Chaser- Border Collie of a thousand Words

This is a portrait of "Chaser" the dog that knows over a thousand words.  I just read a book about her written by Dr. Pilley.  It was excellent and inspiring.  I just sent Dr. Pilley a print of this and I hope he will enjoy it just as much as I enjoyed reading his book and creating this portrait.

A weekend at the gymn

New Cintiq equals new sketching

I have a Cintiq (24 hd) now and in jubilation of that I created this sketch.  I'm still getting use to some of the controls/buttons, but I am loving the overhanging the desk feature.  It's a really comfortable way to work.

Fuller Christmas Card 2014

This is my second year creating a Christmas card for the Engineering Company I work for.  The only criteria I was given for this year was to make everyone legos.  So I was left to figure out all the rest of the particulars including the text inside the card.  And inevitably (like last year) we had some personnel changes after the card was finished resulting in last minute revisions.

(First image is exterior of card, second image is inside card & text)

                                     

Christmas Card 2013 -Fuller Consulting Engineers

I created these as part of a Christmas Card for one of the (structural) engineering companies I work for.  The first is the exterior of the card and the second was on the interior.  I had loads of fun creating these and many of the clients who received this card called the office saying how much they enjoyed it. 

Flat Out Under Pressure 2013

This image was created for Greenville's "Flat Out Under Pressure" competition.  It's a 24 hr. painting competition with traditional media only.  I worked in gouache (opaque watercolors) which I haven't used in over 10yrs.  This was a big challenge for me.  I think next year I will pick a medium I am more comfortable with and I will probably work on canvas so I don't have to do the framing at 5am like I did this morning.  Overall, I enjoyed it and am looking forward to next year's competition.

New Sketches

 

Finally, some new sketches for spring.