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Gorgeous little Rupert the West Highland Terrier. He was drawn using black fine liners on A4. Love doing the animal portraits... I love it when their little eyes suddenly peep out the paper! Available as an A4 print.

'Lucky' Such a beautiful face to draw...nearly done!

Gouache on Arches watercolor paper. I have been living overseas for 6 years now with my wife. (Originally from the states) We have lived in Seoul, South Korea, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Tel Aviv, Israel, and in the Summer we will move once again to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. So this is a painting is a sort of self-portrait.

The lovely Leo. Drawn with 0.93 and 0.05 fineliners on smooth A4 cartridge.

Gorgeous little pug, another recent commission. Drawn using 0.03 and 0.05 black fineliners on medium cartridge paper.

Here is a doodle illustration that has been dumping out of my brain for a couple weeks.

Commission portrait. Gorgeous tabby cat. Drawn in black and white line using fineliner's.

Neil was the first author whose words I first fell in love with.

Stream of consciousness drawing and doodling is always therapeutic. I love starting down a trail and not knowing where I will end up.

Another commission...love her little tongue hanging out!

Another commission....loving doing these.

Meet Blu. Hand drawn using 0.03 and 0.05 black fineliners on A4 medium cartridge. Such a gorgeous dog with so much personality.

My favourite commission so far! Took me a while this one but so pleased with the finished piece. Didn't want to let her go! Drawn in black and white line using fine liners.

Acrylic and graphite on wood

85% chance of brain. I had a brain storm today.

current pile in the studio

I wanted a fierce pose and landed on a good side-eye. Used really strong colors and a digital oil application

Self portrait with sunglasses.

Pen on 7.5” Moleskine art paper

More nautical stuff keeps pouring out of my brain and into my moleskine.

A lot of times my pens take over, spilling out the inside of my brain onto the paper. Thankfully, it's not as gross as it sounds.

Commission portrait drawn in black and white line using fine liners.

Another portrait commission! Gorgeous little man! Drawn with 0.05 fine liner on A4 medium texture cartridge paper.

Another one of my Pets in Portraits. Hand drawn using 0.03 and 0.05 fine liners on A4 medium cartridge paper.

In July of 2022, Brianna Grier died falling out of a moving police car while having a mental health breakdown. Since Brianna passed, I have been heartbroken for her twins and family but also reflecting on my struggle with mental health. Mental health needs compassion and empathy, not police and punishment. The brunch strokes are purposeful, but I completed them with empathy in mind. I want to keep the composition simple but filled with meaning. The color theme represents vastness and loneliness, but also kinetic energy found in warm orange tones.

Brainstorm. I decided the color of intelligence is green. This can be backed with science and a random internet article or two.

I don't just draw animal portraits! Although it seems tat way at the moment! I did one and it kind of snowballed!!! This one is part of a series of illustrations that tell the story of Hansel & Gretel.

So, I really wasn't going to participate in inktober this year because of time constraints. But I saw some simple line art stuff from others that looked fun. I'll see how far I can make it this year.

Illustration for Howling Wolf song ”I Aint Superstitious”