Hulk vs. Nova

Below is a concept sketch idea for a project I'm currently working on.

Real Husbands of Honeydo County

A cover commission for a Play written by Eddie McPherson.

Iron Man

My son is an Ironman fan along with many other superheroes. Below is a painting of my son with ironman.

Barbarian

Currently, I'm on a warrior/barbarian interest. Below is a barbarian concept idea.

Tomb Raider

Trying to improve on my painting technique. Also creating a test run of a variety of comic character paintings and for submission purposes to a few companies.

Hulk vs. Thing

Hulk vs. Thing 2 Puzzle Piece Sketch Card. Submission promo.

Supergirl Sketch Card

Sketch Card

Sketch card of the Black Widow.

Electra Sketch Card

Another sketch card submission.

Spidey Sketch Card

Sketch card concept for potential publisher. I hope to have a few more completed.

Wild Heart

My daughter is an animal lover. She loves spending time taking care of the animals on the farm and enjoys watching the animal channel plus reading just about every animal book she can. She's soaking up all that knowledge in preparation to build her own animal farm one day, I think.

Duke Machine

Growing up, I remember watching the Dukes of Hazard and so badly wanted my own General Lee car.    Maybe inspiration from the past has welled up and has motivated me to fantasy about my own "Duke" machine, I'm not sure. What I do know is that I'm still trying to reach out to the inner child inside me.

Sketch Cards

I thought it would be fun to create sketch cards of a variety of artists. I'll be introducing these to my students this year. They'll be creating their very own sketch cards of artists, too. My goal is to help reinforce content about the artist. These will correspond with each lesson, also.

The Batman

Life size batman cut out for the new school year. My goal is to inspire children through superheroes.

Memorial Piece

A painting completed for a family...a memorial for their child. Acrylic on canvas.

Safari Theme

My daughter loves animals. She spends a lot of time in the barn feeding, cleaning, and petting our live stock. She might be a zoo keeper or vet when she grows up. We recently remodeled her room with a African/Safari theme. Keeping with the theme and to speak to her heart, I created this mural for her. It measures 5 feet by 7 on her bedroom wall.

Ten Little Dunces

Cover art for a play by Eddie McPherson. The synopsis goes something like this:
Ten dunces have been invited to an old house on Dunce Island to be murdered. One by one they are done in according to a silly nursery rhyme hanging over the fireplace. Because they’re not the brightest bulbs in the box, the poor victims are murdered rather easily by such things as vacuum cleaner hoses and live alligators. After several murders take place, they become suspicious of each other. But when the last person bites the dust and there’s no one else on the island, the question remains: Who the heck did all the murdering?? A fun parody of one of Agatha Christie’s most popular mystery novels.

A painting inspired by God's Holy Work from Luke 12:6-7.  I find great hope to know that I'm not forgotten.

Swimming Hole

Every spring, my kids head out to the creek bed to dip into the fresh spring water.  Here's a painting of them doing just that. Acrylic on canvas.

That'll Learn Ya

A cover for a play written by Eddie McPherson. You can check out more of his plays at: http://www.eddiemcpherson.com/.


Here's the synopsis for, "That'll Learn Ya."
The quiet western town of Possum Trot has been under
a gypsy spell for two hundred years; a spell that has turned the whole village into clueless nincompoops who have never grown smart enough to progress with the rest of the world. The guilty gypsy’s great grandson (seven generations later), Seymour Justice, has begun his quest looking for this town to break the spell once and for all.  

His perseverance pays off when he and his best friend, Edmund, finally stumble upon the lost village.  The secret to breaking the spell is buried in a metal box somewhere in Possum Trot.  So the search is on and Seymour and his buddy seek the citizens’ assistance (which is a challenge within itself) to find the mystery box.  If the spell isn’t broken by midnight, not only will the town remain in the dark cave of ignorance, but Seymour and Edmund will become nincompoops too and must remain in Possum Trot for the rest of their lives.

Superhero Poster

Below is a poster for kids that attend arts camp this year on the day that I will be their instructor. We'll be doing something "Super."

Bradford County Dairy Princess Logo

Logo for the 50th Anniversary of the Bradford County Dairy Princess Festival. The Daily Review had a nice write up about this event. Here's the link: Article

Caricature Painting

A painting for a friend. My goals are to create works that have movement and great composition. This project is in the right direction in the development of my goals, I think. All in all, this turned out well. On to the next project...

Hulk

A drawing of the Hulk. The Avengers movie  presented him very well, I thought. His rage and shear power was very convincing. My admiration of him has increased.

Thanos

A sketch of Thanos. He's the character that smiles at you after the Avenger's movie credits.
Here's the link to learn more about him.
http://marvel.com/universe/Thanos

Cricket County

Below is a play cover by Eddie McPherson. The synopsis of the play goes something like this:

Oswald Tippenhimmer and his city family take their country cousins from Cricket County to the Colorado Mountains for Christmas this year.  This trip, however, isn’t exactly offered from the kindness of their hearts – but is an attempt to get on Grandma Taylor’s good side so she will include them in her will since she and her Cricket County family inherited late Uncle Zeke’s millions.

Once they arrive at the ski lodge, they find the owners are trying to get their aging grandfather back to the retirement home so they can better attend to their failing business. 

However, Gramps, as they call him, would rather stay and spend Christmas with the only family he has left.Oswald gets an idea:  If he can get Gramps to court lonely Grandma Taylor,  she will surely be grateful enough to leave the city bunch some of her inheritance money.

It’s a lesson in appreciating our elderly.   We should love everyone in our world – even those who can’t do anything for us in return.

Barnabas in Dark Shadows

Below is a painting I recently submitted in a portrait contest for the upcoming Dark Shadows movie. Here’s the synopsis about the movie: In Tim Burton’s newest film Dark Shadows, Johnny Depp is Barnabas, a vampire who awakes in 1972 after centuries of imprisonment to find his family in ruins. Much like the family business, Barnabas’s image needs an update.

Non-traditional Painting

A painting for a family. I like creating paintings that have a non-traditional approach to portraits. This one has more action and adds a bit more dimension, I think. This was completed with acrylics on illustration board.

Superman

A painting for a display in my home. Superman has been one of my favorite superheroes.  I thought it would be neat to create a portrait of him to inspire me to "greater heights."

Musical Props

 Paintings completed on cardboard for the Troy Area High School 2012 Musical Production, "Annie Get Your Gun." Performance Dates/Times are Friday & Saturday April  27 & 28 @ 7:30pm

 Sunday April 29 ~ 2:30pm matinee.

 

Cows

A saw blade painting. Since we didn't have much snowfall this year, I thought it would be nice to created a painting with snow.

Eagle Wings

Based on Isaiah 40:31. Prints are available at:
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/eagles-wings-wayne-beeman.html

Almost Treasure Island

A play cover commission written by Eddie McPherson. The synopsis goes something like this:
Jack and his buddies have followed a treasure map to a secluded little island where a priceless treasure is supposedly buried. Led by Roger, “Captain Sir”, and somewhat entertained by Magician Jeff, the boys arrive to discover “Water as far as the eye can and find out that they have only half of the map. Before the group left, Jack’s sister, Sara, snatched the other half of the map. Dreaming of “manicures and Macy’s,” Sarah and her set of friends travel to the island to unveil their riches. Neither group knows about the other group or their plans. The girls cook up a plan to swipe the map, but while searching the island the boys overhear their scheme and counterplot. In an attempt to scare the girls off the island, the boys find themselves in a cold sweat; face to face with the Jungle Man.

Principal

A fun painting illustration of an administrator.

The Big Buck

A promotional painting. Acrylic on canvas.

The Real Housewives

Below is a cover art for a play by Eddie McPherson. His plays can be found at: http://www.eddiemcpherson.com/

The synopsis of this play goes something like this:
Welcome to Cricket County – the land that cool forgot. With characters named Bodean and Chigger, what’s not to love? The gals think being a housewife is the highest callin’ there is. They’re happy with their cookin’, gardenin’, cleanin’ lifestyle, with neighbor-spyin’ and coon-huntin’ on the side – until “richer’n clabbered cream” Monica Northcutt crashes their quilting bee with her women’s rights spiel. Discontent brews faster’n a jar of sun tea, and suddenly cookin’ frog legs don’t look so appealing. Though the gals say if you offered their husbands a penny for their thoughts, you’d get back change, the good ol’ boys have the last word as they show their wives the true meaning of beauty: contentment! Fun side gags involving a scarecrow and “muscadine juice.” May be used as dinner theatre.

Promo Card

Below is a new promo card advertising my talents to a few magazine companies and book publishers.

Shakespeare in Cricket County

A cover commission for a play by Eddie McPherson. The synopsis goes something like this:

Shakespeare? Elkin Taylor and his kinfolk down home in the hollow never heard of him. When city-cultured Mrs. Featherred hears about Elkin’s huge inheritance, she visits Cricket County with two Shakespearean actors eager to get an endowment for her theatre. But when “Romeo and Juliet” perform with their lofty language, the kinfolk haven’t a clue about what is going on. Even their confused dog, Mudhole, attacks them. Pile on one silly misunderstanding after another and mix it together with madcap action, you have a hilarious hillbilly play that’s fun for both the performers and the audience.

Cottage

A painting on a saw blade for a friend.

The One That Got Away

A play cover written by Eddie McPherson. The synopsis goes something like this:
A headline in the state newspaper reads, “Annual Fishing Tournament Expecting Record Number of Female Participants.” This news is great for women who love the sport of fishing. It’s even better news for men who love the sport of “picking up chicks”. When Brad and his buddies hear the news, they pack their backpacks and head to Weiss Lake where the tournament is being held. Because the guys know that the women at the tournament will be impressed with men who exude expert fishing knowledge, they conduct research by picking up a couple of fishing magazines at the local Seven Eleven. They figure by the time the “chicks” find out the men know nothing about fishing they have already won them over with their “charm and animal magnetism.” But when one of the men’s inept cousin tags along unintentionally and then accidentally spills the beans to the women about the men’s intentions, the weekend becomes more than anyone bargained for. And then Brad’s fiancée shows up. The women have a plan to put the ego-filled fellows in their place - - and it’s not going to be pretty.

Welcome Home

This painting was my interpretation of my wife's dream she had about heaven. Acrylic on canvas.