I have been blessed by having two pieces selected as part of a figurative group show at the Hilliard Gallery. The show is scheduled to open Friday July 6th and run through July 28th 2007. The two pieces above were selected. Bass Player, and James. I am delighted and quite honored. http://www.hilliardgallery.com/index.php

Old Man Winter:

yes, it is June. But that is the beauty of a winter scene, it can cool you off.

witch sketch from vacation book.

bored in the airport... bought a muscle magazine for drawing. Don't know why. No reasons, just mindless foolishness.

Vacation sketchbook June 07

Vacation Sketchbook -virtual pose

more vacation sketchbook work... virtual pose.

prismacolor on kraft paper

Cinderella for Drawergeeks. This had to be quick if it was to be at all. Several irons in the fire at once and juggling is not my best ability. Originally it had just the girl, but felt it was just not finished. Don't know if it is now or not. But at least the attempt was made. Off to work.

when nothing else works... go back and review the old sketch books. I have been adapting sketches from a jazz show last year into new drawings. Quite fun.

I just felt I needed to paint the character doing what he was created to do ... kill things in a not very pretty manner. He may be a glorified superhero, he may be fun to draw, but he is still a surgically engineered butcher. The man has knives that shoot out of his hands that cut through anything... what was the government going to use him for? Peeling potatoes REALLY fast?... no.

my original plan was to back out of this. just to not submit. Last time the comic book theme was presented, I fell flat on my face... with 2 submissions yet. Too much anxiety... too much pressure... too much spicy food too late at night. So, I was going to let the much more experienced bunch take a stab (heh) at Wolverine. But insomnia and a clean piece of scratch board added up to a sketch that may show promise. Dunno. We shall see. I will do some tuning and see what happens. A very wise person stated that people take 20 minutes or so to create a drawing and then spend hours or days slowly wrecking what they could have just left alone.

the start of a rather large horizontal graphite rendering of a clover patch. Final drawing will be about 14" x 26". This is the beginning of an involved process.

not feeling really swell. worked out of the sketchbook to see what would come up and to keep focused on other things.

Drawergeeks: Well, it is called Drawer-geeks, so Princess Leia had to become a topic some time... and with that so did the slave outfit. Yes, I know. And I'm just not better than that. Some times the low road is just as fun.

another of the musician series from the Californos UMKC benefit last year. What a wonderful afternoon that was.

Drawergeeks submission for this week: The Titans of Greek Mythology. My solution: Cererbus. No, not Dave Sim's earth-pig... but the really nasty one. The nightmare of all postal carriers. It just fell out of me.

Continuing the Musicians theme. I have been going back through the sketchbook and finding the source material from which to do these drawings. What a good time that was. And it is proving to supply me with more fun now.

the start of a possible series of musicians. Source sketches were done almost a year ago at Californos UMKC Jazz Benefit show. This was great. 2 rooms with revolving musicians. If one room was not having performances, it was setting up or breaking down for the next set while the other room was jumping. I filled a sketchbook at this event. What a good time.

another attempt at combining the scribble technique on scratchboard for illustration. In addition, I am attempting a painting using this linework to springboard off from. Painting should be done by the end of the week. I like this result.