As You Wish

Starry Night Over Isis

(acrylic on canvas)

Ella said, "I wish you would paint a picture of Isis for me for my birthday." I said, "Ok." And this is what happened next.

Happy birthday, Ella Bee.

Darla Darling

Darla Darling

(mixed media)

Some time ago, PG gave me Wreck This Journal, by Keri Smith, which is a wonderful book filled with fun suggestions and exercises that are designed to encourage creativity. Is it effective? Heck yeah it is. The featured drawing is one of many exercises in a book that is now filled almost to bursting with two years worth of art, deliberate destruction, a stamp collection, four-letter words, random images, newspaper clippings, haiku, and pocket lint. 

Darla is PG's top dog who suffers from an excess of cuteness, as you can no doubt tell. Thanks to Darla for being such a good little model, and special thanks to PG, without whom I might not have become acquainted with Darla or the book.

You better ask somebody.

Easter

It's celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox. Admit it! It's pagan holiday.
 

Happy Birthday, Little Kiwi

La petite Kiwi turned 16 today. Cheers!

Tail-wrestling madness

Seahorses

Wikipedia said, "Male seahorses are more aggressive and sometimes 'fight' for female attention. According to Amanda Vincent of Project Seahorse, 'only males tail-wrestle and snap their heads at each other.'"

And then Scott said, "I'm sure it's very humiliating for their poor little seahorse brains."

And then I laughed & laughed & drew this cartoon.

It's Leap Day, yo!

Leap Day

Idiots rule

Some politicians in Virginia and Texas (and Iowa and Alabama and Pennsylvania and Arizona, the list keeps growing, I'm afraid) are playing politics with women's bodily autonomy. Some have even gone so far as to attempt to mandate state-sanctioned rape for women who choose to terminate pregnancy by requiring women to undergo a TVP that cannot be refused. If you've never had a TVP, let me assure you: It is invasive. 

And Republicans (not all of whom are men!!) want doctors to do this to women. Against their will. For seeking abortion. The GOP wants to force women to have an invasive medical procedure (tantamount to rape by object) before women can obtain a separate, legal medical procedure. As the Washington Post Editorial Board so eloquently put it, "This from the folks who say the government can’t make you buy health insurance." 

This is war on women, people. Anyone who tells you any different is in on it.

Object lesson

Ill Communication

Occasionally, Scott & I collaborate on cartoons. This one is a mostly-true account of an incident that happened at a local tire vendor this weekend. I like to think of it as art imitating life.

Fun with the Sex Pistols!

God save the Queen!

There are, no doubt, a lot of you out there who wonder: What would the Sex Pistols look like if they were actually cartoon characters? To which I say: like this. They would look exactly like this.

The careful observer will notice that I have only drawn two of the Sex Pistols: Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious. There were other members of the Sex Pistols, but they didn't make my cut.

Queen Elizabeth II was not actually a band member, but she featured heavily in the song that inspired this drawing.

The Positive Pit Bull art auction

Relax

(acrylic, watercolor, and graphite on watercolor board - 9" x 6") 

Behold! the painting I created for this year's Positive Pit Bull "Lovers Not Fighters" art auction, which is being held on Sunday, February 19, 2012 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Busy Bee Cafe in downtown Raleigh. If you love this painting & wish it for your very own, then come to the Busy Bee and bid on it and many other beautiful works of art and photography in an exciting live auction. Cheers!