Finally, a Portfolio Update

I recently did some freelance work for M&I Bank in Milwaukee. Every year they put up a big holiday display with huge stuffed animals, and they always send out invitations for the opening night. The invites are geared towards children, which is how they found my profile on the iSpot. They wanted the art to…

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For the Love of Color

Holy crap, I just found this site all about color and color palettes. It’s so addicting – to find awesome palettes, to make your own and come up with crazy names for them. I can’t stop!!! If you’re an artist, or if you just love color (or colour), I highly recommend you check it out…

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Some Snazzy Butterflies

I was just playing around and experimenting with watercolors when I created this piece with butterflies and swirls. Hope you like it! Here’s the link to the prints, get ’em while you can!

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The Toilet King

Remind you of anyone? I was going for a spoof on the creepy Burger King guy, but if you don’t get that I hope you at least think it’s funny or silly.

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The Magic Book

Just added a new piece to my portfolio called The Magic Book. A young man reads a magic book by a tree, unaware of the over sized kitten approaching. If you’re interested in a print, get it at my store.

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Aquafina Waterscapes

I recently worked on a couple of illustrations for an Aquafina Alive ad. The subject matter in each piece is a fountain with active people around and there are three colors or flavors. The concept was to add water to the ad and the colors would reveal the painting. You can see it in full…

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Stop Doing Free Artwork

And stop asking for it. I don’t know how many times I’ve seen contests or Craigslist postings asking for an art submission. What I think most artists don’t realize is that submitting work to these types of things is giving your work away for FREE. It degrades the worth of your work and leads people…

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New Store

Just launched my new store, created with Shopify. You can buy my original art work as well as prints and in some cases t-shirts. As I continue to make new things I will occasionally add them to the store. Feel free to make product suggestions. As for Shopify, I have to say it’s pretty cool…

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Dragon Crazy!

I’m just going dragon crazy! Tonight I painted a wonderful red dragon breathing fire, extremely angry at some one or some thing. And I have to say, I’m really enjoying this little style that I’ve developed. Enjoy!

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