Cat Head

I got interested in the stippling pen and ink effect a while back and did some ink drawings of my cats. This was an early effort that wasn't very successful.

Polar

This polar bear has settled in for the winter and has everything he needs to stay comfy!

Seated Woman

An old figure drawing that I did in college. I was more into value than line at that time.

Billy Goats Gruff

Here's another old Billy Goats Gruff drawing.

Fortune

My entry for Illustration Friday. This was going to be a lot more elaborate, with some other images in the background, but I couldn't figure out how to do it in Photoshop! I feel like I'll *never* figure this program out, and I study, too!

Still Life with Pumpkin

My mom came to visit me one year and was delighted to find Orangina here, "Like they have in France!" I kept one of the bottles. I like the shape and texture of the glass, but it's difficult to put it into a composition because it's so bottom heavy. I like experimenting with different colored fabrics for backgrounds. At one point I liked going around the rainbow, doing one painting on a white background, one on a yellow background, orange, red, etc. That's my obsessive-compulsive side showing itself.

Billy Goats Gruff

I drew this as an assignment for a cartooning class that I took in college. I usually don't draw with colored pencil but I thought it fit this illustration well. I really like goats, so it was a lot of fun to research goat pictures.

Gesture

Quick gesture done while watching tv

Drawing

Conte on large paper, 1999

Curt in Chair

Here's an older painting that I did in acrylics. I struggled for a year or so to paint with acrylics, but it was always very difficult for me. I liked to blend a lot and I found it hard to do in that medium. This was painted from life in a series of sittings.

Green

Based on a true story of a cat green with envy! He can't stand that the other cat gets all the attention.

Old Self Portrait

Here's an oldie I did in oil pastel. It's really distorted. Check out those giant glasses: unfortunately, that's how big they really were!

Gesture

Self Portrait

Here's a self-portrait I did looking in my bathroom mirror the other day. It was originally drawn with graphite pencil so I had to darken it a little to get the lines to show up.

Snap

This guy's in trouble - Snap the dog strikes again!

Gesture