pen and ink

A spot of midnight improvisation and general creative spontaneity.

Sleep well David Bowie, and thanks for all the inspiration! Saw this comment on one of Iggy Pop’s music videos via YouTube and had to create something based around it, spelling mistakes and all...

To be perfectly honest, the latest lockdown announcement here in Scotland was bound to influence my art in some form or another... Needless to say this is going to be one looooong winter, one that’ll have me blasting “Here Comes The Sun” by The Beatles once it ends, or at the very least stabilises.

What's in front of me. I had to use more than one color because it just didn't feel right only brown, or only green.

The race heats up!

7.5” x 10” Original ink and watercolor illustration on Strathmore 500 Series 4-ply Bristol illustration paper. Signed by the artist. Unframed.

growing through the cracks...

This is going to take a while. VERY large "kitchen sink" piece I go to whenever I can, when I need to just free flow and put down whatever comes to mind.

I doodled these mountains last night (Tuesday) while drinking a Modelo. It was great.

Pen and colored pencil drawing of a garden begonia.

This colossal bird has traveled to many universes searching for a suitable place to perch, which she found in this earth-like planet.

Sentient flower quietly ponders what it means to be alive.

Drawings I made for a commission of the five stages of the Walking Wall installation by Andy Goldsworthy at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. What an inspiring journey to walk and watch it move.

I used to fish a fair amount, and when I did, I almost always used squid as bait. This was my submission for inktober's bait theme.

a pattern made of illustrated, retro-inspired Italian postcards

Micron pen and colored pencil on paper

Micron pen and colored pencil on paper

Micron pen and colored pencil on paper

Micron pen and colored pencil on paper

Horse Block. Inked with a Pilot Custom 823 FA. (Bonus detail from a 3776 Century UEF.)

This was my first drawing for the Graham's Up the Tree book. I used my most trusted pen: Metal Pilot Falcon, Soft Extra Fine.

illustration for a comic

Micron pen and sharpie on bristol paper.

The sea unicorn returns with a companion!