- A Ball Point Pen Drawing -

I was going through one of my old sketchbooks yesterday and found this ball point pen drawing of a vase and plant. It was pretty small, about 5 x 7 inches and I probably did it at a restaurant.


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- Exploding Flower -

Back in the 1970s I did four watercolors for a print series. This is one of them. I titled them "Abstract Florals" and this is the only original that I have left. It's listed on my eBay store. I had fun painting them and they were done on a full watercolor sheet. .......(Please click on image to see a larger one)

- Whose Face is It? -

I found this in the same sketchbook as the last two drawings. It is an imaginary face, probably inspired by a local Ferndale resident. I used an Eagle draughting pencil. I find that when I draw from imagination, I tend to fall back on certain habitual drawing styles, and that is probably the signature of an artist - as we all seem to do that.....

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- A Ferndale California Drawing -

It was my turn to sit on the gallery for our little art group and I sketched the view from the northern window. This was done a few years ago.

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- Weaverville, California Sketch -

I was sitting in the corner of Noel's Garden Cafe back in 2000 and was sketching the view outside of the window. (I think it was the front yard of a doctor's office) I used a fine pointed black pen on a richly textured paper.


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- A Reoccuring Face -

Over the years a face has been reoccurring in my work, in drawings and paintings. I'm not sure who it is, but it's probably a composite of my grandfather, father and someone else. I stuck this one in a beautiful old frame that I found in an antique shop.

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- A Practical Application -

I was asked to do a "Mural" for Shasta College over Spring break. They knew what they wanted and I wanted to do something a little more creative. So I came up with a design with a lot of color, texture and design elements. It was design by committee and this is what happened..............welcome to the real world................

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