Queen Hera

While working on my Demeter painting I drew this in my sketchbook.  It may be the start of a collection.

  

   

Medium: Graphite on paper    
Dated: 2020
Original size: 14"x 11"

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Nyx the Primordial Goddess of the Night

This illustration of the Greek primordial goddess of the night, Nyx.  She was born out the chaos of creation and mated with Erebus, the primordial deity of darkness. Together they created: Aether (Brightness), Hemera (Day), Moros (Destiny), Keres (Destruction), Thanatos (Death), Hypnos (Sleep), Oneiroi (Dreams), and several more children.

She resides in Tartarus and is considered to be a deity of such exceptional power and beauty that she is feared by Zeus himself.

This illustration will be painted in oil on masonite panel.  Work in progress.  

Medium: Graphite
Dated: 2020
Original size: 14"x 11"

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Young Flying Fox

I have always loved and been fascinated with bats.  I have drawn them several times over the years, yet they have always been in flight with wings extended.  This time I decided to challenge myself and draw a young flying fox hanging from a tree with its wings contracted.  

Here it is in progress:        

Medium: Graphite on sketch paper
Dated: 2020
Original size: 9"x 12"

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Snowy Owl in Flight

At the beginning of the year I joined an art group called 42 Sketches.  The idea is to create sketchbook art everyday in order to both exercise the hand and form a habit.  While writing my book, I had stopped working on art and so I joined the group to motivate myself.

This is a snowy owl in flight.  It is the very first owl I have ever drawn.  I have always admired owls but I let my fear of failure prevent me from attempting it.  I loved working on this and I am happy with how it turned out!
        

Detail of the face

  

Medium: Graphite on sketch paper
Dated: 2020
Original size: 9"x 12"

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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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Halloween Watercolor

These sketches were done in an art journal I had during my my high school years as a teenager.  My photography instructor had us keep a journal and we had to turn in a minimum of 5 pages every week.  The idea was to get your head in your creative side daily.  It was a great exercise, one I should do more often.     I walked on the "darker side" of life during these years and like Ministry's famous song, Halloween was everyday for me. 

 

Medium: Watercolor on sketch paper
Dated: 1993
Original size: 8"x 6"

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Siouxsie Sioux

I drew this illustration of Siouxsie Sioux in my notebook while at high school.  I adore the music of Siouxsie and the Banshees and have always looked up to Siouxsie as a role model for her sense of style and strong personality in a male dominated industry.

Medium: Graphite on copy paper
Dated: 1990
Original size: 10"x 8"

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Jozsef Tarmak

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

Medium: Graphite on sketch paper
Dated: 1991
Original size: 11"x 14"

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Divine Irony - Final Sketch

This illustration of Lucifer Morningstar was inspired by DC Vertigo's comic book series Lucifer, a spinoff of Neil Gaimon's The Sandman series and by Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy.      

Lucifer is a handsome devil dressed in a tuxedo shown reading and being amused by Dante's novel.  Not sure yet what will be going on in the background.  I may show his angelic wings, his leather wings, or fire.  

This illustration will be painted in oil on masonite panel.  Work in progress.  

Medium: Graphite
Dated: 2019
Original size: 10"x 8"

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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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Nessa

This illustration was done as a portrait for a character in a mythological novel I was going to co-author with a friend.     

Medium: Graphite on sketch paper
Dated: 1992
Original size: 8"x 6"

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Halloween Doodles

These sketches were done in an art journal I had during my my high school years as a teenager.  My photography instructor had us keep a journal and we had to turn in a minimum of 5 pages every week.  The idea was to get your head in your creative side daily.  It was a great exercise, one I should do more often.  I walked on the "darker side" of life during these years and like Ministry's famous song, Halloween was everyday for me.   

 

Medium: Graphite, prismacolor, watercolor, and ink on sketch paper
Dated: 1992-1993
Original size: 8"x 6"

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Anatomy Face Study

Basic anatomy drawing is important to all artists and most of us start with the human face.  The eyes, nose, and mouth have a unique symmetry to them.  Lots of practice is required in order to bring them from the model to the page.  

Here are some of my early studies which I sketched in the journal I kept as a teenager in high school.

    

Medium:  Graphite on sketch paper    
Dated: 1991-1993
Original size: 8"x6"



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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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Still Life Organizational Line Drawings

Organizational line drawings provide a structural, analytical framework for a drawing.  These lines take the measure of an object's height, width, depth, and spacial relation to any other objects next to it.  Typically the lines are rough and the edges are unfinished.  I don't really like messy lines, so on all of my drawings the lines and edges are cleaner.  The samples below are some that I did during my Drawing I class in 2011.

    

Medium:  Graphite an Newsprint and Sketch paper    
Dated: 2011
Original size: varies


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Divine Irony - Concept Sketch #2

This sketch was inspired by DC Vertigo's comic book series Lucifer, a spinoff of Neil Gaimon's The Sandman series and by Dante Alighieri's novel The Divine Comedy.  

Lucifer Morningstar is a handsome devil dressed in a tuxedo shown reading and being amused by Dante's novel.  

This sketch was the second one I did while trying to figure out the composition I wanted for the final painting.

Medium: Graphite on vellum
Dated: 2018
Original size: 14"x 11"

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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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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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Durer Study

This was done as a quick portrait sketch from one of the portraits which Albrecht Durer painted.  It is always a good thing to study the masters which came before you.       

Medium: Graphite on sketch paper
Dated: 2004
Original size: 12"x 9"

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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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