Gone to The Birds

With the rise in bird art I've been doing, I felt compelled to post a few more. To the right are some cute cockatiels, my first time doing the species. They'll make handsome bookmarks, and I'll be selling them matted.






Below is a portrait of a very sweet budgie for someone I know.
Her beloved pet passed away young, the piece was done as a memorial
to her sweet little chick.

Illustration - The Night Parade

The Chinchillas march forth from the hills. To where, who knows. Why? It's a secret, a ritual, something special to them. The night parade marches on.

Calligraphy

Ahh, the sounds of spring...

While dealing with a fickle wrist, I picked up a new hobby. Should any of you be visiting the Fort Wayne Main St farmer's market, I'll be selling custom work at my table. The examples below were for a friend of mine.

Send in the Budgies!

Long time no post!

After adding a new addition to the family, Minion the budgie, you might say they've been on my mind a bit. So I took on doing a bit of work to draw these adorable creatures.

To the left are Starlight and Meteor, rendered in mixed media on a tiny 1.75x4 inch piece of paper.

And below is Caspir, and adorable blue and white budgie.

I still have a lot more to go, and a lot more art to put up!

Illustration - Drawn to Moths

Drawn to Moths pt. 1

Moths have been a huge influence on my work, their ethereal wings and ghostly movements make them one of my most enjoyable subjects, and my first ventures into surrealism.

My fisrt charcoal work was of moths, as was my first attempt at surrealism that was not trying to mimic the styled of another artist. They still hold such an appeal to me, and the fictional Actias purpurea-luna is the namesake of my studio, Purple Luna. Named for a purple moth, and not a purple moon.

The moth to the left is a small, matted piece rendered in charcoal on green tinted paper. It is currently one of my samples I take to the farmer's market.

Below is a fully charcoal rendering, "The Light Keepers," a piece now residing with an art collector.

Kitties

A pet portrait done way back in 07, of two wonderful shorthairs. Charcoal on bristol paper, work of this nature is available.

So Spoke the Wind

Deer are a huge inspiration to me, and there's something just wonderfully classic about drawing a unicorn. This lovely chap has been following me to art shows, but has yet to find a home.