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In the Finnish mythology killing of a bear was followed by a great feast in honour of the bear (peijaiset), where a substantial part of the celebrations consisted of convincing the bear's spirit that it had died accidentally and hadn't been murdered. Afterwards, the bear's skull was hung high upon a pine tree so its spirit could re-enter the heavens. The bones of the bear were then buried under the pine. Reference for this work is my old drawing of karhunkallopetäjä/bearskullpine in the Riisitunturi. Also practice sketch of bear skull and at last photo i took of pine.

abstract pen drawing on paper

pen and ink

I thought it would be right to start with this - some faces from my recent doodles. :)

pen and ink

Final piece for upcoming show at AS220 in Providence, RI. Based on doodles I did in my grad school notebooks...

You got the peaches, I got the cream. Sweet to taste, saccharine.

playing around with random shapes and then this emerged!

Ink sketch

abstract pen drawing on paper

Connected ?

Copic & ink, finished in Photoshop.

arranging some drawings of food

One day in my frustration I scribbled over some thumb nails and proceeded to draw birds with lyrics to that song by The Eels, Birds....it was one of those days.

This was a commissioned illustration created for a wedding gift for a couple who are working in turtle conservation.

Breadsticks Pen, ink and gouache

Croissant Pen, ink, gouache on paper

Hibiscus Pen, ink and gouache

My Work Space Pen ink and watercolor

I went a little nuts with a moleskine doodle

%100 hand drawn with micron ink

White ink on black paper instead of black ink on white paper.

pen and ink cartoon of depression monster visiting

Another doodle animal - pen and ink