Illustration Friday Topic-Scary

This is an image of a scary pirate from a story I wrote. It's done in watercolors on board. It's fun to come up with characters.

Samples of 3-Ds

I just got the samples for the characters I did. I think they came out really cute. I have some other items I still need to photograph, but thought I'd go ahead and share these.

Illustration Friday Topic-Fuel

Who needs to fire up the barbie when you have your own fuel? This is an oils on gessoed board.
Just for fun.

Illustration Friday Topic-Scattered

This is a watercolor I did of my nieces Hannah and Mara as they played among the scattered leaves.

Illustration Friday Topic- Hibernate

This is one of the Two Can Art images I did with my son Noah. It's one of my favorites. This guy is looking for a nice warm place to curl up into on a cold winter twilight.

Illustration Friday Topic-Ferocious

This is a jaguar painting I did a while back. It is in watercolor. I really love the look of big cats, but wouldn't want to run into one in the wild. Where we live there are mountain lions that make appearances. I haven't seen one myself although I have seen bobcats.This images seemed to fit the topic. They are beautiful creatures and I respect their wildness.

Art Hanging at the Silver Spur in Soquel.

I just finished hanging art up at the Silver Spur, a local eatery in Soquel. If you are in the area be sure to stop by. They have a great menu and it is a wonderful place to hang art. My work will be up for 2 months there. I also did a little section of Two Can Art prints. The prints came out really great. I did these on canvas. Hope you can go and enjoy the food and the work. Here's a preview of what's hanging.

Illustration Friday Topic-Mysterious

It's always interesting to see the things that people save as mementos to remind them of an event that was important to them. To the outsider it may have no value at all and the mysterious importance of the item would be lost to them. I think it's nice to pass along the stories that go with these saved mysterious items to the generations that follow.
This image is in oils on board and was done for a story with those thoughts in mind.

Illustration Friday Topic-Influence

I love to do paintings where the influence of light is dramatic. I love the outcome of natural light and how it works with shapes. This is a watercolor I did of one of our cats sunning herself.

Illustration Friday Topic-Imperfect

This is an image of a fairy tale gone wrong.Not exactly what a boy would expect when picking up a frog to examine. To him an imperfect encounter.

Illustration Friday Topic-Obsession

I think most people have a soft spot for incredibly delicious chocolate. I got a real love of it after biking through Holland and Germany years ago. There were some incredibly good chocolates there. It was great that I was biking. I could eat it and then ride it off. The great thing about doing this painting is that I got to eat the reference! It's oils on canvas.

Illustration Friday Topic-Gesture

This is an image I did for a story that I wrote. The muse for the characters was my grandmother and her sisters. When they would get together, they would laugh and tell stories about things they remembered as children. It was always fun to listen in. I loved painting this and had a lot of fun making the shapes in the clouds and hair. ( a little self indulgent) This was the first image that came to mind for the topic,gesture as they did as much talking with their hands as the did verbally.

Illustration Friday Topic- Stay

I did this image for the International Humane Society. These are creatures we want to STAY on this earth.

The Humane Society brings attention of their plight to light. The image was made into cards. It is done in oils on board.

Illustration Friday Topic- Remedy

I had several ideas for remedy, but thought I'd limit it to these two images. I think going to the beach on a warm summer day can be a remedy for anything that ails you, and if that doesn't work a nice cold pink cocktail!
These are both images from the Two Can Art collection. (see post below)