bedtime doodles

trying to draw at least a little something every day. this was a couple week's accumulation on a single, loose page that sat on my bed.

recent drawings

playing on paper

when i was in seattle last i got 500 sheets of this nifty, translucent paper for the animation class i'm teaching. i've found it is a pleasure to draw on because it absorbs the ink well, but the ink doesn't bleed. the texture of the surface is really smooth, almost like velum.

moebius interview

today is a beautiful day! i found this amazing interview with moebius. in the video there are shots of many images of his that i have never beheld before! my admiration for this man continues to grow. i like how he says, "we are the ocean atop the desert." and so many other insightful and poetic things...
so i wanted to share this moebius interview with you.

there is a shot of animation that must be from the production of 'thru the moebius strip', a film that he was working on and has not been finished as far as i know. i wish it was being done by studio ghibli.

train of thought on the ferry

embracelets

i've been making these 'friendship bracelets' since i was about ten years old. in the past few years it has been a more frequent practice. this period began on the plane from vancouver to london, when i went to europe in the summer of 2007. re-approaching this craft in a new situation, i had the idea there on the plane that i don't have to follow any pre-determined pattern, or to create any repeating pattern at all. a design can just be improvised the whole way along and come out quite beautifully. so this is the way i've been making them ever since. the approach relates to my spirituality and philosophies on life... we can choose at any moment what we want to create out of the situation we are presented with. two strings come together and we must choose which one will be the dominant, and which the passive. but even when one is dominant, both exist, and are essential, in the material that results from tying them together. in another circumstance the one that was passive previously may become dominant. an important part of it for me is just to embrace what is going on in the moment and not be attached to any particular result.









here i am working on one next to my niece, Morgen, who is learning the basic technique.

more bracelets!

these are two drawings i did on wood and painted with acrylic in 2005 i think... anyway a long time ago, before i got the proportions of the face the way i now prefer. they have this interesting feel to them and a lovely quality from the wood-grain.

a design i did for a CSA farm called One Leaf Farm that my friend Rand is a part of.



i liked the text i came up with, but the client was not into it.

morning drawings

i dumpstered some paper and i've been drawing on these large, glossy sheets some mornings with sharpie.

train drawings

i drew this portrait of doug while we were talking. it was awkward but i had to do it. mainly i wanted to capture his mustache. amazing... we must have talked for more than ten hours that first day on the zephyr.













just some doodlings to pass the time...

in the blizzard!

i was cozy in our apartment in the Logan Square area of Chicago when this blizzard blanketed the city in snow. i love seeing how people make their ways through the snow...

here are some of my favorites from one collection of photos:






this is where we began the critical mass bikeride a few days before the storm!

owls are big

this is my contribution to the world of owl images. it may end up on t-shirts.

feel here too

the surge of new energy towards my artwork led to the completion of this collection of drawings, which i began putting together shortly after arriving on orcas. i added drawings from before this period and drew some new ones to bring the number of drawings to a satisfying thirty. the previous collection 'FEEL HERE' had thirty-six drawings.

this zine was 'released' as a limited edition of 100 on the last day of my orcas art show. i'll be trying to sell some while in chicago but will still have some available once i return to the NW. 'FEEL HERE' is due for a re-printing, as i have but two copies left after putting 4 in portland's 'Together Gallery' on consignment.

please check out together gallery in portland and pick up one of my zines!

now available at Quimby's in Chicago!