Vanessa

This illustration is another tribute to one of my early influences,  Patrick Nagel.  I loved the challenge of seeing the world through Patrick's eyes and his style helped me to better understand both composition and anatomy.  

Medium: Ink on vellum paper
Dated: 1995
Original size: 12"x 9"

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Pokemon Pikachu

My oldest daughter brought home a few Pokemon cards one day, about 2 years ago, and things haven't been the same since!  

At my daughter's request, I did a drawing of her favorite character, Pikachu, in sepia pencil.  I used her stuffed animal of Pikachu as my still life "model" and here is the result:

Medium: sepia pencil on sketch paper
Dated: 2015
Original size: 12"x 9"

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The Goddess Demeter - Watercolor Underpainting

This illustration depicts Demeter, the goddess of the harvest who presides over the bounty and fertility of the earth, waiting in her temple at the ancient city of Eleusis for her daughter, Persephone.  

The story goes that Hades, the younger brother of Zeus and Poseidon, fell in love with Persephone and abducted her, taking her to the Underworld to be his wife.  Demeter searched relentlessly for her daughter and the seasons came to a halt.  With the earth at the brink of starvation, Zeus sent Hermes to fetch Persephone.  Hades would only release her if she had not eaten anything while in his domain.  Alas, poor Persephone had eaten a few seeds of a pomegranate and so was partially bound to the Underworld and Hades for certain months of the year, hence Fall and Winter.  The arrival of Spring means that Demeter will be reunited with her daughter and so she waits anxiously in anticipation of that meeting.

Here is the original watercolor.  I am repainting this in oil.   

  

  

Medium: Watercolor on  Crescent™ Cold Press board    
Dated: 2010
Original size: 20"x 30"

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Gaudium (Joy) - Sketch

This illustration "Gaudium" is the third and final in my  triptych series of Angels: "Peace, Love, and Joy".  
  

Here are the previous designs

      

Medium:  Graphite on bristol paper     
Dated: 2018
Original size: 9"x 7"

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Depeche Mode: Flexible

This is a song illustration that I created for Depeche Mode's song Flexible from the album Catching Up With Depeche Mode.

Medium: Prismacolor on sketch paper
Dated: 1990
Original size: 14"x 11"

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