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  • billy goats GRUFF

    billy goats GRUFF

    After trying my hand at reproducing some of Barbara Cooney’s art from Christmas Folk, I thought I’d try reproducing something that was a… Read more

  • portrait SKETCHES

    portrait SKETCHES

    This past October and November I focused on producing quickly rendered portraits. I wanted to improve the accuracy of rendering a… Read more

  • art of BARBARA COONEY

    art of BARBARA COONEY

    Every Christmas my wife reads Natalia Belting’s Christmas Folk (1969) to the children and we all love looking at Barbara Cooney’s… Read more

  • sepia Natural History

    sepia Natural History

    In August my wife convinced me to pick up a handsome set of four sketch books manufactured by Studio. Normally I refrain from buying more… Read more

  • quick FACES

    quick FACES

    With these two portraits I was trying to produce a very quick but accurate likeness of my subjects, and to achieve this goal I chose… Read more

  • the VAULT

    the VAULT

    Spring is one of my most creative seasons of the year (Autumn being the other) when not only do I produce a fair amount of work, but… Read more