New York City

Sketch I did..  :)

Boat Yard

Working on a painting and nearly finished.  :)

Nonrepresentational

I don't normally do nonrepresentational pieces, but this one is a result of leftover paint and a need to practice painting with a palette knife.  :)

Pen drawing of a horse

I used this drawing 12 years ago when I applied for a job at Sea World.  My future boss turned the picture over and over, and I asked him what he was looking for.  He said he was looking for the pencil sketch marks.  I said there were none, I had drawn the entire thing in ink.  I got hired!  :)  Later on my boss taught me all about line quality, but I still appreciate the simplicity of this drawing done before I had more advanced training. 

I finally got around to framing this older piece of artwork.  I made this set of pears before I even left for Orlando to go to art school.  It's a larger piece so the framing was going to be costly.  But luckily, I have been gifted a large mat cutter that's easier to use than my handheld one.  I found this very large frame at Ikea and removed the mat that came with it since it was made for showing off small family photos.  So for those of you who are artists, don't be afraid to get thrifty with your frame solutions!  :)

A pair of pears

Just a couple of pear sketches.  I love pears, the colors they present vary so greatly between a vivid green and bright red-orange.  The shape, too.. teardrop-esque.