Live, Draw, Paint

Cupcake on A Mission

On Friday I received quite a gift!  I have an illustration and blurb in the North Light Books publication called Incite 3:  The Act of Stor...

Painted on the inside of an old j.crew box with one paint color.

I'm a little out of order with my posts, but I love this one so much, I'm going to send it out sooner than later.  (My poor blog, I...

Elena couldn't wait to move forward with the new fall fashion. I don't think my picture is reflecting these colors accuratel...

Here's one for any of you botanists out there.  It's still technically summer for another week so I thought I had better get this re...

"Could you just pretend to gouge me?  I'm a vegetarian pacifist."

She didn't like anyone or ANYTHING telling her no. Oil, Gouache

Although she loved her cowboy, all his campfire s'mores were turning her teeth into marshmallows. Ah, ha, ha!  I spent a long time...

Godfather of Punk, '80's Style Iggy Pop Watercolor and Ink I was up until 5:30 a.m. last night.  I have been so busy lat...

Rocket Man was starting to have 2nd thoughts,  although he could feel his wife's concern even more keenly than his own. As I wa...

When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward... George C. Marshall Watercolor, oil, ink

Here's a broody fellow for you.  What could he be thinking?  I must match my jacket to my eye color?  I have the squarest jaw in the wor...

While I was cleaning out my car last night, I found a plant growing in my car!  Well, not quite.  I ran across this pen and ink drawing of a...

This is susch a beautiful piece from Moth Collective and The New York Times . Please watch. New York Times - Modern Love from Moth on ...

Ronnie was rapidly realizing that being a puppet master was not all it was cracked up to be. He was constantly under some repugnant, swelt...

Ohhhh, this is got to be one of my recent favorites.  It makes me laugh and I love it's bold and goofy simplicity. Cover Your Mouth W...

I first saw this on my friend Bryan's FB page. This video of Jake Weidmann, Master Penman, is so extraordinarily inspiring. It's a...

One of my favorite poets, full of grit and free of bullshit... (Source: Old Pictures Archive)

It's been so hot the past weekend, summer still sending out flares.  But if you take the time and sniff the air, you can smell that swee...

I took 3 or 4 more pictures of this as it was developing and as I layered more color, but I took them on my camera rather than my phone.  I ...

I ran across this poetic line of Franz Wright Sunday in the July/August issue of Poetry Magazine. I was intrigued that rather than the expec...

Unexpected Urban Love  I was going to call this Freaky Urban Love,  but they were looking at each other so gently,  I felt there wa...

While sitting at an art show this weekend, I filled in the traffic slowdown time on Sunday afternoon with this drawing in my sketchbook.  Fo...

If anyone is in the area, come on out for a Wine and Art walk in La Salle, IL from 4-8 p.m.  I'll be at Lock 16 Cafe tonight (Fri. ) ...