When I was little I drew a lot. What I drew most were families. I’d just start at one end of paper, and draw the father (always the father first – the families always had a mother and father), and then work my way down the line. Then I’d name everyone, writing the name below … Read More
More images not making in onto the portfolio page. Safe to say there are even more than this. I need a new animal. I have a series sketched out for this weekend that don’t involve the bear. He might even be doing something other than eating children.
Sometimes, I become obsessed with black and white images of people, wondering what colour their hair and eyes and clothes really were and how they might look different. I kept staring at this one of Thoreau this week, thinking about how blue his eyes must have been. They just looked so washed out. Eventually, it … Read More
Here’s a scary one from the archives. I did it years ago on request from my brother who was working for a web development company. His request was, I think, “do it in the jehovas witness style, a happy family eating a picnic on a lawn and then an alien ship behind them”. I pretty … Read More
About this time last winter I took a landscape painting course. Despite the drive in nasty snowy weather many evenings, it was a pleasant respite from the day-to-day, and from the normal art that I do. I always like the chance to force myself to work larger, and on things other than bears.;) Of course … Read More
My cards arrived from the printers and I’m pretty pleased with them. I love the single image glossy fronts – the colours are perfect and the lines are crisp. I’m also really happy with the backs, which are matt so it looks like I drew the pictures right on the paper by hand. So all … Read More
Here are a couple of illustrations that I didn’t add into my online portfolio. I figured I only need so many of the Red Brick Cafe’s in there, but I’m hard pressed to pick favourites so here are a few more. See more illustrations on my portfolio pages.