watercolor jellyfish

Some drawings

Sketch for a new project

I've been working on a new idea for a project that will (with some perseverance) culminate in a deck of playing cards. Won't say anything more at this time, but here is an initial conceptual sketch. Many more to do, to get at it properly, get the right feel and scale of things. Stay tuned… Continue reading Sketch for a new project

the angry boy

He looks an utter tyrant, but then again, one can imagine the frown may be in connection to that wretched bow his fussy mum made him wear for the portrait...

The Weather in New Orleans

That great mechanical pencil got lost last Thursday, when I'd got about halfway through this drawing– lost it on the walk home I guess. So I had to go buy a new one. A changing of the guard; turning point, perhaps.

this is what they look like in frames

These are selections from the cabinet card portrait drawings that I framed (cheaply, quickly!) to hang at Total Wine Bar in Brooklyn. They are for sale (even though I've yet to hang the tags with them), so please contact me if you're interested. You can see them in greater detail here. (The four 9"x12" drawings… Continue reading this is what they look like in frames

bywater in rain

this corner of Bywater

(Or Bacchanal on the rainy day) Here is a pencil drawing I did this evening of the wine store/bar in Bywater that Ben and I fell in love with. The place was at the ass-end of Chartres Street, in an Industrial/residential milieu that definitely grabbed our Brooklyn-based minds (Think Gowanus area). This  patchwork-quilt of a… Continue reading this corner of Bywater

some sketches from the NOLA moleskine…

The woman at the piano bar in Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop in the quarter; and a quick sketch of handsome Ben at same locale. (click to see full) Some of the folks hanging out at the Circle Bar on Lee Circle, just north of the CBD. (ditto with the clicking)

Update: Freckles is finished.

The final piece- click on the image to see larger. What a lot of work this boy has cost me– so much penciling. Looks somewhat stoic and rather better than I'd expected, though, now he's finished. The process scans are useful and interesting (to me), as they are a reminder of at least some of… Continue reading Update: Freckles is finished.