I'm just going to leave this here...

Folks have been asking for portraits of me

for publicity, so here it is...

Another Commission...framed

This is the framed piece for our Philharmonic. 

 I used a drum head with carriage bolts to hold it together.

The End

Helping my friends a little....

I had the honor of critiquing a professional illustrator with a dragon illustration.

Phillippe  asked for help on facebook with this illustration , 

so I made a quick 10 minute "draw-over".

The point I make is to 

make your humor readable, 

so that any one in any language can see your joke.

Click here to see some of Phil's great work!

Another commission...painted

Here is the painted piece,

I changed the composition

because of the frame I will use.

That will be in an upcoming post!

another commission

I didn’t mean to stay away from the blog for a month!

I received a commission from our local Philharmonic.

They are celebrating their 100^th anniversary, so

They asked artists to create a piece around musical instruments.

This was my initial sketch:

and here is the inked version at about  18"x24" 

the painted version will shown next time.

...and I won't wait so long for the next post!

No rest Yet! ConDor Convention in San Diego!

So I got a message from the ConDor Convention in San Diego.

They asked, "We know it is late, but do you want to do our logo for this year's convention?"

I said, "Sure!"

They said, "Our theme is, 'There and Back Again' "

I said, "Sure!"
They asked, "Full Color?"

I said, "Sure!" 

They asked, "ASAP?"

I said, "Sure!" 

They said, "We can't wait to see what you do!"

I said, "...neither can I..." 

Thirty six hours later, this was the final sketch and painting:

Guest Appearance

Well I wanted to update last week but I got an offer I couldn't refuse.
The local Philharmonic Orchestra asked me to step in as a guest artist.
They asked me, "Can you draw something for Wagner's Ring?"
I said, "Sure"
They asked me, "Can you draw four pictures?"
I said, "Sure"
They asked me, "Full color?"
I said, "Sure"
They asked me, "and draw live during our performance?"
I said, "Sure...
They asked me, "The performance is in 48 hours."
I said, ".......sure........."
They said me, "We can't wait to see what you do!"
I said, "Neither can I...."

Well here is the results, four 14'x17' paintings in approximately 36 hours.

 They also gave me a free booth to show off the YETS!.

 A good was had by all.