Illustration Friday: Fearless

Never Shy Away From Battle linocut relief print 8" x 10"

Illustration Friday: undone

Illustrated ceramic button to keep your clothing from coming undone.

A good button or fastener is a must! See a shocking caveat here

Illustration Friday: Hatch

In this episode: On a deserted island Richard Hatch tries to stop Richard Hatch from thwarting Jeff Probst's attempt to steal fire. The planet's survival depends on it.

Illustration Friday: crunchy

Illustration Friday: Skinny

PROBLEM: skinny girl not perfect

SOLUTION: fatten up the eyelashes

Illustration Friday: Modify

Delbert told Hubert he had to modify Chestnut's horn using a nail clipper, a vise and some duct tape. He said Chestnut dulled the tip down while bobbing for apples.

Sometimes Hubert questioned Delbert's idea of the truth.

Illustration Friday: Adapt

Adapt to your environment.

Welcome Earthling

conte, charcoal, cyanotype, van dyke brown, serigraph 22" x 30"

Illustration Friday: Fleeting

rise above 8"x16" acrylic, wire, glass & friendly plastic on canvas

He had a hard time concentrating on work when fleeting thoughts of escaping his humdrum routine took him away to dream of other things...

Illustration Friday: Talisman

strategic plan 22 x30 lithographic print on BFK Rives

He appeared confident in all situations

but no one knew his secret talisman was luck.

Here's the my actual stone being inked up. Lithography is like anti-printmaking. It is so odd to keep the stone soaking wet while you ink it up. All the signs that tell you a print is ready to be pulled are muffled in this process; it's the water. It totally threw me off. I think it could take many years to really understand this process. Interesting.

Here's the first print coming off the stone. It was a good one too. I was lucky, (must have had a talisman of my own that day), cause I don't know much about this process yet, so it sure wasn't a success due to skill!

Illustration Friday: Poise

With some guidance she was able to achieve inner peace which appeared as poise in all situations.

Illustration Friday: Climbing

Polar Bear Swim 10" x 8" acrylic on canvas

After climbing into the icy water for the polar bear swim, he couldn't wait to climb back out.

Illustration Friday: Contained

She thought if she contained some snow in her "no-more jar"

Winter would realize she was serious and would just go away already.

Illustration friday: resolve

Illustration Friday: Clandestine

I loved this topic. I could have done more. Maybe I still will but for now here are two:

In a clandestine agreement, the "Doctor" and his "patient" agreed that in order to sell their new weightloss plan all she needed to do was to pose in some really big pants.

Tired of being dictated to by Martha Stewart, Deb and Jen held a clandestine meeting after yoga class and decided to go forward with their plan to thwart the Cookie of the Month celebrations, but they could not decide whether they favored the Spotted Dick or Yogo treats.

Illustration Friday: Voices

answering machine voices

Once Santa delivered all the toys, he just let the machine get it.

Illustration Friday: Rambunctious

Yum. acrylic on canvas 8" x 10"

It's all fun and games until someone loses an ... ear.

Illustration Friday: Late

I Pity the Fool

variable edition 1/1 22" x 24"
Detail of a bleed print from a masonite carving on Somerset paper.

original woodblock carving on masonite: 24" x 24"

masonite plate inked and ready to print

1st print from plate

print size 22" x 24"

paper size 22" x 30"

Illustration Friday: Strings

I'm working on a project using painting with light techniques. It looks a lot like strings, except they are made of light. This is an image showing a 1926 photograph of my grandmother and my aunt, who had a turbulent relationship with each other. They were tied to each other but sometimes it was a bit messy... and not so great for those around them.

HOW TO: Painting with light is done by setting your subject up in a completely dark space and then taking a light source and moving it around your subject while the camera is taking the picture. I used a laser pointer here and had a small flashlight shining onto the top center of the scene. Your camera must be on a tripod and the shutter speed is set very slow, like a minute or more, ISO at about 100. Because the shutter is open for a long time the camera will pick up all the movements you make with the light, creating lines wherever you move the light.

Illustration Friday: Sugary

A variable edition of 5 dry point prints made by drawing into Lexan plastic with a compass needle and a Dremel tool, then inking it up and running it through a press.

Two prints have additional chine colle work.

This was a yummy project with sweet results.

Illustration Friday: Sour

Never satisfied.