Sketching...

A few sketches from the book...

Ideas for future paintings...

Nightime with the Spirit Bear...



Autographs

While searching among booths and booths of antiques this past week, I came across this beautiful old school autograph book. I have a collection of old photo albums that I love, but have never come across a blank autograph book before. I decided it would make a perfect little sketch book.



Conjuring ideas...

Working on ideas for my upcoming show in February. Animals and spirits, ghosts and nature.  Building my own occult symbols... a magick of my very own. 

Skulls and bones, smoke and ectoplasm.

Tiny Tiger

When the weight of the world seems to be too much, I draw a tiny tiger.

 

2012

Begin...

Nectar...

# 43 in the little black book of doom.

The end of this book is approaching. It's been a couple of years ( I think, ) if not more since I started this sketchbook. It goes everywhere with me. It's filthy and falling apart. Worn and abused, it's always by my side, always waiting for something new.

Yesterday I counted the number of pages I have yet to fill. 

35. That's with front and back of each page. 

Looking forward to the last leaf... and hesitant to finish it at the same time.

Hello kitty...

* sketching nonsense *

Sketchhbooooook.

Wildness.

Woodman.

Into battle.

In the woods she waits...

Tigers and meee-cezzz!!

Sketching all the time...

Forever and ever...

Smoking little stumps

Left  the big sketchbook at the shop this week, so I've reverted back to filling the pages of my little one. 

New paintings, sketches ... busy busy busy.

I'm afraid I have yet to make good on my resolution to be more web connected. Regardless of my lack of updates, I have been busy the past couple of months working on new paintings and sketches. There is a fair amount  of sketches in fact, so I will be posting more of those soon. 

It looks as if I may be on the Hi-Fructose blog in the future as well!  In the meantime, here is a little snippet of what I've been up to.

The first is a donation piece for my friend Tina.  She will be undergoing chemo and an operation for cancer. Unfortunately, this means she'll be out of work for some time. The auction will raise money to help her pay the bills and various medical expenses until she returns to her job.

I believe the event is happening Saturday, April 9th at The Palm Room in Ballard.

I'll post the full details when I have them.

"Strength & Love."

Watercolor on paper

2011

Also still plugging away at this painting. This may be one of three I send to Norfolk, VA for a group show this July.

And a few sketches from my black book of doom.

Of course, I couldn't do it without help from my little Otik.