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.

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
 

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. 

Heroes and influences

 June 5-June 28, 2024 I will have an exhibit of my HEROES art series at Art Reach of Mid-Michigan in Mt Pleasant, Michigan. The opening reception is June 13th from 5pm-6:30pm. 

This show will have parts of my series of artwork of the people who have inspired me and are heroes of mine. Portraits of Sammy Hagar, Sergio Aragones, Jack Nicholson and more will be on display and some for sale. Please come check it out. 

What I've been doodling

 I've had some free time lately, so I've been drawing some smaller sketches.

"My Heroes" series on Exhibit!

 I don't remember if I've mentioned it here yet, but I was told a couple of months ago that I will be having an exhibit Mount Pleasant, Michigan and in June of 2024 of my heroes series. These are two pieces that I'm working on the charcoal is basically done, the painting of Sergio Aragones  is not done yet. This series is made up of sub sections of some of my heroes, including Sergio Aragones, Jack nicholson, Sammy hagar, popeye, and Mel Brooks.

Oyl Painting

 I just finished a new Popeye series painting of Olive Oyl. 8x10 canvas. It was a quickie painting. I'll have it for sale in my Etsy shop soon (it'll take a while for shipping: it has to dry).

Art for sale

 Although I am available for commission art, I also have a LOT of work just sitting around. Here are a few. Sizes and prices vary. Contact me if interested in anything.