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Welcome to my blog! This is where I post my latest work - illustration (I), graphic design (GD), photos (P), videos (V), writing (W) - as well as stuff I like by other people (OPP- "otha people's pictures"). Check back often for updates, and to show you care.

Friday, March 30, 2018

Weird Deer (I)

Wrapping paper for a friend. (Ink, colored pencil on Whole Foods bag.)


Sunday, February 11, 2018

Four Seasons of Meditation, with Paul "Sparkling Leopard" Henshall

Several years ago, when a friend was making her way through her dissertation, I made a series of extremely relaxing tracks for her to unwind to. Now on SoundCloud! Click here to enjoy.


Wednesday, January 31, 2018

RIP Henry (I)

I painted this portrait for a friend who recently lost one of her best friends. I met this guy one time, a truly mellow king of a soul. I actually didn't mean for this to be the final version - I started out with the face and ears in colored pencils on regular 11"x18" paper, then did some painting with acrylics to fill in the rest. I like the unfinished, messy quality of it, balanced with the concentrated detail of the face.

Rest in peace, Henry.


Monday, December 25, 2017

Happy Krampus (I)

Happy Krampus, to one and all! I'm wishing everyone that sees this post a peaceful and safe holiday season. More to come in 2018!!


Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Halloween Radness 2017! (I)

It's birthday time again, so here's me and my friend Adam getting into the Best Month spirit - birthday twins f'life! Click HERE to view last year's, and you can follow them back from there - this is year six! Can you guess our costumes...?


Sunday, October 1, 2017

The Queen of Crows (I)


IT'S FINALLY HERE! Ladies and gentleman, the BEST month is back. To kick it off, here's my lovely mother all done up, Photoshop-style, as what I'm calling the Queen of Crows. I honestly didn't set out to make this picture quite so...elaborate, but isn't she amazing? Below are most of the various images that went into creating her (there were a few more crows, I think.) OCTOBER!!!!


Friday, September 15, 2017

Love/Sick Poster Design (GD)

Aaaaaand it's time for another poster for the Mira Loma Black Box Theater! Love/Sick is a play about love in nine parts, chronicling the arc of a relationship, from a first meeting to a divorce, with nine different relationships. In the nine years we've worked together, I've gotten to create designs for Waiting For Godot, She Creatures, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and All In The Timing. Click on "Show Posters" on the right to view more.


Thursday, August 31, 2017

Hateful Eight (I)

A quick watercolored sketch while watching Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight...


Monday, June 19, 2017

May the Fourth... (I)

A li'l something for my Instagram account. Apparently there's a May 4 Star Wars thing that happens...I went for it. Baby Darth!



Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Pegacorn Update! Now With Griffin! (I)

A friend commissioned a portrait of her baby with unicorns and rainbows, so I created THIS for her a few years ago. Now that baby is a little older and she has a brother, so this was created for the two of them. Yay sparkling mythological beasts in space!


Thursday, May 4, 2017

Promise Kings (I)

Promise Kings are a local duo here in SF making some sliiiiiiiick music - get yourself hooked by CLICKING HERE.


Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Showcase Poster (GD)

Another year of poster design for a good friend and her high school gang. Click the "posters' link to the right to see more theater-related stuff.



Monday, January 2, 2017

Happy New Year (I)

The holiday card design for 2016 - hope everyone is safe and finding some measure of personal peace. Thank you all for your support - more art in 2017!


Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Butterflies (I)

A year and a half after my fundraising efforts for the 2015 ALC resulted in a list of commissions for various donors, I'm FINALLY all done! This is a piece created for one of my oldest friends, and I'm awfully proud of it. Thank you again to all of my supporters!


Sunday, November 6, 2016

Fiction Book Design (GD)

More work for the upcoming Fiction production, taking off here in the Bay Area December 2-18 down in Redwood City. This is a book design for a prop used in the show. Click here for more information on the show!


Monday, October 31, 2016

Happy Halloween! (I)

A little reward for a cat-loving friend of mine and her two fur-babies. Wow, I just typed the term "fur-babies" like it was nothing. My cat ladies are rubbing off on me fer sher. Happy Halloween, y'all!


Friday, October 21, 2016

Halloween Radness 2016! (I)

The birthday twin portraits continue, friends. This is year five - click HERE to see last year's. Guess those references? Happy best month, y'all!


Thursday, September 29, 2016

Fiction (GD)

Poster design for an upcoming play starring two of my favorite people. Cannot WAIT!