Three Pictures - Acrylic
Three distinct paintings painted together as one. The base is a swimmer gliding under the water. The intertwined trees (sideways) and face create an interesting contrast that makes the head turn to the side to allow the eyes to collect the whole picture.
Four Faces - Prismacolor, Crayon, and Pencil
An interpretation of life from childhood to death. The original design called for a clock to be mounted in the center, but I couldn't stand to stab a hole in the drawing.
Blue Face - Acrylic
The requirement was to create a picture that reminded us of ourselves. I just wanted to create a style that was used on the hardback printing of Ursula Le Guin's, A Wizard of Earthsea. It still remains one of my favorite works.
Old Man - Acrylic
I've had more descriptions of this painting than anything else I have ever done from a statue to a bull dog. I'll leave the interpretation up to you, but rest assured it is nothing more than an exercise in negative space.
Seashore (part 1 of 2) - Multimedia
Pencil on watercolor paper. The surface of the paper was embossed using a printing press. The raised surfaces were then highlighted in pencil and the shells drawn in for a completed effect.
Seashore (part 2 of 2) - Multimedia
Ink and prismacolor on watercolor paper. Standard printing techniques were used followed by drawing in the shells. These two pieces combined received first place in multimedia at the Garland Historical Society Art Show in 1997.
Washington Memory - Watercolor
An interpretation of the Federal Reserve in Washington D.C. It was orignally supposed to be a "realistic" piece, but I got bored and added a Paddington Bear motif.
Ekdahl in Color - Acrylic on paper
1,369 individually painted squares. The face is that of jazz singer Lisa Ekdahl.
Window - Acrylic
While not my largest work, definitely the most time consuming. Six weeks were spent on this painting and I forgot to paint the outside sill. The painting was used as the cover for the 1998 Naaman Forest Literary Art Magazine.
Purple - Pencil
For all those Deep Purple fans, a cut and paste variety pack of Ritchie Blackmore. He may be old, but he's still tearing up the strings.
