TODAY'S FEATURED POST
a Thanksgiving story
Don’t have much art that I can show at the moment, so I thought I’d treat you to a fun thanksgiving story. This one time, years ago back when I was just starting out, a friend of mine reached out to me with a prospective illustration job. It was 1996, I was living in El Paso Texas, before I’d moved to San Francisco and gone to art school. Art jobs were scarce and you took…
YESTERDAY’S POST
You Probably Need a 2025 Calendar!
November 12, 2024 - Ah, it’s that time, yet again! The time of year when I start thinking about just what sort of calendar will I get for the next year? Actually, I probably should’ve done this earlier because mid-November is cutting it kind of close, isn’t it? Maybe not too close but still. It’s a little close. Either way, speaking as someone with a tenuous grip on time and projects (particularly these last several months) one thing is for certain: I need an actual, physical calendar on a nail on a wall in my studio. I’ve found that if I don’t write something down with my own hand it will simply evaporate from my mind. Dew in the morning sun. Vapor. The best laid plans and I forget the rest. No amount of meaning to remember will ever…
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Painting a Series
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Rule of Thumb
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“The Vanishing” photo ref
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Weird Wizard of Oz
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