Today has been one of those amazing autumn days in northern Michigan when the sun is shining and the weather is unseaso...

 The CEO  is back for an encore. This time he's painted as a  faux batik on waxed paper . I replaced the India ink with walnut ink...

Okay, so I'm a day late. I was playing with copper leaf and Lumiere metallic acrylics last night and came up with this one so I thoug...

 I managed to finish my 'Clowder of Cats' sketch but lost interest before I could start painting. It happens sometimes. I...

I'm currently working on the comp for a new painting. I'm doing it with my usual storyboard technique. Seems there are a few issu...

'Ladybug' and we all know one or two. 'Katydid' and she did come to visit me last summer.  I was fortunate to snap a ...

 What to do when one is temporarily without inspiration...doodle! Last night I doodled these frogs and the title came to me today. ...

I scanned the completed painting. The colors are still off but better than the photos. There's no green in the painting even though it...

First pour My color trial  A quick update on this project. I'm posting my color trial and the first pour. I managed to do a ...

I just finished transferring my drawing to Yupo and inking all the lines with Micron pen. I had a ton of fun coming up with patterns for...

I've started on yet another ink/Yupo project. This time it's a school of imaginary fish. I thought it would be fun to add some Ze...

SOLD Although it doesn't look like I made any changes, I made a few. I used blending solution to bleed some background color into ...

 Nothing is more scary or knot-in-the-stomach exciting as spending hours drawing, transferring and inking a piece only to turn little ...

While I was still working on Thistle Downs I began this sketch and completed it this afternoon. I've dubbed it 'The Timekeeper...

SOLD I think I'm going to call this complete. Once poured alcohol ink is on the Yupo, the less manipulating it receives the better...

Sorry to be MIA. After my last post I was hit with acute bronchitis and with my existing lung problems it really took me down. Yesterday ...

Here's my harvest hanging out on newspaper on my treadmill. Garlic has to cure for 3-4 weeks before getting a clean up and heading ...

Too much? I think so. I could go hog wild with the colors on a smaller, less complicated painting but I estimate the finished piece plann...

Last night I did a quick sketch on a scrap of Yupo with Micron pen and Sharpie, then sprayed with a generous coating of Krylon workable f...

Last night and today I've been tweaking my original sketch. Well, actually I drew an entirely new sketch and played with the angles a...