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Santa’s Prayer

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Two things we need right now: a little Christmas and a little prayer. This 9″ x 12″ painting was created in watercolor, gouache and colored pencil on paper.

The Guardian

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This painting was created for Pregnancy Resourse Services in Silverdale, WA for a benefit auction. This was a directly commissioned piece; something I was asked to do. I was given a verbal description of what they were looking for, and the rest was up to me. I didn’t do many preliminary concepts; I developed one [...]

Lion of Judah

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Since I practice two separate but related disciplines, I am very aware of the commonalities and differences in the process of each. For me, graphic design tends to be more evolutionary in that I start with concept sketches and develop from there. My illustration process is a bit different, because I almost always have the [...]

It’s the 57th Anniversary of the Barcode Patent

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Today is the 57th anniversary of the barcode. Google is commemorating this day with a barcode logo. I remember discussion about the bar code while I was at Art Center – its necessary prominence on the back of any package or the front of any magazine – being the downfall of all that is good [...]

David: Start to Finish

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This is the concept rough from my sketchbook, which is not finished enough to be considered a comp, and the finished artwork. The illustration was created in watercolor, gouache and colored pencil, on Arches 140#. Most depictions of David, the hero king of Israel in the Old Testament, show him fighting Goliath of Gath. A [...]