Creative Projects

Autumn Art, Drawings

Candy Corn Queen 2014

This year’s Candy Corn Queen is Celtic~ As always, I started with some sketching to work out the composition. I decided to stylize the drawing (see below). I used ZIG pens and Copic markers to color the copy I made onto aged parchment. This year’s Queen, while a warrior, also […]

Painting

Little Turtle By the Sea

Another baby turtle for a special little girl in Germany. Her mother gave me some of her favorites to work from: the colors pink and purple, and the sea-side with sunshine and seashells. Just like the baby turtle with cheetah print that I painted for Miss B in California, this […]

Painting

Sea of Memory

A scene from the American West left unfinished and found in a dumpster. For this one I decided to try something new.   No sketch.    No plan. I turned it vertically and started painting… I cut a custom stencil using my x-acto knife.  I wanted to create a large teardrop […]