I've used dogs as subject matter in many of my illustrations. It wasn't a deliberate decision, I just noticed that they were showing up frequently. Growing up in rural Kansas, on a farm, dogs were just natural companions. They kept things under control with all the wildlife that came out at night. We raised sheep …
Indian Lookout
There is a rock formation about five miles south of Delphos, Kansas that has been a local feature and tourist destination since the settlers arrived in the 1870's. Of course the Indians of the area knew about it and used it as a lookout over the valley. Hence the name. It is a relative high …
Finger story
These two digital illustrations were inspired by student speculation as to how I lost my ring finger. There were multiple stories circulating around the art department. My favorite Involved a paper cutter and another student. Also at the time, several students were attempting to develop their skills in graphic novel artwork and I thought this …
Homegrown
Homegrown is work that I developed in graduate school. My overall emphasis for my graduate thesis was in traditional illustration. I wanted to better understand water-based media, a topic that was ignored in my undergraduate studies. At that time, I was experimenting with a variety of new media - I was sick of acrylic, oil …
The demo birds
I am going to use the blog feature on this site as a means to include detail about my illustrations. I have already blogged two short posts about couple of recent pieces. This post is about the little watercolor birds you'll see on this site. They are the result of in-class watercolor demonstrations in my …
More of an introduction
OK, so now it is WordPress for my website. As I stated on the Hello page, I'm using this platform to dust off my html skills and bring my CSS knowledge up to speed... to remain relevant. I started this WordPress site a couple of years ago when a colleague at work began using it …
Half-Jack
I have done many illustrations with my grandfather as the subject. This watercolor is the most recent. He was called Half-Jack by a custom wheat cutter back in the days of C.B. radios. It became his C.B. handle and stuck to him long after craze died away. This image was from a trip to Canada …
Sicilian montage
This image was inspired by the trip my wife and I took to Sicily. This sculpture and the architectural elements were at a Catholic church in the city of Modica. The media is gouache in a subtractive, pick out technique.
Lesotho landscape
This is a watercolor of the site where my daughter was posted in Lesotho, south Africa while in the Peace Corps. She was in a remote area and lived on the Tiping School compound where she taught high school math. This is looking north and the small buildings in the foreground are latrines and the …
