Boys VS Girls

There's a new show up at the Bear and Bird gallery!  You can check out their photo stream here and here's the link if you wanna collect some art.

I made one large piece.

And then eight smaller pieces (2.5" by 3") that each have one hidden piece of artwork within the frame.

And if you get a chance check out The Croods this weekend!

Finger Puppet Dude

I am WAY behind on my interwebbing.  A little over a month ago I had a night off and I busted out these really small pieces for Bear and Bird's Small Stuff 6 show.

Finger Puppet Dude Ollies

Ink & Watercolor

2"x 3"

Finger Puppet Dude in the Rain

Ink & Watercolor

2"x 3"

 

 

 

Finger Puppet Dude Chills Out

Ink & Watercolor

2"x 3"

 

 

Finger Puppet Dude Skates

Ink & Watercolor

2"x 3"

 

I was having fun with this guy so I did these four additional pieces.

 

 

I then hid them randomly in the frames with each of the other four. 

 

 

The show is up (it has been for a couple of weeks now, sorry) and you can find some awesome artwork for sale by a ton of talented artists.  Here's the link to the shop.  And here's the link to the photo gallery of all the pieces.

 

My apologies to all of you who have emailed me.  I will get back to you as soon as I can.  Work is very busy right now, in a good way.

 

Our Time

Our Time

Ink & Watercolor

Here's my entry for the Mad Monster Party a while back.  So much fun!

In a couple of days Bear and Bird will be having an opening for Small Stuff 6 and I have a couple of really small pieces I did for that.  I will post those as soon as the artwork is available online.  Stay tuned!

Dear Blog,

I'm sorry.

Sincerely,
Me

In other news,... check out this Mad Monster Party group show!  Should be fun!  Lots of amazing talent.  But you might want to check it out sooner rather than later 'cuz the online sale is going up soon.  Click on any word in this sentence for a speedy link.  Enjoy!

More Gesture Drawings

All of these poses were from 30 seconds to a minute.

Starter Art

Bear and Bird is having another show right now for new art collectors.  If you are in the mood to start up a little art collection here's a link to their shop and here's a link to their flickr stream from the show.  Sorry about the delayed post.

Lord Bill of the Banyan

3" x 5"

Ink and Watercolor

There's a long story behind Lord Bill of the Banyan, his left-handed guitar and the letter he is sending, but that's for another time.  Maybe.  Enjoy!

My Neighbor Totoro!

I finally got a chance to show my kiddos Totoro last weekend. Let's just say Totoro has now taken over our house. These are some of the Valentine's cards I made for them.

The cards are really tiny, about 1.5" by 2", perfect for hiding.

Statler & Waldorf

Here's a little watercolor I did for a friend:


Sorry about the lack of updates. Hopefully there will be more coming soon.

The King of Peanut Butter

Here is my piece for the upcoming "WHAT IF..." exhibit at Gallery Nucleus:

The King of Peanut Butter

Ink & Watercolor
3" x 5"

What if Peanut Butter needed a king? What if this little guy answered the call? But what if he got lost along the way? Just a few questions that led to this piece.

Hope to see you at the opening! Gonna be lots of cool people and artwork along with an awesome Muppet exhibit opening downstairs on the same night! You can click here for their website and more info.

Small Stuff 5!

The Bear and Bird show is on!

The Penguin and the Flamethrower
Ink and Watercolor

The Elephant and the Surfboard
Ink and Watercolor

Update: Everything is now online! Here's a link to see all of the artwork and here's a link to their shop. Enjoy!

A Tiny Narwhal

Here's a piece for the Small Stuff 5 show comin' up:

The Narwhal and the Water-Resistant Walkman
Ink and Watercolor

I'll post some more artwork when the show opens.

New Bear and Bird Website!

A little while back Amanda from the Bear and Bird gallery asked if I would like to do some artwork for their new website. They have such a cool gallery and I have had so much fun doing artwork for them that there was no way I could say no!

(I tried to pay respect to some of the other really cool artwork people have done for the gallery in those little picture frames.)

Amanda only wanted a piece or two and she was totally cool with whatever ideas I came up with. I guess I went a little crazy.




My goal was to show the characters in fun situations and establish their friendship but still leave them open for other people to explore too. I guess it would be like giving little snapshots of their lives but still leaving the viewer wanting to see more.

It got to a point were I couldn't decide which ones to finish in color so I sent Amanda all of the roughs and let her pick her top four.





I also did a black and white stamp for them and before I sent all of the originals out I threw a little watercolor on it.



I had so much fun with this! I'm glad there were deadlines because I could have just kept going. So check out their new website when you get a chance!

Now I guess I should start working on my own banner...