Tree Animation Sequence

Pendant Card

This illustration is the backdrop for a small piece of altered art jewelry. Imagine a colorful pendant in the blank rectangle and the image will be complete.

New Inspiration

"The artist, if he is not to forgotten how to listen, must retain the vision which includes angels and dragons and unicorns, and all the lovely creatures which our world would put in a box marked Children Only! ~ Madeleine L'Engle

Swan's Song

Meaning and the Moment

Utopia

When I started working on this piece I was trying to create a Utopia to partner with "Outopia". The unhappy truth is it bored me and I ran out of motivation to finish. (My pen tip also brokeso I'm waiting on it's replacement). Maybe that has some disturbing psychological implications or maybe perfection is dull. In any case, I put a lot of time into the drawing and I thought I'd let it see the light of day.

Outopia

This drawing is too large for my scanner so I've posted it in sections for now.

Lady X

The Roar of Time

Nothing is worth more than this day. --Goethe

Yesterday and Tomorrow

(This is a tiny 3.5" x 3.5" drawing)

"You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head, but you can prevent their making a nest in your hair."

Flower Study

Creation

Passages

I was looking through some of my old sketch books this afternoon and found a note I had written. I'm sure it is a quotation from someone else, but as I read it this image came to mind.

"Because we are also what we have lost."

Stream

This is the product of a very long day, a tired mind and my escape to some where else.

Lady and Lion

Mending Thread

Sometimes we give comfort
and receive comfort
at the same moment...

In an effort to live more dangerously I broke with the safety of black ink and experimented with brown ink. Some of the challenges (a.k.a mistakes) presented themselves after I was well into building the nest. In a perfect world I'd spend the time to do her again. But this is a piece about mending so I'll leave her in her challenged state for now.

In spite of her flaws I like this little drawing. I had a delicate thread that connected each bird but the "challenges" erased the connection.

Hope, the breath held

Two souls, alas! reside within my breast, and each withdraws from and repels its brother. --Faust, Goethe

Love and Her Shadow

Love

Locket