New Observations

Bear

Grrrr.....

Tree

As the poet said, "only God can make a tree,"
probably because it's so hard to figure out
how to get the bark on.
- Woody Allen

Even More Sketches from Italy!

I do have some drawings that have no people in them for a change, I just have to scan them...

More Sketches from Italy

I have returned....

Sorry for the long lapse in posting. These are some sketches from my trip to Florence this past month. I have more that I will post soon once they are scanned.

BOOK!

A special limited edition book on the process of the Art of Disney Stamps was released recently and I will be signing copies of it tomorrow, April 16th at the New Yorker Hotel on 34th St and 8th Ave from 1-3 PM, I feel very honored to have been part of this process and the book is really beautiful.

Oscar

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
- Oscar Wilde

I am not sure I agree with Oscar completely on this one but it was fairly appropriate for this post. I used to struggle with the fact that I feel I have no definitive "style" but now I am OK with not feeling tied down to one particular way to work. I suppose I will spend the rest of my creative life figuring out which way to draw what is in my head.

Ricardo Lopez Ortiz

Ricardo is one of the best people I know. I had the privilege of traveling to Florence, Italy with this kind, thoughtful, and extremely talented young man. We spent a month working together on art and simply having a great time. A tremendous young talent with work that is totally worth visiting. The brightest of futures is in store for him and he is the epitome of what a diligent student should be.

His Website

His Blog

Portrait of a Lady

Jared-redux

OK, So last week I had posted this portrait I was doing of Jared in progress but I was having trouble loading some of the images and some people told me they couldn't see some of them so I took down the post. Here it is again (sans the progress) with the final image as well as the original drawing. I have to admit the scan of it is not the best and for some reason it looks very different than this. You will just have to take my word for it. Thanks to everybody who commented on the original post.

Elly

This portrait of Elly is the sister image (literally!) to the portrait of Sean that I posted recently. I have to ask Jared's Sister to take photos of the images in the BEAUTIFUL frames Jared handmade for them.

Vampire!

Sean

This is a recent portrait I did of Jared's nephew Sean and was a Christmas gift for Jared's Sister and Brother-in-law. I did not get a chance to post it before we left for the Bay area.

Some December Sketches

Hey Folks, here is a bunch of sketches I have been meaning to post....No particular order, just some things I felt had merit.

I doubt I will get a chance to post some of the other stuff I am working on before Christmas so I hope everyone has a safe and wonderful holiday!