BBQ at Byron's

Rich S and Darren enjoying a BBQ and not running from a burning building: it just looks that way.

12"x9", acrylic on canvas, 2010

Jigger and Grace

A Christmas present for my sister and brother-in-law: a friend's dog and their daughter, Grace.
Acrylic on canvas

Lucky

Acrylic on canvas, 2009

10" x 12"

Michael and Elaine - zombies!

Took a break from painting living creatures to paint this one for a friends' wedding gift. Rawr!

Rootbeer

Rather than get a copy of an old family photo (me and brothers drinking rootbeer) I decided to paint it. The painting cracks me up even more than the original photo. (Please ignore the camera flash on the image. Thank you!)

Seth Fisher

Drawn in San Diego, 2004.

Not only were you incredibly talented and original, you were also so sweet and funny and kind and the world's a lesser place without you in it.

Nomia

Last spring I took a "creating comics" evening class and this is my favourite panel from my finished project, a 4-page silent story "Nomia".
I always draw with Pigma waterproof pens and was urged by my instructor to, instead, ink this with pen and nib -a rather slow, scratchy, messy process but I really had fun once I got the hang of it.

Enrico

Enrico Salvini at the Big Wow booth, San Diego Comic Con 2005

Steve's 1st Tattoo

I've got a few of them so Steve and I agreed I had to skip work for an hour and go be supportive. I was also of some support to the tattoo artist - he handed me $20 and said "hey Red, I'm runnin' out - wanna go get me a 6 pack of peach cider?" That's what all those green bottles are.

Steve and me at the Easy Street Cafe

I only signed on to Blogger so I could post comments on others' blogs, but it seems like it may be a suitable solution to my 'no time to create a real website' problem and a temporary place to house small jpgs of my drawings and paintings.

This one here is of me and my friend Steve. I did a quick line contour drawing straight on canvas and then used acrylics heavily diluted with gloss medium. The jpg's not as bright nor as shiny as the original canvas piece, but it still has some charm.