Painting For My Muse

Thursday, June 7, 2018

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"

Friday, June 1, 2018

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"

Monday, May 28, 2018

Never Tell Him the Odds

This illustration was inspired by the amazing performance that Alden Ehrenreich delivered as the dashing scoundrel Han Solo in the film Solo: A Star Wars Story by Ron Howard.

Medium: Graphite and pastel on bristol paper
Dated: 2018
Original size: 8"x 12"

Monday, May 21, 2018

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"

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

The Ashes of Defeat

This illustration was inspired by the outstanding performance that Robert Downey Jr delivered as the genius, billionaire, philanthropist Tony Stark aka Iron Man in the film Avengers: Infinity War by Anthony and Joe Russo. This piece was also inspired by the amazing music composed by Alan Silvestri for the film, which I listened to while I worked on this.

Medium: Graphite and pastel on Bristol paper
Dated: 2018
Original size: 9"x 12"

Thursday, May 10, 2018

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"

Friday, May 4, 2018

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.