What a great project! After a brainstorming session with the business owner, where I brought several design samples to give us a reference for discussion, I took his conceptual ideas and generated this drawing. My first submission was a 2′ by 6′ sample generated on a pen plotter from a vector original. After choosing a …
Marco and Mariposa is the story of a tadpole who falls in love with a monarch butterfly. The two know their relationship will not be accepted, so they run away together, having life-altering encounters along the way. The theme is “Love Conquers All”. The Illustrations were created entirely using the Paper by 53 app on …
You’d’ve thought the sand was on fire if you caught sight of the Bucket Brigade running to the ocean for water and hauling it back up the beach two-fisted, a bucket in each hand. Trip after trip, the two girls labored so earnestly I was compelled to seek the impetus of their efforts… ah, a …
Always jitteryAlways hurryingAlways hurtingAlways night Sick or woundedDisorientedAlways urgentAlways night Damp and coldShoved alongAlways strugglingAlways night Always blackAlways skewedAlways anxiousAlways night Drowning in the darkGrasping at patches of greySensing consciousnessAlways night When the dream comes
I can’t stop watchingthis precious humanloud and tough andbeautiful to understand Let this take me down You make meshook obsessed mesmerizedYour torment is hypnotic geniusdissolving me, cleansing my soul Let this take me down liquid talent dripping off your browlike you’ve been to the crossroadsbut stayed true through the change I am baptized in the …
The breeze speaks, and the trees rustle their leaves like butterflies alighting on wildflowers Her light voice plays gently in the grass, whispering along at my feetmaking her presence known through her light touch on my skin, twirling up, tousling my hair Flowers bob as if bowing as she passes, acknowledging her playful dignity Then …
Flickering candlelightglancing off raindropsshifting shadows offering glimpsesof the familiar roommade foreignby the plunge of darkness
The Dance Factory of Morganton contacted me about providing backdrops for a Christmas program. To fit their needs and budget, I designed three 15′ x 20′ backgrounds, which we hand painted on seamed canvas.
The Nature Hike line has expanded to redbubble! I’m really inspired by some of the tools available in the product design options, like the ability to tile your imaging! The Luna Moth was perfect for this, giving a hounds-tooth effect at a distance. The Trillium blossom turned out to be really nice against a dark …
A local playwright (Freddy Bradburn) wrote a bit in a folk tale performance that included a decapitated head, placed on a pike at the edge of town as a warning to others, that comes to life, greets its former traveling companions, and joins them in a song. And it needed to look like the actor …