sleepwalker
5 x 7 gouache on illustration board.
« June 2008 | Main | August 2008 »
July 2008
July 24, 2008
July 18, 2008
the last leg
5 x 7 gouache on illustration board.
go, boy, go!
...I think he's had enough.
July 10, 2008
the first amphibian
4.5 x 6.5 oval gouache on illustration board.
"Hello, there, friend..."
This piece came completely out of left field-- I did the lineart in a bar on a whim (since it's so close to my upcoming August show, I always have some primed illustration board in my bag to work on-- it's a sickness, I tell you!) and the setting developed as I was painting. I'm so surprised by it-- I wasn't planning on it being this dark, but I really love this place I discovered, so safe and dreamlike... I had to restrain myself from painting prehistoric insects slicing the air...
I don't know if it's readily apparent, but our little adventurous friend has a Darwin fish on the back of his boat.
July 09, 2008
sea cucumber
1.5 x 2.5 gouache miniature.
Some ladies have all the luck. I wish my pets were this ornamental.
July 07, 2008
a catch & a release
Got Me One, 3 x 5 gouache on illustration board.
A Brave Voyage Ends, 3 x 5 gouache on illustration board.
July 03, 2008
houseboat
11 x 14 full size, 8 x 12 image size gouache on illustration board.
click for details--
I've always thought that ocean living is probably pretty bleak once you move away from the reefs & caves... very lonely. Best bet is to colonize & fortify. (although I hear the turtles like these jellies the most, on account of their incredible delicious crunch...)
