Vanco

Pen on paper towel.  Our friend Kory in hospital.

Lucy

When it comes to keeping still, a sleepy dog makes a pretty good model.

Lemon

Discovered lemon sorbet this year: a simple matter of heating roughly equal parts sugar & water (into a simple syrup), adding an equal part lemon juice and some rind (optional: whisk in a dollop of sour cream), and freezing in a shallow pan, remembering to stir the mixture every so often as it freezes to keep the texture right.

Rabbit's Coming Year

In honor of my own Chinese Zodiac, and the forthcoming year (I realize I'm jumping the gun, but I just noticed that my year was coming up, which is cool), I did this calligraphy of the Chinese character for Rabbit, "tu" in Mandarin.  The character's origin is supposedly an ideogram of a rabbit, but I thought it was interesting that it has a component part which can mean "evade".

orchid

I've been playing with ink painting for a while now, and have found that working with the traditional "rice" paper can sometimes come with as much frustration as joy.  So this painting was done on hot press watercolor paper with western watercolor pigments, with some nice results.

Daibutsu

This is an ochre acrylic paint sketch I did of the Great Buddha of Kamakura.  This is a beautiful area, and the surrounding towns and temples, especially the Hase Kannon Temple, are amazing.

hummingbird

Been seeing a lot of these little guys around our neighborhood recently, and they're always fascinating to watch.  This is pen and watercolor.  I tightened up a little when adding in the color to the drawing, which is a typical problem for me, so I remind myself to loosen up and release the fear of "ruining" a line drawing I'm happy with.

bird at rest

Sitting outside, this bird came and rested on the powerline, and I did this quick sketch of it, in ballpoint pen on an analysis pad.

year of the tiger

Here's a drawing I did for some good friends of ours.  It's charcoal & pastel on brown paper.

new web presence

I've decided to give Blogger a shot as a new way for me to post artwork and whatever else I can think of.  So, come with me now (or soon) on a journey through time and space...