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Michael C Hayes @michaelchayes.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

We soft launched an Etsy store last month, but I suppose now that I am telling you fine folks about it, this is the hard launch. There is still more to come, but you can find my books, MTG artist proofs, gaming/deskmats and prints of my charcoal pop culture work. www.etsy.com/shop/charcoa...

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Michael C Hayes @michaelchayes.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

A recent-ish drawing of Darth Maul I am rather proud of. Tried to get more energy into an image than I normally would.

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Michael C Hayes @michaelchayes.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Ranni, 12" x 16" charcoal on bristol. 2023

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Michael C Hayes @michaelchayes.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Arthur Morgan, 12" x 16" charcoal on bristol, 2024

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Michael C Hayes @michaelchayes.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Aloy, 12" x 16" charcoal on bristol, 2019

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Michael C Hayes @michaelchayes.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Aragorn, 12" x 16", charcoal on bristol, 2020

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Michael C Hayes @michaelchayes.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Huntress of the Sky, 18" x 24" oil on panel, 2019

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Michael C Hayes @michaelchayes.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Miserere, 16" x 24" oil on board, 2011. This was the first book cover I was ever commissioned to do, it is for a novel of the same name by @tfrohock.com

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Michael C Hayes @michaelchayes.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Red Sonja, 18" x 24" oil on panel. 2015

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Michael C Hayes @michaelchayes.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Reminiscence, 18" x 36" oil on panel. 2019

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Michael C Hayes @michaelchayes.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Mists of Valhalla, 18" x 36" oil on panel. 2023

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Michael C Hayes @michaelchayes.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Defiance, (aka Human Token from the original Innistrad block, back in 2011) 16" x 24" oil on panel.

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Michael C Hayes @michaelchayes.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Cenotaph, 20" x 30" oil on panel. 2023

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Michael C Hayes @michaelchayes.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Onslaught, 24" x 30" oil on panel. 2023

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Michael C Hayes @michaelchayes.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Serenity, 15" x 36" (I think?) oil on panel. 2015

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Michael C Hayes @michaelchayes.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Another older piece from 2012. This one has the dubious distinction of being my most stolen piece of artwork. Artemis, 18" by 29" oil on panel

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Michael C Hayes @michaelchayes.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Caroline, 14" x 24" oil on panel (I promise that, despite the label, there are no naughty bits showing)

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Michael C Hayes @michaelchayes.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

If you see this, post a vampire. Nearheath Stalker, from the first Innistrad block back in 2011. 16" x 20" oil on panel.

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Michael C Hayes @michaelchayes.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

I'm always looking to create work that elicits and emotional response and hints at a story, but has the viewer create their own version of it in their minds. This piece is one the few times I feel like I have pulled that off.

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Michael C Hayes @michaelchayes.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Princess of Mars, 14" x 24" oil on panel

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Michael C Hayes @michaelchayes.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Here's a new (or at least new to the internet) painting. Requiem, 18" x 24" oil on panel

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Michael C Hayes @michaelchayes.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Here's an experimental phase from awhile back. The frame was designed by me and cut with a laser. It ended up that I was spending way too much time making frames and not enough time painting, but I think I made some cool things in the process. Requiescence, 12" x 24" oil on panel.

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Michael C Hayes @michaelchayes.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

The Dark Night of the Soul, 20" x 30" oil on panel

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Michael C Hayes @michaelchayes.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Joan of Arc, 16" x 24" painted back in 2010. Definitely a turning point in my art and launch point of my career.

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Michael C Hayes @michaelchayes.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

I guess I need to post a censored version of this, even though I didn't actually paint a nipple. If @bsky.app is going to be a new home for artists, it would be nice if they had more artist friendly moderation and/or didn't have "hide anything even remotely objectionable" as the default setting.

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Michael C Hayes @michaelchayes.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Sanctum Prelate. 18" x 24" oil on panel. For Magic: the Gathering, Modern Horizons 2

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Michael C Hayes @michaelchayes.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Vi, 12" x 16" charcoal on paper. (No spoilers please, I'm not quite finished the 3rd act)

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