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.

Computer Graphics

Below are graphics that I've been working on for the Troy Area School District. They've recently updated their website. I must say that the update is very accommodating to users.

 

  

  

 

Battle Cat

I grew up with He-man and the Masters of the Universe. That was in the 80's. Then in 2002 I saw a new adaptation of He-man. The characters were much the same, but there were still some differences. Recently, I purchased all four seasons of the 2002-2004 adaption. The animation, sound effects, and story line are better, in my opinion. My son, like his father, loves He-man. He wanted me to draw battle cat for him. I did. Then, I thought of painting one of him sitting atop of battlecat. Below is a concept sketch of the idea.

Haiti

With the devastation in Haiti I thought this concept provides a light in a time of darkness. This cartoon appeared in the Morning Times Newspaper today (January 23, 2010). I do hope this cartoon provides encouragement to many who are hurting and are looking forward to the day when there will be no more death, mourning, crying, or pain.

Spiderboy

I've been motivated to try my hand at realism with oil paints so I thought why not try it with my very own son. I have to say that painting realism with oils is a bit challenging especially when it comes to faces. Creating flesh tones isn't my toughest challenge, it's seeing the implied lines created by lights and shadow. Also, when looking at flesh, it isn't just one color, but made of multiple hues of reds, browns, yellow etc. I'm fairly pleased with this painting, but I would like to improve on my technique. Creating this painting has caused me to be more observant with faces. So if you catch me staring, it's because I'm trying to be a better painter of portraits.