Lyle Lovett Portrait Illustration
August 6, 2008
This is my entry for the BookMooch Journal “A Hunka Hunka Burnin’ Love.”
Lyle Lovett, ink on paper, 2008. Click image to see full-size.
I’m really enjoying this marker sketch process. They’re either cheap markers or old markers, so in either case they dry out quickly. That gives me an opportunity to layer colors like I would with glazes in painting.
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Illustration Friday: Foggy
July 12, 2008
Let Things Be Foggy, ink on paper, July 2008.
I began this sketch during my stay in Canadian, Texas over the Fourth of July holiday. I don’t have any major shows planned or new projects in progress at this point, so I feel a mite bit purposeless. (It’s been a long time since my schedule was this open.) Plus, I’m exploring some less graphic, more painterly stylistic ground. This foggy place is the perfect environment in which to let some new ideas germinate.
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Here is a snapshot of my desk upon completing the drawing, where you can see my collage sketch:
Illustration Friday: Wrinkles
April 28, 2008
Crotchety Old Man, ink and graphite on paper, 2005.
From Wiktionary:
crotchety (comparative crotchetier or more crotchety, superlative crotchetiest or most crotchety)
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Normal, OK: The Book is Now Available!
April 3, 2008
In case folks may have missed this item on the front page:
Normal, OK is a collection of stories and portraits of characters based on place names in and around Oklahoma. It was produced in conjunction with the Art 365 project and the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition.
This book is not an exhibition catalogue. It includes images and stories that are not on display in the Art 365 gallery show.
Normal, OK: Sketch for Blaine Quay. Ink on paper, 2007.
Hardcover Edition
I have produced a hardcover edition limited to 25 copies, signed and numbered by the artist (me). Copies of the limited edition are $75 (shipping included) while supplies last. Contact me to reserve your copy. Please allow one month for printing, processing, and shipping.
Paperback Edition
The paperback edition is available via the on-demand publisher Lulu.com. Paperbacks are $25 plus shipping. Click here to order.
Click here for a taste of the Normal Folks.
Book Mooch Journal: Sake and Wine
February 3, 2008
From the Book Mooch Journal blog:
This is a journal belonging to a middle-aged, outgoing, female Japanese librarian from a backwoods apple-producing town who has a fairly basic level of English ability, and she wants to know what people are like when they’ve been drinking. Brilliant. I couldn’t make this stuff up. So, can you tell the story (pictures also welcome) of the adventures you’ve had when you’ve been drinking, in fairly simple English? Rise to the challenge! Show us what you’ve been up to after hours!
Here is my contribution to the Sake and Wine Journal:
Good Idea, Bad Idea, ink on paper, January 2008.
“Isn’t it funny / how ideas that / sounded good / turn out to be / bad ones?”
See the full image, as it was drawn on its side, here.
Book Mooch Journal: Queer Fears and Wacky Phobias
February 3, 2008
In late January 2008, I added “Glossophobia” to the Book Mooch Phobias journal.
Glossophobia, ink and collage on paper, January 2008.
This entry is cross-posted at the Book Mooch Journal blog.