My Convention Schedule for 2026

 I realize I hadn't updated my comic convention appearances! I am at Capital City Comic Con in Lansing, Michigan July 10th through July 12th at the Lansing center. July 18th through the 19th I will be in the artist alley at Really cool Comic Con and Flint, Michigan. September 26th I will be at the Saginaw Comic Con at the Saginaw Marketplace, and I am going to also be at a new comic convention in Midland at the Down Diamond called C2PC — Comic Collectables & Pop Culture Expo.

Sammy Hagar concert UPDATE

 This is the photo that was taken when my brother and I met Sammy Hagar at The Soaring Eagle Casino concert! 

Sammy Hagar concert # (I've lost track!!)

 June 17th, 2026 my brother and I saw Sammy Hagar in concert at the Soaring Eagle Casino in Mt Pleasant, Michigan. I won 2 tickets and 2 meet&greet tickets from my local radio station, WHEELZ 104.5! I painted a portrait of Sammy with his friend Bob Weir, one of the founding members of the Grateful Dead, who passed away a few months ago. I also drew Popeye dressed as Sammy 😁. The meet and greet was very quick, where fans stood with Sammy for a photo and moved on out the tent. I, on the other hand, pressed my luck and tried striking up a conversation about the artwork I made for him. His wife walked up and pointed out to Sammy how good the painting was 😊. 

I stepped to the side and she and I spoke for a few minutes, bless her! She's so sweet and kind! 

The concert was amazing, as always! Joe Satriani is touring with Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony, with Kenny Aranoff on drums.

 My brother got us tickets months ago to Sammy's show this Friday at Pine Knob! It's going to be great again! Sammy Hagar never disappoints, and I should know: I've seen him for every tour through Michigan since 1993 (my 1st Van Halen concert!)!

Watch me draw?

 The other day, I took about 25 minutes to do a drawing of Popeye. It's a large 2 ft by 3 ft drawing. It is available for sale and if you're interested send me a message. I ate a little video of it. This is not real time! Halfway through the drawing my dumb marker ran out of ink so I had to scramble to get some ink and a couple brushes to finish the picture. I'm not sure if I'm going to color the picture or not. It's on very basic drawing paper, so any liquid is going to warp the paper, and I don't have large markers that would color a picture the size with good quality.

My Van Halen tribute series

I've been a die-hard Van Halen fan since middle school. I'm a fan of the original lineup and the VH mach-2. My preference was and still is Sammy Hagar. He was the frontman when I got into the band.

I was heartbroken in 1996 when Eddie fired Sammy. The band was never the same, but Sammy flourished! I've held a grudge against Eddie ever since.

However, when he passed away in 2020 I was crestfallen. My love of the band came flooding back, because now there will never be a Van Halen. A few months after his death (I was already in a deep depression before Eddie Van Halen's death and stopped making art for about 9 months total), I started my tribute series of the band. For the most part, my drawings and paintings depict all 4 members: Eddie, Sammy, Alex Van Halen and Michael Anthony. I focus on the lineup I grew up with (and I don't like David Lee Roth. His contribution to the success of the band can't hinder my distaste for his personality). 

I wanted to show each tour, whether they are performing or posing. I still have a few more I want to do. 

 

Drawing Mr. Terrific

Movin' Right Along

 I just finished this oil painting from "The Muppet Movie". This scene features my two favorite Muppets: Gonzo and Rowlf. I've always loved the Muppets and working on this painting has give me a great deal of joy. It turned out how I wanted it, if not better. To me, it's just a fun painting, and a lot of the times that's really what I'm trying for is to make artwork that's fun. This painting will debut at the REALLY COOL COMIC CON July 19th through 20th, 2025 at the Dort financial center in Flint, Michigan

Comic Convention appearance

 I'm going to have an artist table at the Really Cool Comic Con in Flint Michigan July 19th and 20th. This drawing is going to be available for sale. I'm a huge fan of Lil' Archie and have been since I was a little kid. I'm going to have original artwork and a few art prints available for sale, as well as maybe some wood block monoprints.

 This is the completed, final homage to the classic Fantastic Four #51, featuring wimpy and other members of the Thimble Theater cast. I made another smaller, sloppier watercolor of this idea a month or so ago. You can see that version in a previous post. 

"I Yam A Lonely Sailor" print

 I haven't done any printmaking in a while, and by a while I mean maybe 10 years so I thought I would do a block print. 

Each print is handmade and for sale. Contact me if interested.

Rough Draft Homage

I'm a huge fan of popeye, but obviously. I am also a huge fan of the thing from the Fantastic Four. Wimpy is one of my favorite Popeye characters, so I thought I would do a little homage to one of the classic Fantastic Four covers by Jack Kirby, but splice it with E.C. Segar's Popeye characters from Thimble Theater (which became Popeye).

This is a sloppy rendition of my idea. I'm hoping to make a bigger and better version of it soon
 

Painting a Muppet LIVE!

Making a Comic Book Page

Nuttall Art posters available

 Prints and posters are available from Fine Arts America. Click HERE 

Nuttall Art Prints Available

 I'm on a site called "Fine Art America" to provide prints, posters and numerous prints!

Click HERE to check out the site! 

Current work in progress

 I haven't really been wanting to draw or paint lately. I have a lot of stacked up artwork that's going nowhere, and no commission work or sales. But I did feel like just doing some watercolor portraits of comic book characters. This one's a work in progress I just started today, about half an hour in. Still working on it and not using any reference material:

After seeing the photograph of it, I see that I've got quite a bit of work to do.

Inking Sweet Pea and Popeye

February 8th, comic show AND Exhibit Reception

 February 8th, 2025 is going to be a busy day for me.

From 10am-3 I'll be set up at the Warren Elks Comic Show in Warren, Michigan, drawing comic book and cartoon characters as well as caricatures, and selling original artwork. HERE is the link to the event page 

At 4pm is the opening reception of my solo art exhibit in Detroit at The Gallery at Brewery Park on Gratiot Ave. A link to the event page is HERE 

All are invited and welcome to both! It's about 25 minutes between venues. I MIGHT be draw free sketches at the exhibit reception!

New exhibit

 I've just been asked to display my "Heroes" series at The Gallery at Brewery Park in Detroit. It will be up the month of February 2025, and the opening reception is Saturday, February 8th at 4pm EST. 

This graphite drawing is one of the pieces in the exhibit, as well as more portraits of Jack Nicholson, and Sammy Hagar (The Red Rocker) , Van Halen, Sergio Aragonés , Popeye and more. 

More info as we get closer to the show.

Public Popeye

 I'm taking a break from working on the Popeye comic, and right now I'm working on a watercolor sketch of...Popeye! With the original version of popeye (which was created in 1929 by E.C. Segar in his comic strip "Thimble Theater") having joined the ranks of public domain, I've been fixated on doing something about that somehow. This is a picture that I am dabbling with of a kind of comic book style/ semi-realistic style of Popeye from 1929.