Doe and her fawn

Rabbit

Below is a painting on a saw blade I did for a friend.

Christmas Cover

For my church, I've been asked to create a cover design for this year's Christmas program. Below is the concept idea.

Cowboy Painting

Below is a painting I finished for a friend. It was painted on a 50inch saw blade.

Iron Man

Upcoming this week is our Troy Middle School Book Fair. To kick it off, I've created this life size Iron Man.

Troy Mascott

Troy Mascot

Here's another concept sketch of the Trojan.

Trojan Mascot

Here's a concept idea for the Troy Trojan Mascot. This is a start of many that I'm in the process of creating for the Troy School District.

Panther Concept

Here's a character mascot I created  for a varsity wrestling team. One of these will be printed on t-shirts.

Character Concept Images

Below are concept images I created.

 

 

 

Dusty Roads

Here's an editorial cartoon I created for the Morning Times Newspaper. With the potential increase of water trucks in the area, Sayre and Athens my face possible road problems such as the one depicted in the cartoon below.

Editorial Cartoons #2

My third self-published book is available. It is a culmination of my second year of creating editorial cartoons for the Sayre Morning Times Newspaper.

Click on the following link to see sample images as well as a summary of this new release.
http://www.indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=3992

Food Menu

Below are food menu displays for the Troy Middle School. These are to help students quickly notice food placements in the lunch line. Newbies will especially benefit from such displays.

The Bus

Here's an illustration I did for a friend to help with school bus safety. School's about a month away.

Mural

I had the honor to create a new sign promoting the Mt. Pisgah 4H Club. This will be displayed in the 4h building in Troy. Though I've never been part of 4h I'm anticipating my involvement in a few years with my children. My wife was a big 4h participant.

Submission

Here's another concept piece. This will be submitted in the Starcraft art contest.

Starcraft

A friend of mine asked me to create a concept for a Starcraft contest. They'll be releasing a 2nd edition to the Starcraft sega and to create interest they're asking artists to submit artwork. I thought this to be great to try my hand at this type of theme and see where it may go.

Promo Card

I'm putting together a few ideas to promote my talent to a variety of companies. Below is what've come up with to help with mailing convenience. This will be a postcard sent to specific companies. My hope is to expand my opportunities in the commercial world.

Space and Astronomy

I'm teaching at an art camp this year. The theme is Space and Astronomy. I'll be introducing pastels and a project that relates to the theme. To prepare, I came up with these concepts.

The Duke

Here's a life size painting I did for a co-worker. She's into the Old Wild West. Keeping with this kind of theme, she's placing this cut-out in her stable barn. I'm sure it will be placed in a safe area.

Bow Hunter

Here's a painting I did for a friend.

X-Men

I try to keep developing my ability to draw the human figure and faces. Looking through a magazine I found these two poses from the X-Men movie.

High School Graduate

This is a portrait drawing for a high school graduate of 2010...a gift really. I've known here since she was in the sixth grade. My how time seems to fly by.

Cardinal's Fan

Here's a portrait of a Louisville Cardinals' fan.

Troy Middle School

Below is my attempt at creating a caricature poster of eight grade students at Troy Middle School. I got the idea from my high school art teacher. The kids at school spend a good amount of time looking at this piece.   Each eighth grade student will receive one of these posters.

House

Here's a watercolor/mixed media painting I did for a friend of mine. I always like adding trees from the backside of a house. It seems to "hug" it and create more of an interesting and balanced composition.

Editorial Cartoon

There's a series of changes that are proposed for a 25 year lease contract with the Casella Waste Systems Inc. that operates the county landfill located in the town of Chemung.  This contract with the proposed modifications could  cost the county millions.  Here's a cartoon I created based on this very topic. This cartoon appeared in the Morning Times Paper on April 10.

Young Authors' Reception

Recently, I had the wonderful opportunity to speak at the Young Authors' Reception. This reception took place at the Bradford County Library.  I was able to present my own writings as well as my artwork. Afterwards I was able to speak to a few of the aspiring authors. I suggested that if they ever needed an illustrator in the future...just contact me and I'll be willing to help.

Here's the link.

http://thedailyreview.com/news/authors-honored-at-reception-1.657337

Princess Leia

Another cut out for the PSSAs. We created Princess Leia a bit differenlty. Instead of a white flowing robe, we spiced her up a bit and gave her an outfit worthy of a true girl jedi. Go girl power!

Horse Painting

Recently, I completed a cut out for a client. Though, this took some time to put together I enjoyed the challenge. I've been trying to improve on my skills when it comes to painting a likeness of people. The more I practice, the more I understand the structure of the human face and how it interacts with shadows and lights. My goal is to create such a photo realistic portrait that it is difficult to tell the difference between the actual photograph and the painting. For now, this painting reflects my current ability.

A closer shot.

an even closer shot.

Another Cut Out

Continuing with the Star Wars theme, we created another cut out for the PSSAs. This time C3P0 and R2-D2 make their appearance at Troy Middle School.

Credits for Character Concept

Check out the article in the Towanda Daily Review. There's a comment about my contribution to the new Troy School District Website. The comment is located in the middle of the article.

The Troy Website is: www.troyareasd.org.

Also, here's the article link:http://thedailyreview.com/news/new-troy-web-site-unveiled-1.688324

Below is the character concept.

Star Wars Theme

PSSA's are quickly approaching. To make it a positive experience, we've decided to create a Star Wars Theme this year.

Ram-man

Ram-man is a character from He-man and the Masters of the Universe. My son got this character for his birthday. The new set of He-man figures are detailed. Since I don't have 3-d figures available for me to practice with, I decided to use this action-figure as my model.

Troy Mascot

Since being employed at the Troy Area School District, I've had the privilege to get involve with a variety of endeavors. One such endeavor is the creation of the school's mascot. This is currently used on middle school t-shirts, school store sign, and the new updated site.