CHICK IN DRESS

Stick figure chicken in dress. An attempt to do some cute stuff, instead of being dark all the time.

LIGHT PATCH FACE

A quick iPad drawing study dealing with just light and dark solid colors.

SKY WATCHER

As a kid, I often looked up at the sky while lying down, trying to figure out how many shapes I could create from the clouds. Then I wonder, "what is beyond that?" This image seems to know what is above, but is concerned about the world below.

MUST CONTAIN VOMIT

Is it me or is throwing up a requirement in today's culture? I constantly see it in movies and tv shows and it doesn't matter if it's a drama or comedy, the genre does not affect the hurl. Well, if it's a requirement, here's my take on it.

TRANSYLVANIAN GOTHIC

First drawing done in quite some time. It's an odd take on the American Gothic painting. I've never been to Transylvania nor do I know enough about its culture, but to me this drawing has a whimsical Vlad the Impaler type of feel to it (if that's even possible).

LIVING AMONG THE GIANTS

Quick sketch, pen and ink...old school, I know, but I still enjoy doing it.

ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN LOSES A PAW

There's a certain sympathy seeing a hurt monster. I'm not sure why I'm drawn to the loss of a hand or in this case a paw. I think it goes back to when I was working at the bindery of a publishing place years ago with an old cutter. There were many people that freelanced there that's lost a thumb or some other part of the hand due to accidents from these old large machines. Thinking back, I remember putting my hands under the cutter many times, in order to prepare the stack of paper for cutting and thought nothing of it.

DRAWING IN BARGEMON

Patricia and I went on vacation for most of the month of November. We went to Washington DC, then visited family in New York and then off to France. We stayed at our friends' house in Bargemon for a week. I drew this picture of Patricia on the ipad brushes application while she was drawing in the living room.

CHUCK CLOSE ENCOUNTERS

A full day of art was capped off by visiting the SMOCA (Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art) where they had a sketching event in the galleries alongside a Chuck Close exhibit. It's quite amazing how much patience is involved in creating these prints. Here's my sketch using white pencil on black paper.

ORGANICALLY MECHANICAL

I finally got to do some artwork with Patricia and Todd. As we were brainstorming about what to make for our holiday cards, I began sketching some organic shapes forming it into something mechanical. I often do this in order to get some idea going. Many times it ends up being something morbid...why is that? I like contrast in imagery and perhaps that lends itself to be on the dark, creepy side. With this in mind, I'm thinking of creating a series of drawings and paintings in this style. Oh, and the holiday card? After various suggestions, Patricia took it all in and came up with a cool idea...I knew she would. She'll put it up on her blog when it's all developed.