img_61511 Introducing Natalie Marie Anderson, born April 15th. Five pounds 12 ounces, 18.5 inches long.

Study of a human skull. Continually trying to improve my knowledge of human anatomy and form, and that means studying skeletal structure. Charcoal on smooth newsprint.

chicken oil on gatorboard, 8×10 inches My good friends Jeff & Kathleen Sieck live up in Santa Ynez, which is basically the cowboy version of Santa Barbara. In keeping with the unspoken moral code of their rural surroundings, they’ve got their own chicken coop, and one day Jeff sent me a great photo of one [...]

collaboration1 oil on panel, 8×10 inches hide-seek oil on panel, 8×8 inches greater-than-the-whole oil on panel, 8×10 inches We had a faculty show at the beginning of this year at the Westmont College Reynolds Gallery, and I had grand visions of a large body of work that was going to be displayed for my part [...]

Students who have taken my Principles of Art course over at Westmont College know that one of my favorite artists is the Russian draftsman and painter, Nicolai Fechin. Specifically, I love Fechin’s charcoal drawings, not so much his paintings. He was a draftsman without peer, in my opinion. There’s been a few good books on [...]

Some quick-sketch drawings from my weekly figure drawing class. 2 or 3 minute poses, charcoal on smooth newsprint.

Dialogue is a moleskine sketchbook that I’m working on with my good friend and illustrator Peter Cusack. The plan is for each of us to paint or draw a two-page spread, then send it to the other guy, hopefully building a “dialogue” of sorts in the process. To give credit where credit is due, we were [...]

Who knew setting up a custom blog site would be so much work? I sure didn’t. So, I’d like to take a moment to recognize some people who helped out above and beyond the call of duty in getting this thing set up for me. First up is the hilarious and talented Chris Mundell, brother-at-arms in [...]