On the Drawing Board: wrapped up in Hallowe'en

Usually I work on one piece until I finish it, posting 'in progress' pics along the way.  But I realized I needed to get busy on my Hallowe'en piece this year as I wanted it done before the 31st.  So here's a peek...

On the Drawing Board: pixels by the pool

My next piece is also inspired by a friend.  It's based on a phone pic he shared with me so the quality isn't great to work from.  I am making a big picture from a small section of a phone pic so the pixelation on the face is significant and impossible to do a good likeness.  It won't be so much a portrait but more a 'based on...' type of result.  

New Original & Prints: "Daddy Cool" - PJ Terranova

I was lucky enough to snap a pic of my friend PJ Terranova this past August, and thrilled that he was on board when I mentioned I wanted to turn it into a pastel painting.  

I was apprehensive about doing that tattoos but so glad I did, since they are part of him and also really adds to what makes this piece daddy cool. 

On the Drawing Board: essence of a man

Here my latest just as I am starting to put on the tattoos.  The left arm has a lot of design and I know I won't get it exact but I will hopefully get the essence of the tattoos.  After all a representation of elements is perfectly acceptable in art!  I am really pleased and as long as my friend PJ (the model) is really happy with it too, I can't ask for more.

2015 Collectible Calendar

My 2015 Collectible Calendar is now available for purchase.

Each calendar measures 8½" x 22" when opened, features 13 of my original pastel drawings, and is hand-signed by me, the artist.

Major holidays, moon phases, and important dates in GLBT history are noted.  

On the Drawing Board: hard body tat challenge

Hanging out this summer with a well built friend, I snapped a few pics.   Since I celebrate the male form in my work, it seemed a natural next step to celebrate his hard work in my art.  I was glad that he was thrilled with the idea!

He has several tattoos and those things are damned hard to execute in pastels with fingers and some pencils.  I didn't include them in the sketch because I was think they they are too hard to do well, but they are very much a part of him, literally, so I'd hate to leave them out.  Challenged!

New Original & Prints: "Hustler"

Some of my pieces are fantasies while others, like this, are derived from my own experiences. The latter applies to my latest pastel, 'Hustler'.  There were only two of us playing strip pool and I was not winning.  I don't think I was being hustled, I'm just really bad!

On the Drawing Board: Shot in the Dark

I hadn't been working on this piece very long before I knew it was likely to end up looking very different from what I initially imagined.  Often a piece will evolve and change as I work on it, but with four characters 'playing out a scene' and a setting that's rather dark but has numerous sources of various colored lights in play I don't know where it will end up. I also haven't yet decided if the the 'losers' should be completely naked or not.

On the Drawing Board: Hot Shot

I've never really had a terrible bout of artist's block.  Though from time to time I do have dry spells. I've learned that it's not due to a lack of ideas, but rather it's a lack of a strong desire to make it come alive.  So when I do have a dry spell I try not to fret.  It often helps to go out and see new things, have new experiences, and thus was the case with my 'strip pool' idea. :-)

Boxes of Calendars

I have a studio floor filled with boxes of sharp new 2015 calendars! Hot off the press, well hot off the UPS truck.

I'm very thrilled with how they look and feel.

Can't wait to make them available to you guys.  Still aiming for the end of this month.