighted with the large prints in both colour and ink. As a fan of computer generated art, I was amazed to see that her works and illustrations were actually painted, some in watercolour, which is a hard medium for this type of subject. Fabulous book and fabulous artist. If this is your type of art, then hard to see anyone better. Recommended

I love it!

Given to my daughter who loves this type of art. She loved it and said it is a perfect coffee table book..Really loved the cats in so many of the pictures.

Fab.

What a lovely book. Love this art work and this inspired me to by it. If you like fairy art then buy this book.