Artist / Irritant

Portraits

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Go To Fat Man's Breakfast

Here's my drawing to be used later when people wonder what was it that killed me.  Deep fried and sugar coated, it is the breakfast of fat people everywhere. March 2007

Go To Haswell Street Landscape

Haswell Street is a short, neglected, run down street in my town.  This is a bit too leafy and it is obviously hand drawn, but I like it.  July 2006

Go To Baby Giraffe Sketch

This is a baby giraffe that was recently born at the Fort Worth Zoo.  They names it Stretch.  Not much imagination in that name but it is a strange looking creature.    May 2006

Go To Henry at Six Months Sketch

This is baby boy, Henry.  A teacher once told me babies were hard to draw because they all look like Winston Churchill.  To me, Henry looks more like someone painted a face on a Honeydew.    Sep 2005

Go To Hand Study

This is a hand study.  Not the easiest thing I've drawn in a while but here it is.  These are the hands of a friend of ours that is a massage therapist.  I like the older term Masseuse.   Aug 2005 

Go To John Lennon Portrait

This is an older portrait of John Lennon.  It was finished and framed back in the late eighties, but I still wanted it included here.  PrismaColor on water color.   Middle Eighties 

Go To Rachel Sketch Portrait

This is a sketch of my daughter, Rachel. It is just number 2 and "H" pencils on an old drawing pad my Mom found at a garage sale.  The pages are a bit yellow, and the scanner has dulled my detail.   May 2005

Go To Uncle Marting Portrait

Here's a portrait of Rachel's Uncle Martin.  This is PrismaColor on Bristol Board.  Its a nice combination but I have to be more careful about applying too much pressure during the original drawing.  Uncle Martin has an interesting face.   Oct 2004

Go To Rachel Portrait

This is Rachel.  I fouled up the color early but did a fair job of recovery.  Paper has too much teeth for colored pencils.  I used a clear blending pencil that worked well, but the digital camera makes those areas shine strangely. July 2004

Go To Cat Portrait

Here's a sketch of the cat that prowls my office.  The boss says he has the best attendance of any of us but doesn't say anything about the near constant sleeping.  Great model, though.

Go To Peach Portrait

 This is typical of my portrait efforts for the last 30 years.  This one is from 1996.  It's a friend of mine that was kind enough to let me sketch away while he watched sports on TV.  Scribble like crazy for a few minutes and hope for the best.

Go To Self Portrait

 This one is me.  A pencil self-portrait.  My wife tells me that it is a very good likeness.  Hard to believe I look so wimpy.  The older I get the more I look like an old lady in drag. Mar 2006 

Architectural Drawings

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Go To Rusted Trailer Here's a pencil job I did on this place in the town next to mine where they seem to have turned an abandoned trailer into a storage building.  Very close to a landscape.
Go To Skating Rink Sign This is the sign for the local skating rink.  I wanted to draw the building until someone pointed out how ugly it is.  But the sign is interesting.  Black space in the bushes is a bit jolting.

Go To Stippled House 1

 Two ideas, a: when you remove a tree, remove the shadow it cast with it, and b: not so many solid lines next time.  Dotted lines would have worked better on some of the softer edges.

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