I haven't done this in a while.  I thought it might be time to pay a visit to my old blog.  Hello blog...it's been a while.  This is a sketch I did while staying in a hotel in downtown Indy.

This is an oil pastel of the Cleveland Clinic.  I made many visits to the Hospital and thought I'd capture it's 'Warm Welcome' through a pastel painting.



Landscape studies in acrylic

Just a study in Black and White.

I painted this on canvas and then cut it out to be framed behind glass.

I thought I'd try some simple landscape paintings in acrylic.  I was attempting to keep it simple.  Therefore, eliciting a sense of calm in my paintings.  Enjoy!

Some Very Simple Animations

Oh...what the heck!  Lemme see if this video/animation works.  I've been working with some simple animations and I'm not sure how this will look or work on my blog post.  *Crossing my fingers*
This should be an airplane (don't expect too much)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-jTCN3WoqM

And this should be some crazy looking face:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXYIyV9zQr0

It's About Bovines

This is a pastel painting that I recently did.  I love how he (the bull) was watching me with his one eye as I was watching him.  I'm not sure what kind of bull this is, but he sure was cool.  This piece was purchased pretty quickly.   

Obviously, just a couple of holsteens standing in the field.  I drew this with black, grey, and white pastel on colored paper.  I love working in black and white.

More Artwork

This is a charcoal drawing I did.  I really don't have a title for it.  But, I thought it turned out cool.  Drawing is, obviously, a passion for me.  I try to achieve subtle shading, as well as, different textures with the different mediums.  I used a compass for the eyeball, but beyond this, everything was drawn from my imagination.

I simply call this "Big Nose in the Air".  I drew this with pencil.  Then I scanned it hi-resolution with my computer.  After I scanned the image, I added the sepia tones and textures with a graphic editor called Painter 9.  This piece took "Best of Show" in a juried show back in 2001.

Sharing some artwork

Hello...I joined this blog site so I could share some of my art to the blog world.   I call this painting, "Rough Spot in the Middle of the Road".  It is from my "spot" series.  I won a few accolades from this piece.  It now sits in my brother's living room -- who recently purchased the piece.

This drawing is called "Periodontals".  Notice the periods on the dontals -- which is how I arrived at the title.  I like giving clever titles to some of my work.  In most cases, I think the viewer is amused when they see a clever or witty title that ties into the drawing.