The Gift

Here is an illustration published in the September issue of the New Era.

Keep the Arts Alive Web Site

 

I just finished designing, doing art, coding, testing, uploading, and more texting of the web site: keeptheartsalive.com .  It was fun and challanging. This is the header I created for it.

Real Rock Band

 This art was done to advertise a local concert.

Making Home Holy

This is an illustration I did for the "Friend", a childrens magazine.  It was for an article talking about a girl, her family and home in the jungle.

Taylor Tigers

 

My children went to Taylor Elementary School.  I'm glad they asked me to do an illustration for next years t-shsirts.

Influence Map

My son Kevin did one of these and they seem really popular. The idea is to fill the space with various things that have influenced your art style. The more space they take up the greater the influence. There's a number of ways to interpret this, and influences are constantly shifting.  2 of the blocks may be confusing.  My mom and Dad were not artists, but they really encouraged me and enrolled me in lots of different art class.  I am greatly influenced by music and love to listen to it while creating art, hence the image of me playing guitar when I was a teen.  I also put my son in here.  He creates awesome art and I've used some things I've learned from him in my own art.

Everett Wies

I created a painting for my new grandson Everett.  My daughter kathy picked the animal and providid me with the vital information as well as the grandson.

Amp Sho

I know this is really unusual for me to post so much in a day, but I've got things to show.  Here is a poster for the annual Amp Show at the Boothe Brothers Theatre.  Thanks to Curt for asking me to do this years poster.

When Life's Always Changing

 These are Travel Stickers/Labels I illustrated for the March 2012 New Era  magazing.  They really turned out well in the magazine.

Ruth's Childhood Home

I was asked to recreate a home that doesn't exsist any more.  I had a line drawing, a few photos and the memory of my neighbor Ruth.  I created this house in Adobe Illustrator.  Then Ruth came over and she had me tweak the colors and add elements to make it how she remembered it.

Patinting for Todd

This is a painting I did for a friend Todd Brinkerhoff.  He wanted me to paint the main characters of a book his sister-in-law is writing.