Palm Civet Greeting Card

More Animal Sketches

Mouse Chefs

Here is some more art in the raw.

Old Artist

This is at least a few years old, from when I first started the watercolor courses in college. I don't think I've posted it yet so here it is.

Sketches

Just trying to get the juices going.

In order: a possible idea for a children's Christmas book, playing around with various goblins (I've been reading and enjoying the Fables series by Bill Willingham), the tired plastic surgery look of many female politicians these days and some sort of walrus-like creature.

Vanitas (almost done)

There's more work to be done, but it's getting there!

More Vanitas

Dog Card

This card doesn't make much sense without the text on the front, but I just like the transition from the normal dog sitting next to the hair gel to the puffball on the inside.

Birthday Man (Card Illustrations)

Tellers

Bird Friends

The Not Right Cards website should be up sometime in the near future, and here are a couple more illustrations.

Goofy Animal

More card illustrations.

Good vs. Evil

This one is pretty old. A classmate of mine liked it enough to buy it after I had it in a show.

Some More Vanitas

Here's a detail of the Vanity painting in the very early stages.

Goofy Desert Painting

Four Old Men

Mouse Book

This is a little sample illustration I did a while ago for a children's book script that someone sent to the UW art department. It never went beyond this though because a) most people who look for artists at the university think they can pay next to nothing for the work, and b) the story was badly written.

Another Oil Pastel

Bar Series

These are two of four images that fit together side by side as one long piece. Joel did the other two, but sadly I don't have all four together. My good life drawing professor tolerated all the goofy things I wanted to do. Drawing from the models gets boring.

Author

I don't work with oil pastels much, but I like this old picture.

Figure Drawing

From one of many figure drawing classes. I was sad to hear recently that all of my good drawing professors are retiring and may not be replaced by young people who appreciate the craft as much as they did. Performance, concept, abstract and film seem to be the bigger things in the department.

Vanitas Oil Painting

Oil isn't my strong point at present, but this is the most recent oil painting I've done worth showing.

Big Pillow

Mother's Day

Here's one of NRC's Mother's Day cards...

Two Examples

Here are some illustrations for a couple of the cards we have so far...

It's coming!


Too late. It's gone.

and


I'm glad that we're acquainted
And occasionally in touch,
But out friendship would be tainted
If we saw each other much.

and on the inside...

Thanks for being such a distant friend.

Not Right Cards

Joel and I have been working with a man in Brookfield, WI who wants to start his own greeting card line called Not Right Cards. As the name suggests, the writing is out there and atypical, aimed at picking on traditional greeting cards rather than using the usual humor that one might see in such things. The gentleman wrote to me a year ago this month to think up and create illustrations, and we now have the first twenty cards professionaly printed. We have been and continue searching for good venues, and welcome any suggestions.

I will link the Not Right Cards website when it's up and running.

Vanity Inked

Here's the beginning of vanity, the next in the series of vices. More to come...

The Rug

Mouse & Giant

This was done for a class a year or so ago, but I plan to make some kind of a story book around it. Ideas, ideas...

Gluttony framed

My Grandfather

Picnic

Here's another watercolor. When first I finished it I thought the man was just wearing white pants, and then someone asked what he was holding. I realized it kind of looked like he was holding up or folding a white blanket, hence the title. This was part of a solo exhibit I had at the student union during my last semester.

Kirsche and SunDog

Here's a picture for my sister of her two dogs. Probably not a normal portrait but I hope she likes it. I was imagining what they do when she's at work, their secret house in walls, as it were.