Nene Tina Thomas began her professional career in 1994, when she was
approached by Wizards of the Coast to contribute work to the popular card game
"Magic: the Gathering." Her work with Wizards of the Coast can still be seen in
the Fourth and Fifth Expansions, Antiquities, Legends, The Dark, Homelands and
the new "Magic: The Gathering" CD ROM Game. Some of the other card games that
feature her work are Shadowfist, Legend of the Five Rings, Galactic Empires,
Tempest of the Gods, Wyrmwars, Gridiron, Vampire: The Eternal Struggle,
Xenophiles, and Battlelords of the 23rd Century.
Although Nene is known best for her work with
watercolors, she has recently begun to expand her artistic horizons with other
media, including digital. But no matter what media is used, the core elements of
her art remain constant: her characters have grace and elegance, her settings
are striking, and the images as a whole are breathtaking. Nene's greatest
artistic ambition is to be able to perfectly capture an image that she has in
her mind's eye on paper. Over the
last two years, Nene has had the good fortune to see her art translated into a
variety of products, including statues, ornaments, stickers, and t-shirts. Her
many products can be seen in several catalogues, in retail outlets throughout
the country, or on her website. The retail success of her art hasn't changed her
focus however, and with each new piece she strives to push herself as an
artist.
Nene currently lives in Oklahoma City with her husband Steven Plagman, who is
also her framer and fancy mat cutter. Nene spends her days sketching,
researching, painting and playing with her five cats: Snowmane, Amber, Blackfel,
Leilani and Night Shade. She has three sisters and two brothers, all of them
artistic and musically talented. She doesn't smoke, drink, swear, or gamble -
but she is horribly addicted to ice skating, The Sims 2, and collecting,
displaying and sewing beautiful outfits for her beautiful Asian ball jointed
dolls. Aw, no one's perfect! Nene has written a few tutorials for Photoshop.
