Drakaina: a Fantasy art Muse

Here is a new painting by my dear friend Michael Calandra and commissioned by the band Hollow.

This artwork will be used for the promotion of the upcoming CD and has a great story behind it (Story in which I have the great honor to be a character.. Meaning that more artworks will soon follow ). Here is a word by Joe Hollow himself, letting you in some of the secrets behind the painting…

Here is one of the paintings done by world famous HEAVY METAL artist Michael Calandra. The painting is called HOLLOW BE THY NAME. The models you see here is (me in the middle) LORD HOLLOW with my (wife Gina) QUEEN ON THE RIGHT and (Fantasy art Muse – Drakaina) the QUEENS ENFORCER on my left.

so here is one painting, I have 3 others now and more on the way.

The painting represents a time and place in the story im writing “HOLLOW BE THY NAME” This painting that is called “HOLLOW BE THY NAME” is a shot of my character, Drak and Gina at a place called “the sacred grounds of the Hollow” After the reclaiming of our land my character said a few words to his warriors, family and followers from the highest part of the mountain where the brutal nation skull is carved into the rock. They were words of courage and victory for we had just slaughtered a strong enemy, enslaved their woman and children and impaled the male warriors who stood to oppose us. You’ll also see the fires with burning skulls and the “H” logo and also the smoke coming from them form a distorted view of the brutal nation skull.

The art also goes with my bands concept. Our new upcoming record “BRUTAL NATION” talks about this story I am writing. Deeper into the story my character structures what becomes the BRUTAL NATION. Its an alliance formed to eliminate an evil empire driven by tyranny. Sworn to avenge the death of his father my character brought together his allies from all over the world and other unearthly realms to stand and fight as one army. The story is very long and begins when my character was just a boy. In a lord of the rings way about it, it covers a lot of ground and of coarse MUCH more brutal than lord of the rings. From before the 1st century to beyond the year 2025, HOLLOW BE THY NAME is an epic tale of Strength, Honor, Loyalty and Respect in a dark metal hell filled with Brutality, Lust and Fantasy.

Ill continue to post more and more info on the story im writing and the completion of my bands new record as we go along. The story is just about complete and the new record is set to release Halloween 2008.

So if you have time visit my pics gallery,, please comment this beautiful masterpiece im proud to call “HOLLOW BE THY NAME”

thanks very much for reading,
much love and respect,
stay brutal,
Joe Hollow