sketching at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
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For my birthday this year, I went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium (MBA) on a sketching trip. One of the great joys of going there in the middle of the week in the middle of the winter is that I practically had the place all to myself. I sat for long stretches in front [...]
progress on ‘birds we love to hate’
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And now presenting… current versions of the first three species in this series! These are all small little drawings, graphite and colored pencil on film. I’ll likely stick with this small format and mixed media for the time being. But I’m thinking that if the idea is to show how gorgeous these birds can [...]
birds we love to hate
I’m working on a new series I’m thinking of as ‘birds we love to hate’. There are so many birds that we think of as a nuisance, ugly, gross, or even plain old evil. They are often are closest companions, our most familiar feathered friends.
Species include Pigeon (Rock Dove), House Sparrow, American Crow, Herring Gull, and European Starling. Do you have other favorites? Let me know! This could get interesting….
With this series, I hope to remind you that even if these are not our favorite birds, they can be quite beautiful.
Here are a couple of drawings in progress. Herring Gull and Rock Dove (Pigeon). These are graphite, colored pencil, and gouache on Duralene (film).
last Style Your Sole event of the season
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Yesterday I was at the Sports Basement at Crissy Field in San Francisco for the final TOMS Style Your Sole event of 2011. We had a fairly good showing and did some work to support a little extra giving this holiday season! The Golden Gate Bridge and SF city-scapes were the popular theme yesterday.
general science illustration gallery
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This is a look at my more general scientific illustration work. It is by no means exhaustive but it gives you an idea of the work I’ve done in this area.
did you know I make signs too?
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It’s true! I do menus, signs, trailers… any surface that needs lettering or embellishing, I can paint it! My clients include the Sandwich Spot in both the Marina District of San Francisco and also in San Carlos, the Bus Stop Bar in San Francisco, and Cinderella Bakery in San Francisco. I love putting both my [...]
Floral arrangements
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I spent the better part of 2010 and some of 2011 working for Michael Daigain Design in San Francisco. I was fortunate enough to work with Michael, Erin Rosenow, and Nixon Tran, all of whom taught me a great deal about both the mechanics and the creative demands of good floral design. Here are some [...]
recent sketching
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These are some recent sketches from my visits to the “Nature’s Jewels” show at the Tilden Environmental Center and from Thanksgiving in Santa Cruz, CA.
examples from TOMS Style Your Sole events
I regularly do “Style Your Sole” events in the San Francisco Bay Area for TOMS shoes. TOMS hires artists like me to come to the events and customize people’s TOMS that they purchase the day of the event. For every pair purchased, TOMS gives a pair to a kid who needs shoes somewhere: One for [...]
Singing greeting cards
Once I was finished with the Hummingbird poster at the Lab of Ornithology, I then got to have a little bit of fun designing images that were intended to be the covers of singing greeting cards. The sounds will be provided by the Macaulay Library, the leading scientific collection of biodiversity media, which is also [...]
