Cigar Guy – Digital Illustration With Procreate App – VIDEO

I've been experimenting with illustration and cartooning using my iPad. I found an app I like called Procreate. It's fairly user friendly and if I could ever get used to using a stylus over a pen or pencil, it could be a great medium for me. I like the line quality and the fact that [...]

2022-03-13T17:25:48-05:00January 13th, 2015|Categories: Cartoon Roughs, Concepts & Creative, Sketchbook|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Cigar Guy – Digital Illustration With Procreate App – VIDEO

What A Strange Dream – 10/04/14

So, I rarely remember dreams. It’s always bothered me, but this morning I woke from such vivid dream, I had to document it and share. It seems as though Sharon, I, and the kids moved to Boston. We’d found a lovely run down mansion on Boylston street. It was built in the 1920s with flapper-era [...]

#Artoff – March 15th 2014

While it was only our second ‪#‎artoff‬, Anthony Clifton and I thought this was a much better result! We took on this venture to build our skills, build our comfort and bolster our confidence as artists, and I think we BOTH made great progress this week. Last meeting, we did sketches in 5 minute segments, [...]

2022-03-13T17:26:33-05:00March 15th, 2014|Categories: #ARTOFF, Sketchbook|Tags: , , , , , , , |Comments Off on #Artoff – March 15th 2014

Simon Star

Simon Star Clouds painted bright against a blue wall.  Children to dance. Legos to fall. My son stood strong to defend his blockade, to stand straight and tall, never to fade. "MOUNT UP!" He called, and it echoed the halls, to closets, to bathrooms to pantries, to walls. "MOUNT UP, I SAY!" another loud gong. [...]

2022-03-13T17:36:00-05:00May 8th, 2013|Categories: CREATIVE WRITING, Poetry|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Simon Star

Iowa Boy, Boston Heart, Boston Strong

I lived in Boston, Massachusetts for a little over year in the late 1980’s. I moved there to chase dreams only a 20-year old could: love, laughter, life, and a passion for absolutely anything unknown. Boston introduced this Iowa Boy to people from everywhere on the planet. I befriended a barbershop baritone-comedian born and raised [...]

2022-03-13T17:27:37-05:00April 15th, 2013|Categories: CREATIVE WRITING|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Iowa Boy, Boston Heart, Boston Strong

Captain S

Captain S I bring to you, Captain, a man with heavy heart. Lacking in faith, lost to his world, he needs your art. Hold his soul and break the bondage from this fear. Give back his voice so the world can hear. His ship lists long - a swell of a violent, dark night. Standing [...]

2022-03-13T17:36:27-05:00February 2nd, 2013|Categories: CREATIVE WRITING, Poetry|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Captain S

Cough of a Dead Man

Cough of a Dead Man I sat next to God at a bus stop tonight, cold, wet, musty and old. Too nervous to move, I stared at the deck. He poked his finger into a cigarette pack, rustling for a Marlboro – stuck. And with the cough of a dead man, he asked for a [...]

2023-02-08T14:53:20-06:00July 2nd, 2012|Categories: CREATIVE WRITING, Poetry|Tags: , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Cough of a Dead Man

Stand Proud

Stand Proud Stand proud my father. Stand proud. Bring the past with you - leave it at the door, For, with me, the past has gone. Step up and walk with me, father. Walk. Ease your mind. Soften your brow. Breathe easy and talk. Keep your eyes high, father. Look ahead. Raise your thoughts, your [...]

2022-03-13T17:37:21-05:00June 1st, 2012|Categories: CREATIVE WRITING, Poetry|Tags: , , , , , |Comments Off on Stand Proud

Puttyville

Puttyville Welcome to Puttyville - one house on another. To look from a distance your father, my mother? Beige, tan and gray they blend with the green, too common and dull to ever be seen. Yet at night, in the dark, some voices cry out, from window to doorway to garages throughout; I see the [...]

2022-03-13T17:37:39-05:00May 23rd, 2012|Categories: CREATIVE WRITING, Poetry|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Puttyville

LineUp and Ray Foxx – February 3, 2005

I drew these cartoon roughs shortly after the death of Ray Charles and the Film "Ray" had come out, starring Jamie Foxx. The cartoon of the Police Lineup was done on a fluke. I wanted to see if I could draw three differing characters. I usually end up just drawing versions of myself in panels [...]

2022-03-13T17:29:42-05:00February 4th, 2005|Categories: Cartoon Roughs, Sketchbook|Tags: , , , , , , , |Comments Off on LineUp and Ray Foxx – February 3, 2005

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