See You Next Year!

My favorite winter icon is the snowman.  I have a collection of them which I display every year for Christmas.  

Medium: watercolor and acrylic on watercolor paper
Dated: 2020
Original size: 12"x 9"

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Gaudium (The Angel of Joy) - Work In Progress

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

Progress shots of my illustration.  More soon.

Added her skin tone

    

Medium:  Ink, watercolor, acrylic, and pastel on bristol paper    
Dated: 2018
Original size: 9"x 7"

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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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Anne Rice's Interview with a Vampire

This illustration of Louis is a recreation of Joe Phillip's beautiful art in the comic book adaptation of Anne Rice's Interview with a Vampire.     

Medium: Watercolor and Prismacolor on sketch paper
Dated: 1994
Original size: 24"x 18"

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Amare (The Angel of Love)

This illustration is the second of a triptych series of Angels: "Peace, Love, and Joy".  My influence for this series was the stained glass works created during the Gothic period of art and the angelic art of the 15th century.    

Medium:  Watercolor, Ink, & Pastel on bristol paper     
Dated: 2018
Original size: 9"x 7"

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Pacem (The Angel of Peace)

This illustration is the first of a triptych series of Angels: "Peace, Love, and Joy".  My influence for this series was the stained glass works created during the Gothic period of art and the angelic art of the 15th century.    

Medium:  Watercolor, Ink, & Pastel on bristol paper     
Dated: 2018
Original size: 9"x 7"

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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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Amare (Love) - Watercolor

This illustration "Amare" is the second of a triptych series of Angels: "Peace, Love, and Joy".  

Medium:  Ink and watercolor on bristol paper     
Dated: 2018
Original size: 9"x 7"

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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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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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Sting as Anne Rice's The Vampire Lestat

"That night the vampire returned to work the dark gift on Louis." We see the vampire known as Lestat consider the consequences of the act, but only for a second! 

My illustration was inspired by Anne Rice's Interview With the Vampire and the idea of what Sting would have looked like, had he played the vampire on Broadway as it was proposed many years ago.  

In November of 1999, as fate would have it, after listening to Sting play at the Jones Hall in Houston, I crossed paths with the man himself in an elevator!   He invited me to have drinks with him and his band and I was able to give him one of the only two artist proofs of the limited edition print series.  The other Artist Proof was a gift to Anne Rice. 

Medium: watercolor and ink on sketch paper
Dated: 1995
Original size: 14"x 11"

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Face Study in Watercolor

This illustration was timed portrait.  I wanted to test myself on whether or not I could paint a portrait in watercolor.  I also wanted to know how long would it take.  This was 2 hours and 30 minutes.     

Medium: Watercolor on Crescent board
Dated: 2003
Original size: 12"x 9"

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Beyond Redemption

This illustration tells the story of an outcast angel filled with longing and regret for the role she played in the War for Heaven.  A priest approaches her and asks if he can help her. She tells him there is no hope for her.  Curious, the priest tells her that no one is beyond redemption and that God will forgive her if she asks, that his love is unconditional.  She turns to him and reveals her true identity, telling him that she knows what He is capable of and she cannot be saved.

My favorite part of creating this was the stain glass.  I love stained glass windows and loved designing this one.  The green represents earth and the blue represents the sky.    

Medium: watercolor, pastel & ink on cold press board
Dated: 1997
Original size: 12"x 18"
Original Art: $300

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Heaven's Light

This illustration was my first attempt at a large scale watercolor painting on cold press illustration board.  What I ended up liking about using watercolors was their ability to easily blend together to create highlights and shadowing.  This image was also a good exercise in learning composition.

Medium: Watercolor and ink on Crescent No. 110 Cold Press board
Dated: 1997
Original size: 20"x 15"
Original Art Available: $200

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Point Blank

This illustration was my first foray into the world of science fiction.  I had a lot of fun designing it.  I also loved the challenge of the foreshortened arm.  It was tough but well worth the effort.  Overall, I am happy with this experiment and may try more sci-fi themed pieces later on. 

Medium: Watercolor and ink on Cold Press paper
Dated: 2003
Original size: 5"x 7"
Original price: NFS

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Anne Rice's Ramses the Damned

This illustration was inspired by Anne Rice's Egyptian novel The Mummy or Ramses the Damned. 

Fun note: The heiroglyphics on the back wall my translation of the warning on Ramses' tomb: "Robbers of the dead look away from this tomb, lest you wake its occupant whose wrath can not be contained, Ramses the Damned is my name!"

Medium:  watercolor, ink, and prismacolor on Crescent™ No. 110 Cold Press    
Dated: 1997
Original size: 18"x 24"
Original Art Available: $500

Signed/Numbered 8"x 10" Print: $15.00
Matted 8"x 10" Print: $20.00

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Morgan Le Fay

This illustration was my first concept and color study for Morgan le Fay in my Fall of Camelot painting.

Medium: Watercolor and prismacolor on Crescent board
Dated: 1999
Original size: 6"x 8"
Original Art: NFS

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Mordred

This illustration was my first concept and color study for Mordred in my Fall of Camelot painting.

Medium: Watercolor and prismacolor on Crescent board
Dated: 1999
Original size: 6"x 8"
Original Art: NFS

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Bleu

This illustration was done as a quick character portrait for a friend of mine who was playing an AD&D game.     

Medium: Watercolor on watercolor paper
Dated: 1995
Original size: 9"x 12"
Original Art: NFS

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Unicorn's Frolic

This illustration was a private commission from a client who wanted a unicorn painting.  What I loved most about this piece was that I got to illustrate both a mythological creature and a forest scene, which I had never done before.  I also loved doing the research for this one.  

Medium: Watercolor on Crescent cold press board
Dated: 1998
Original size: 18"x 14"
Original Art: In the collection of Ally Karpf

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