the studio

the studio

my studio is out of commission, everything is covered up with sheets while we are stressing about the leak in the roof. it’s been there for a long time i fear. but jake tore down the ceiling so we could see what’s up there. now we are waiting for roofing...
old is new again

old is new again

using CMYK and white water based oil paints i wanted to revisit an old format that i did in acrylics. i am not very happy with the background results on this first image as the photo paper does not break down as well with the oils as it did with acrylics. but i like...
abstract portraits

abstract portraits

i painted a small work and had left over paint that i wanted to use up before it dried. so i decided to use some photos to paint over making them mostly abstracted. i took photos of them then brought them into procreate on the ipad and cropped and enhanced them a bit...
better homes…

better homes…

better homes and gardens 1927. my friend gave me a bunch of magazines to use in my collage work. some are from 1927, coincidentally, the year my mom was born. here’s what they were pushing on women then: lots of ways to take care you your garden, where to buy...
comic book for a friend

comic book for a friend

a friend wanted to gift her friend with a short 12 page “comic book” of her life and asked me if i could help with it. i was happy to oblige. since it’s very personal i am only going to post one image here of the raw drawing. for about half of the...