SUMMARY: MY ILLUSTRATION “THE ASTRONOMER” WAS RECENTLY CHOSEN AS THE COVER IMAGE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD’S GRADUATE RESEARCH AND CREATIVITY SYMPOSIUM CATALOG.… Continue Reading
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The Fantastical Baron Von Münchhausen
Summary: A Quixotic Journey from Doré to Don Quixote leading to an illustration of Baron Von Münchhausen It was a dark and stormy night. Well, it was dark at least, and I was doing some late night internet ramblings into The Public Domain Review website which a friend had turned me on to. The website is really fun… Continue Reading
The Devil Gets His Brew
Summary: A brief discussion of diabolical draftsmanship and details discovered during the creation of this devilish illustration. Ok, truth time. I listen to the Grateful Dead… a lot. I know a lot of you might be stunned, but I feel like I just need to come clean on this one. Anyway… this project starts with the Grateful Dead song, “Friend… Continue Reading
Ahab & The White Whale
Over the last few months I have been listening to the unabridged Blackstone Audio of Moby Dick. Along the way the story has seeped into my thoughts and drawings. I present to you some work that I made along the way. As it turns out, I am a little obsessed with illustrating stories. Hmm, perhaps there a… Continue Reading
Creative Quarterly #44 Entries
These are my entries into the Creative Quarterly #44. Wish me luck!… Continue Reading
The Astronomer’s Dream
Summary: An illustration based on my visit to the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles.… Continue Reading
Sherlock Holmes Character Study and a Video
Summary: I Share a character study and a video of my watercolor painting. Happy New Year! A few of you may have seen via my Instagram or Twitter feed that I was developing a character study for my Sherlock Holmes character. For those who were paying particular attention, you would have noticed that I did it twice! The… Continue Reading
Illustrating “The Hole Story of Kirby the Sneak and Arlo the True”
Summary: This blog post covers a book project that I worked on from the end of 2014 to the beginning of 2105. I was hired to create a cover illustration and a number of black and white interior illustrations for the book The Hole Story of Kirby the Sneak and Arlo the True.… Continue Reading
Sleepy San Francisco Squirrel
Summary: An illustration based on a recent trip to my old stomping grounds, San Francisco. The illustration MFA program that I am enrolled in is great and has us traveling around the country for different contact periods throughout the year. We meet three times a year, spring and fall, and we always go to Hartford Univeristy in Connecticut in… Continue Reading
The Story of the Fisherman; Up Close
The Story of the Fisherman is a letterpress book that is hand bound and hand colored. The limited edition of 117 (101 of which are for sale) is a project that is produced by Foolscap Press.… Continue Reading
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