Drawing & Painting

Your Heart Is My Weather
White charcoal on black construction paper

An original note for the girl I'm in love with.

Underlying Order
Acrylic and pencil on canvas

For Sale: $75
I believe there is an order underlying everything.

Blue City no. 1
Acrylic on canvas

For Sale: $125
There is more to the cities we build than the chaos we see.

Wait For the Morning
Acrylic on canvas

For Sale: $300 SOLD
A painting based on an ancient song of ascents. The full text:

Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD! / Lord, hear my voice! / Let your ears be attentive to / the voice of my pleas for mercy! / If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? / But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared. // I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, / and in his word I hope; / my soul waits for the Lord / more than watchmen for the morning, / more than watchmen for the morning. // O Israel, hope in the LORD! / For with the LORD there is steadfast love, / and with him is plentiful redemption. / And he will redeem Israel / from all his iniquities.

Portrait B.
Stylus in Photoshop

My first serious attempt at lifelike portraiture (albeit stylized, obviously). I loved doing this piece, and hope to do many more portraits in the future.

A Secret, or The Truth, 1 & 2
Part 1: pastels on black paper
Part 2: digital stylus in Photoshop

A set of new medium paintings — part 1 was the first time I had ever used pastels on colored paper, and part 2 was the first time I had used a digital stylus. This probably contributed to the sense of wonder and discovery in each.

The Patient Tinker
#2 Pencil on moleskine

"The patient tinker burst into the tower room of the Mirror-Princess, and saw her reflected tears..."

(Part of an ongoing children's book illustration project.)

Doodles & Sketches
(1) Ballpoint pen
(2) No.2 Pencil
(3) Acrylic Paint

Ephemera and randomness. I tend to think in black and white lines, and have been known to doodle occasionally. When we got married, my wife was astonished at the sheer volume of sketches I brought with me into our new place. We've tried to winnow it down since then, and have been generally succeeding.