Paintober: Full Moon (P)

A very happy birthday to my biggest fan. I love you, mom!

Spectaculathon! Poster Design (I/GD)

I've done a few posters with my friend Nikki, but it's been a few years. Now she has a new position and we're BACK, baby! The play is a rapid-fire trip through all of the Grimm's fairy tales, I wanted something playful and colorful for the poster. Click on the "Show Posters" link on the side to see more of our collabs, and other posters I've done over the years. Good to be back!

Kickey! Chapter 3: The Fridge! (V)

Kickey just wants to look in the fridge! Again! Click HERE to watch the latest video featuring my little blue friend.

Paintober: Redwood Tree (P)

Acrylic and pastel on two canvas boards, 1' x 4'.

David and the Giant Peach (I)

I had the honor of seeing a friend's son in a production of James and the Giant Peach. I made this as a congratulations note - what fun! 

Sergio Toppi (OPP)

A recent discovery for me, Sergio Toppi is a MASTER of linework - check out the images below. I'm working my way through Sharaz-De: Tales From The Arabian Nights. It's slow going: I just sit and stare at the beauty of his designs. Stun. Ning. 

Happy Lunar New Year 2025!

This is my third year of making Lunar New Year designs. Check out the Dragon from last year, and the Rabbit from the year before that. Want some merch? Visit my Spreadshirt store. As always, feel free to email me if you'd like this design on a different product. Happy Year of the Snake everyone! 

Kickey! Chapter 2: House Call! (V)

Today is the beautiful and talented Heather Mack's birthday! She is the queen of the Non-Permanent Parliament, always ready for another video, always ready to say yes, no matter how many takes it takes! Thank you my wonderful friend for all your love and support. Kickey thanks you too! 

Click the pic to watch the latest video:

 

Holiday Card Design 2024 (I)

To everyone reading this - and even those who aren't - thank you for supporting another year of creativity for me. It is truly a gift to make art, and I try never to take it for granted. Here's a bunch of psychedelic manta rays for you, my holiday card design for this year. You can watch the timelapse video by clicking here. 

See you in 2025!

RIP Pearl (P)

A few years ago I did a portrait for a friend of mine who had lost a truly phenomenal friend. This is the companion piece, commissioned for another amazing creature, and I was more than happy to help. It was an interesting challenge, trying to at least approximate the first piece's feel, and I think I did all right. 

Rest in peace, Pearl.

Journal Flowers (I)

Lately I've been trying to do more quick sketches, trying to be a little looser with my expectations, let things flow a little. Here's a sketch I made in about 45 minutes, pen and ink on graph paper with some watercolors thrown in. I'm into it!

Venice! (P, I)

I went to Venice back in August for a 10-day painting trip and LOOOVVVVVED it. I had to stop myself, like forcibly, from taking a picture of every single canal. We all had a final painting assigned, so here's mine, which incorporates various elements from the trip onto three canvas boards, each about 12" x 24":

We saw a bunch of art exhibits, including the Biennale exposition, and we made some sketches around the city. Here's one I made over a couple of mornings where I'd wake up, buy a cappuccino, and sit by the Giudecca Canal:

And of course I took a ton of photos. Please click here to see them!

 

Paintober: Pinhead from Hellraiser (P)

Didn't October just start? Why is it over, though?? Oh Best Month, you truly are the best month...and I shall miss you. Here's another Paintober creation, which I thought was appropriate for the spookiest day of the year. I'm constantly challenging myself to be looser with my lines, my colors, my attachment to what something "should be." This is a bit more abstract than I intended, but I'm sort of in love with it! 

HAPPY BEST MONTH EVERYONE!! 

Oil on wooden board, 18" x 18" 

Spooky Readings for Best Month!

I recorded some spooky works for Halloween - listen at your peril! 

Click the picture below to hear a reading of "The Open Window," a short story by Saki:

And click on this picture to hear a reading of the poem, "The Raven," by Edgar Allen Poe:

Halloween Radness 2025!

It's time for the annual portrait with my birthday twin. Guess those costumes, friends! I've been doing these for over a decade - check out last year's by clicking here. BEST MONTH!!

A Perfect Catwalk (W)

Here's a piece I wrote for a (very) short story contest I entered a few months back. For my group, the genre was horror (perfect for the Best Month!), and it had to include a podium and the word 'charging' in some form. I'm a very firm believer in equal rights and opportunities for trans people, and this was a nod to the power of that community. Also queer magik IS real! WERK! 

    We didn’t even know the spell would work until Principal Davis called Avi’s name. That’s when the pounding on the back doors started up. Like, those doors opened outwards, but something was pounding those doors in, like totally unrelenting, super loud. And it got real cold, and it was, like, hard to move...

To read more, click here.

Halloween Horror Musts - 2024!

Like last year's post, here's thirteen more of my favorite movies and shows, in no particular order. There are plenty of others, I just chose the first batch that oozed into my addled brain. Enjoy! BEST MONTH!!

1. THEM (2021)
2. THE SHINING (1980)

3. THE EMPTY MAN (2020)

4. THE ENDLESS (2017)

5. BONE TOMAHAWK (2015)

6. THE TAKING OF DEBORAH LOGAN (2014)

7. HANDLING THE UNDEAD (2024)

8. GROTESQUERIE (2024)

9. THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE (2018)

10. TRIANGLE (2009)

11. CHAPELWAITE (2021)

12. SWARM (2023)

13. THE VOID (2016)

The Heart Wants... (I)

HEEEEEEEEY!! Welcome to another BEST MONTH!! Let's kick this off with a horrific illustration I did for a wonderful dude I work with. The heart wants what the heart wants. OCTOBER!! YESSSS!!!!

Paintober: Poppies (P)

About 16" square, acrylic on wooden board.

Paintober: Hyena (P)

Watercolor on watercolor paper, colored pencil highlights, 11" x 15".

R.I.P. John Cassaday (OPP)

I just wanted to acknowledge the passing of one of my favorite artists. I grew up reading Planetary, and then his incredible run on Astonishing X-Men. He was a great artist, but maybe more importantly he had an exceptionally distinctive style, which is enviable. He'll definitely be missed.

Thirsty Crew! (GD)

Whatchoo know 'bout that Thirzzzty Crew?

Paintober: Gastonbury Grove (P)

Acrylic on painting board, about 7" x 5".

Max (W)

Another day, another writing contest. This one got me first place in my group. The prompt (genre - location - theme) was "love story - pet store - common courtesy." Enjoy!

"Max"

    The scorpion was gone. Well, he wasn’t gone, he was somewhere in the world. Somewhere in Max’s shop, most likely. But he was not in his terrarium, where he was supposed to be. Max had looked. Carefully. He’d used a trash grabber to lift out the branch with its flourish of desiccated leaves. With his arm so fully extended it was painful, he’d taken out the wooden half dome shelter, holding his breath the entire time. Nothing. Well, a perfect rectangle of sand. The heat lamp. Nothing poisonous. Nothing with clicking pincers or chitinous plates or surprisingly thoughtful eye beads...

To read the rest, click here.

Kickey! Chapter One: For Love! (V)

I never knew having a cat would be this weird. Click on the pic below to watch the first chapter of my Kickey series! And click here to watch the Shining-inspired trailer. Featuring the incredibly talented and seriously kickass Carody Irish. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CARODY!