First Snow Excerpts

On and off this past year, I've been working on a large, winter themed
triptych. These two are sections from panels #1 and #2.  The third
(not seen here) is a segue into early spring, and has characters from
the story I've been working on.  You can say these are experiments
for the picture book I'm writing.  Hope you like them, and sooner than
later, I'll finish the paintings.

Green Honeycreeper

Among my stash of birds, this guy stayed the longest,
and has finally come around to finishing.
Green Honeycreeper lives in Mexico all the way down
to South America.  Their song sounds like an old fashioned,
squeaking, iron wheel.

Creative DA

 

Hello! The great people at Creative DA have included five of my pieces
for their latest show.  The show opened on July 26th in Seoul, and you
can buy the four birds (screenprints) and the landscape (hybrid screenprint +
silk screen) here.  I'm honored to be part of C/DA's great group of artists.

Red-Vented Bulbul

Another invasive species of Hawaii---I think from South India.
With Red-Vented Bulbul I worked with pronounced black, and dotty
textures contrasted against a simple, clean shape.  70, 836, 4030...

Regulars on Hollins St.

More characters from my ongoing project.  It's a picture book,
inspired by Sasek, Andrew Wyeth, WG Sebald, and my own
childhood memories of growing up in and around Baltimore.
I really like that Limbo game: how the story is a backdrop and
what you experience is the mood and remnants of the story.

Chestnut-Breasted Mannikens: Hats Off

Not too common in Hawaii, and just love barley.

Poop Deck Project: Pirate Pilot

 

Here's a full view of my contribution to the Ammo Magazine/Inky Goodness "Poop Deck Project" show this past April.  Pirate Pilot belongs to the pirate suite, and he's inspired by Somali pirates and African patterns.  For more info on how to get a deck of cards and to check out the other great cards, look here!