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A personal mindfulness reminder in old timey cartoon style.

Acrylic on wood

The S’mores Bunch and the Trek through Thunderstruck Forest. 8x8 acrylic painting on birch board.

Sketching these two dogs in my sketchbook by pen and ink.

Why are you so melancholy? Monday blues? "English as She is Spoke" is a delightful example of incompetence and bad judgement. Jose da Fonseca and Pedro Carolina set out to write a Portuguese-English phrasebook. The only problem was that they didn't speak any English. They did know some French and armed with French-English phrasebook, dictionaries and enthusiasm they brought forth this book. Mark Twain was an early admirer of this book. "Nobody can add to the absurdity of this book, nobody can imitate it successfully, nobody can hope to produce its fellow; it is perfect, it must and will stand alone: its immortality is secure."

It is a sketch on a sleeping cat.

An illustration for a children book.

Greek mythology around the crow, its feathers, Apollo and Coronis.

The ink drops were unintentional. The hazards of using a fountain pen.

Pen and ink on paper

Pen and ink on mixed media paper

Acrylic on wood

Acrylic on wood

I have been working on this A3 double 'Pets in a Portrait' and I can't share the finished piece until after christmas as it will be a gift. I'm so chuffed with it, so heres some sneaky peaks that don't give too much away!

I've always loved wild Hares so creating this image was such a joy.

Day 8 of inktober and the prompt is Teeth. Nick is excited to go out, he doesn't care what the reason is.

This is the full spread in my moleskine of Return of the Polar Bear. It is after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, an artist from the 16th century, with my own changes.

Detail of the Squirrel and the Hare

pen and pencil on paper

3" x 5" Pen and Ink on Paper