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A reminder from (and for) me to you that pain is temporary.

Untitled Collage // Paper cutouts and ink on paper // 7 x 10 in // 2021

A friend of mine took a picture like this on a camping trip a few years back, and I had it as my home screen for forever. When my phone broke, I lost the photo so I recreated it here

pencil on paper. Six lizards forming a band. I drew this for my blog for the posts where I present a song or a playlist.

Single Line portrait of a pole dancer

Imani standing akimbo with hands on her hips. One detail and several in-progress scans. Model: Imani.

Sometimes I just like to start and see where I am taken.

A portrait of one of my favorite characters from my childhood storybooks. He is a scientist and has a pet cat and a pet Indian crow.

Abstract Landscape (Harvest) // Colored pencil and ink on paper // 8.5 x 5.5 in

Done with liquid watercolours and fineliner on watercolour paper.

ink on paper, automatism art, drawing pen

a single line hand drawn ink on paper of a figure laying with two pussy cats

It’s been a lot lately, friendships and drama but the other day I made this with a water color pencil and decided to post.

Laugh done with ink wash and stamp on 45 year old paper from my first adult drawing journal.

Watercolor and gouache painting - practicing watercolor washes in the sketchbook

It's just what comes out of my pen when I put it to paper.

Do you know what to watch today? We know what to recommend! Euphoria has become an icon of recent years, and there is no one who has not heard of this series! Want to know more about the rampant lives of young people? Turn Euphoria on!

Collage 'Solarplexus' // Paper cutouts and ink on paper // 7x10 // 2021

In celebration of Year of the Tiger, I illustrated this Tiger with vector shapes and then shades the shapes with a variety of pixel brushes. Then I doodled some abstract brush strokes as the background with a red and gold color theme.

This is an autumn doodle I'm sharing LATE because . . . well, you know . . . *some* parts of the world are *still experiencing* autumn and/or winter

ink on paper, abstract art, automatism

single line portrait

A dumb radio commercial inspired this comic done in a blank comic book using ink stamps and pen. Parts are verbatim, such as, "I use to be the life of the party, but when I experienced hearing loss, I'd just sit there quietly". I thought, "Nobody who was the life of the party is going to just sit there quietly".

Ink in Sketchbook; Late Upload from Inktober 21