Julius Caesar

Over the last year and a half I have been focused on writing my novel about Marc Antony which left me little time to draw.  On New Year's Day, I joined an art group so I could be inspired to work on my art again while I write my book.  I decided to work on a still life in order to get my hand "back in the game".  It is fitting that my subject is Julius Caesar, since he does appear in my novel.  

Here he is, in progress:

Added in pastel for shading

Medium:  Prismacolor & pastel on Strathmore sketch paper
Dated: 2020
Original size: 8"x 10"

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The Queen of Ice and Snow - Work In Progress

After watching Disney's Frozen in 2013, I was inspired to create this illustration of Elsa.  I loved the theme of feminine independence and sisterly love.  Visually, the film left me awestruck and dazzled by the winter wonderland which the story is set in.  

I am currently working on the snowflakes and the trail of a thousand tiny ice crystals which flows from Elsa's hand:

 

Medium: Prismacolor and pastels on Artagain paper
Dated: unfinished
Original Size: 18"x 24"

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Famke and Marcel

This illustration was done as a portrait of two characters in a vampire novel I was going to co-author with a friend.     

Medium: Ink and Prismacolor on sketch paper
Dated: 1992
Original size: 8"x 6"

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Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare

This illustration was done as an extra credit assignment for my English class during my sophomore year of high school.  I was one of the few students who loved reading Shakespeare and I jumped at the opportunity to illustrate one of my favorite poems.  I also used Patrick Nagel's style to draw the woman since he was a huge influence for me during these early years.

In case you didn't know, the opening line on this illustration is also a lyric in Sting's song Sister Moon from the album Nothing Like the Sun.  
  

    

Medium: Ink and prismacolor on sketch paper
Dated: 1991
Original size: 14"x 11"

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Letter Transition: V for Vampire

This illustration was done in my Commercial Art class.  It was a "transition" assignment starting where I had to start with a letter in the alphabet and transform it into an object.  I loved this assignment and went with a vampire theme.      

Medium: Ink and prismacolor on sketch paper
Dated: 1991
Original size: 4"x 10"

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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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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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Aphrodite of Melos Statue

In 2011, my Drawing I class went  to the Blanton Art Museum located at the University of Texas campus.  We spent a few hours in the sculpture gallery to do figure drawing.  I have a passion for ancient history, particularly Greek, Roman, and Egyptian history, so this was my favorite part of the field trip that day.
     

Medium:  Sepia pencil on Strathmore sketch paper
Dated: 2011
Original size: 10"x 8"

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Depeche Mode: Sometimes

This is a song illustration that I created for Depeche Mode's Sometimes song from the album Black Celebration. 

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

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Merman of the Red Sea

I love the ocean and have always liked the idea of merfolk.  This illustration is part of a diptych set.  I love dichotomy and thought it would be interesting to create a set of merfolk, one who lives in the Black Sea and one who lives in the Red Sea.  This is my illustration for the Red Sea.  The Black Sea can be found here.  

Medium: Prismacolor and pastel on Artagain paper
Dated: 2018
Original size: 12"x 9"

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Fire Sprite

This illustration was lots of fun to do.  As a young kid, I loved watching Fantasia when it came to the movie theater.  One of my favorite segments is the Nutcracker Suite which featured both fantasy and elemental creatures in it.

I knew I wanted to create a fire elemental type of fey, so I thought to why not a sprite?  It was a fun to design the flames as her hair and along the wings in order to give her the look that said she was in command of fire.  The background I did was to help convey the idea that she was perhaps on the rim of a volcano.  This fire sprite turned out to be a fun exercise in analogous color. 

Medium: Prismacolor on sketch paper
Dated: 1995
Original size: 8"x 6"

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Mermaid of the Black Sea

I love the ocean and have always liked the idea of merfolk.  I started this back in 2006 with the intention of it being part of a diptych set.  I love dichotomy and thought it would be interesting to create a set of merfolk, one who lives in the Black Sea and one who lives in the Red Sea.  This is my illustration for the Black Sea.  The Red Sea will feature a merman.  

Medium: Prismacolor and pastel on Artagain paper
Dated: 2018
Original size: 8"x 6"

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Depeche Mode: Black Celebration

This is a song illustration that I created for Depeche Mode's title track from the album Black Celebration.  Without a doubt, this album is my favorite.  I bought it when it was released and I felt the songs resonated with me during that time of my life.

Medium: Prismacolor and ink on sketch paper
Dated: 1993
Original size: 14"x 11"

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Deep Waters

I originally started this mermaid illustration back in 1999 and finished it in 2002.  It proved to be a great exercise in using colored pencils and I enjoyed working on the "blue" card stock paper that forms the background.  This piece also gave me a chance to study ocean life in preparation for some other "merfolk" paintings that I have plans to do.    

Medium: Prismacolor on Artagain paper
Dated: 2002
Original size: 12"x 9"


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Autumn of the Asrai

This illustration captures a beautiful fairy and her dragonfly friend basking in the afternoon sunshine amid the cattails. . I had always wanted to illustrate a fairy, and this was my first attempt to do so.

What is unique about this piece is that it was my second attempt to paint solely in watercolor.  The background didn't turn out quite the way I wanted it too, so I ended up coloring over it with color pencil.  

Medium: Watercolor and Prismacolor on Crescent cold press board
Dated: 1997
Original size: 18"x 14"

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Of Flesh and Stone

I have always been fascinated by demon lore and mythology, and I was inspired to create this image of a female succubus, slowly revealing herself to her offscreen companion. I thought it would be fun to give her a tail and to have a pair of pet gargoyles at her feet. 

Medium: Graphite, ink and Prismacolor on Sketch paper
Dated: 1997
Original size: 17"x 11"

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Winter Fairy

This illustration was an assignment I had in the Design class I took in the Fall of 2011.  I had to demonstrate emphasis using value and movement within the composition, the difference between texture/pattern and background/foreground, it had to include a texture illusion or "Trompe L'Oeil", and it needed to be mono-chromatic.  For the texture illusion, I used a silver mesh fabric for part of her wings.

I love this piece and I am very happy with how it turned out.

Medium: Acrylic, Watercolor, and Prismacolor on Crescent Cold Press board
Dated: 2011
Original size: 30"x 20"

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Depeche Mode: People Are People

This is a song illustration that I created for Depeche Mode's People Are People song featured on the UK album Some Great Reward and US album People Are People.  

Medium: Prismacolor and ink on sketch paper
Dated: 1993
Original size: 11"x 14"

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Sorrow's Passing

This illustration was a tribute to both the anniversary of Bram Stoker's classic tale Dracula and to the man himself.  I have always loved the story of Dracula and I have always wanted to draw a ghost, so for the 100th anniversary of Dracula, which was first published on the 26th of May in 1897, I combined the two concepts. 

The tomb stone to the left reads "Abraham Stoker, 1847 - 1912, Beloved Husband", however the tomb stone to the right starts to read "West.." which was the start of "Westenra" as in Lucy Westenra who was Dracula's first victim. 

Is the ghost Stoker's wife?  Or is it Lucy? 

Medium: Pastel and Prismacolor on Artagain paper
Dated: 1998
Original size: 12"x 9"

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Brandon Lee as The Crow

This illustration is part of a portfolio set created to pay tribute to the memory of two extraordinary martial artists and action film stars.  Never again will the world know a father and son such as Bruce and Brandon Lee.  The legacy they leave behind will be remembered for all time. 

This portfolio, called "The Little Dragon", consists of six illustrations; three images of Bruce Lee (from The Green Hornet, Enter the Dragon, and a portrait) and three images of Brandon Lee (from The Crow, Rapid Fire, and a portrait).

Medium: Graphite and Prismacolor on sketch paper
Dated: 1995
Original size: 14"x 11"

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