Travel companions

 Can a bat get on a train? Just something I was wondering about...

In the sleeper car

Night train

Cats on a train pass through a lonely stretch of the woods on their way to a summer vacation. A painting in my sketchbook.

Night train

A train trip to somewhere

Summer is coming! So does that mean it's time to pack up the kids for a trip to the beach? Check out the animation I made here. I couldn't post it properly to this blog. You can also find a slightly different variation here.

A train trip to the beach

Sprring?

Okay, it's practically summer already, but here's a little sketchbook painting I did while mulling over the season.

Is it spring??

Umbrella Day

Here's a hidden picture illustration I did for this month's issue of "High Five" magazine.

Cats galore with their brellies.

 

Downhill Donkey

 Wherein I realize I haven't actually drawn or painted a donkey before.

Downhill donkey: A spread from my art journal

Women & their pets Part One: Billie Holiday and her boxer "Mister"

I looove Billie Holiday. I started listening to her when I was in my teens! 

 Billie Holiday and her boy "Mister"

Bad Hikes

Before you head out on the trail into the arms of Mother Nature, eliminate these "Bad Hikes" from your destination list!

"Bad Hikes" fabric pattern on Spoonflower.

Movie line

Queuing up for a rainy day movie at the neighborhood cinema. Here's a recent spread from my art journal, inspired by an old photo I found taken in front of the "Naro Expanded Cinema" in the Ghent neighborhood of Norfolk, Va., where I spent some happy times when I lived there!

Queuing up

Drummer & Ashford helm the Behemoth

I stumbled across this crazy show this past fall and I'm obsessed! These are my two favorite characters in the sci-fi series "The Expanse." I rarely watch science fiction or action-adventure shows and films, but lately with some great female characters being included, I'm reexamining. 

FAKE fight!

That time Anne Jones and I got some red food coloring and pretended to fight on the corner to freak out the passing adults… I think we were about 12. Get up to some mischief, folks!

Fake fight!

Gift-O-Rama

As we slip and slide into the holidays, here's an illustration I did for the Los Angeles Times Local shopping Gift Guide. Now available as a print in my Etsy shop.

Gift-O-Rama

Horse meets horse

Go, Bucky, go! Next time you go to the supermarket, be sure and ride Bucky for 50 cents. Florian is amazed to find a fellow equine who lives in the parking lot.

Florian meets Bucky

 

Bodega boys

 The twins go on a fruit pie run at their neighborhood bodega.

Twins

Home on the range

 Here's a recent fabric design I added into my Spoonflower shop.

"Home on the Range" fabric on Spoonflower

Off-season ride on the rickety rollercoaster

Reminiscences on old-style seaside amusement parks and old wooden framed rollercoasters.

Rickety roller coaster ride

Florococo

Here's another stab at a Spoonflower Design Challenge. I started this for the previous week's "floral" contest but didn't finish in time, so I converted the idea to be more in the rococo vein. 

"Florococo" fabric on Spoonflower

Year of the Ox

Since February 12th will usher in the year of the ox, this week's Spoonflower Design Challenge was to make a pattern from the hard working, under-appreciated beast of burden. If I had an ox, it would never have to do an ounce of work but instead, would luxuriate in my back yard gorging itself on hay and stuff. 💓

XOXO Ox pattern on Spoonflower

Miss Audrey on the slopes

I've been remiss about keeping up with my art journal, but here's one I managed to get in before the end of 2019. Cheers! Sorry for posting so late.

Miss Audrey on the slopes

Hubert and Elke

I've been dabbling in miniatures lately. Here's a many-eyed lad and his pet spider.

Hubert and Elke